diff --git a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
index 5f556db45..277068dd3 100755
--- a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
+++ b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
@@ -219,6 +219,11 @@ object Defaults extends BuildCommon {
         if (v.endsWith("-SNAPSHOT") || v.contains("-bin-")) Classpaths.sbtMavenSnapshots
         else Resolver.DefaultMavenRepository
       },
+      sbtResolvers := {
+        // TODO: Remove Classpaths.typesafeReleases for sbt 2.x
+        // We need to keep it around for sbt 1.x to cross build plugins with sbt 0.13 - https://github.com/sbt/sbt/issues/4698
+        Vector(sbtResolver.value, Classpaths.sbtPluginReleases, Classpaths.typesafeReleases)
+      },
       crossVersion :== Disabled(),
       buildDependencies := Classpaths.constructBuildDependencies.value,
       version :== "0.1.0-SNAPSHOT",
@@ -2163,9 +2168,8 @@ object Classpaths {
         bootResolvers.value match {
           case Some(repos) if overrideBuildResolvers.value => proj +: repos
           case _ =>
-            val sbtResolverValue = sbtResolver.value
-            val base = if (sbtPlugin.value) sbtResolverValue +: sbtPluginReleases +: rs else rs
-            proj +: base
+            val base = if (sbtPlugin.value) sbtResolvers.value ++ rs else rs
+            (proj +: base).distinct
         }
       }).value,
     moduleName := normalizedName.value,
diff --git a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Keys.scala b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Keys.scala
index 001db1bf8..b50013d8c 100644
--- a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Keys.scala
+++ b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Keys.scala
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ object Keys {
   val autoScalaLibrary = settingKey[Boolean]("Adds a dependency on scala-library if true.").withRank(ASetting)
   val managedScalaInstance = settingKey[Boolean]("Automatically obtains Scala tools as managed dependencies if true.").withRank(BSetting)
   val sbtResolver = settingKey[Resolver]("Provides a resolver for obtaining sbt as a dependency.").withRank(BMinusSetting)
+  val sbtResolvers = settingKey[Seq[Resolver]]("The external resolvers for sbt and plugin dependencies.").withRank(BMinusSetting)
   val sbtDependency = settingKey[ModuleID]("Provides a definition for declaring the current version of sbt.").withRank(BMinusSetting)
   val sbtVersion = settingKey[String]("Provides the version of sbt.  This setting should not be modified.").withRank(AMinusSetting)
   val sbtBinaryVersion = settingKey[String]("Defines the binary compatibility version substring.").withRank(BPlusSetting)
diff --git a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/coursierint/CoursierRepositoriesTasks.scala b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/coursierint/CoursierRepositoriesTasks.scala
index 88b6c395a..749ca9525 100644
--- a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/coursierint/CoursierRepositoriesTasks.scala
+++ b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/coursierint/CoursierRepositoriesTasks.scala
@@ -64,11 +64,7 @@ object CoursierRepositoriesTasks {
       case None =>
         val extRes = externalResolvers.value
         val isSbtPlugin = sbtPlugin.value
-        if (isSbtPlugin)
-          Seq(
-            sbtResolver.value,
-            Classpaths.sbtPluginReleases
-          ) ++ extRes
+        if (isSbtPlugin) sbtResolvers.value ++ extRes
         else extRes
     }
     val reorderResolvers = true // coursierReorderResolvers.value
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/cross-plugins-defaults/build.sbt b/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/cross-plugins-defaults/build.sbt
index 493c6dcac..c1c2eef6d 100644
--- a/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/cross-plugins-defaults/build.sbt
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/cross-plugins-defaults/build.sbt
@@ -1,20 +1,16 @@
 val baseSbt = "1."
 
-val buildCrossList = List("2.10.6", "2.11.11", "2.12.2")
-scalaVersion in ThisBuild := "2.12.2"
+val buildCrossList = List("2.10.7", "2.11.12", "2.12.8")
+scalaVersion in ThisBuild := "2.12.8"
 crossScalaVersions in ThisBuild := buildCrossList
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-buildinfo" % "0.7.0")
 
 lazy val root = (project in file("."))
+  .enablePlugins(SbtPlugin)
   .settings(
-    sbtPlugin := true,
-
     TaskKey[Unit]("check") := mkCheck("2.12", "1.0", "1.").value,
     TaskKey[Unit]("check2") := mkCheck("2.10", "0.13", "0.13").value,
-
-    // Coursier requires extra resolver for sbt 0.13
-    resolvers += Resolver.typesafeIvyRepo("releases"),
   )
 
 lazy val app = (project in file("app"))