diff --git a/ivy/src/main/scala/sbt/IvyScala.scala b/ivy/src/main/scala/sbt/IvyScala.scala
index b4299906f..d2697e308 100644
--- a/ivy/src/main/scala/sbt/IvyScala.scala
+++ b/ivy/src/main/scala/sbt/IvyScala.scala
@@ -66,7 +66,12 @@ private object IvyScala {
       {
         val id = dep.getDependencyRevisionId
         val depBinaryVersion = CrossVersion.binaryScalaVersion(id.getRevision)
-        val mismatched = id.getOrganisation == Organization && depBinaryVersion != scalaBinaryVersion && dep.getModuleConfigurations.exists(configSet)
+        def isScalaLangOrg = id.getOrganisation == Organization
+        def isNotScalaActorsMigration = !(id.getName startsWith "scala-actors-migration") // Exception to the rule: sbt/sbt#1818
+        def isNotScalaPickling = !(id.getName startsWith "scala-pickling") // Exception to the rule: sbt/sbt#1899
+        def hasBinVerMismatch = depBinaryVersion != scalaBinaryVersion
+        def matchesOneOfTheConfigs = dep.getModuleConfigurations.exists(configSet)
+        val mismatched = isScalaLangOrg && isNotScalaActorsMigration && isNotScalaPickling && hasBinVerMismatch && matchesOneOfTheConfigs
         if (mismatched)
           Some("Binary version (" + depBinaryVersion + ") for dependency " + id +
             "\n\tin " + module.getModuleRevisionId +
@@ -111,4 +116,4 @@ private object IvyScala {
       configurationNames.foreach(rule.addConfiguration)
       rule
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}