diff --git a/launch/src/main/input_resources/sbt/sbt.boot.properties b/launch/src/main/input_resources/sbt/sbt.boot.properties
index 9234be5f8..0519c9b20 100644
--- a/launch/src/main/input_resources/sbt/sbt.boot.properties
+++ b/launch/src/main/input_resources/sbt/sbt.boot.properties
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 [repositories]
   local
+  local-preloaded-ivy: file://${sbt.preloaded-${sbt.global.base-${user.home}/.sbt}/preloaded/}, [organization]/[module]/[revision]/[type]s/[artifact](-[classifier]).[ext]
+  local-preloaded: file://${sbt.preloaded-${sbt.global.base-${user.home}/.sbt}/preloaded/}
   maven-central
   typesafe-ivy-releases: https://repo.typesafe.com/typesafe/ivy-releases/, [organization]/[module]/[revision]/[type]s/[artifact](-[classifier]).[ext], bootOnly
   sbt-ivy-snapshots: https://repo.scala-sbt.org/scalasbt/ivy-snapshots/, [organization]/[module]/[revision]/[type]s/[artifact](-[classifier]).[ext], bootOnly
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/make-pom/build.sbt b/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/make-pom/build.sbt
index adc041a9c..e81c889da 100644
--- a/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/make-pom/build.sbt
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/make-pom/build.sbt
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ lazy val checkPom = (readPom, fullResolvers) map { (pomXML, ivyRepositories) =>
     val repositories =  repositoriesElement \ "repository"
     val writtenRepositories = repositories.map(read).distinct
     val mavenStyleRepositories = ivyRepositories.collect {
-      case x: MavenRepository if (x.name != "public") && (x.name != "jcenter") => normalize(x)
+      case x: MavenRepository if (x.name != "public") && (x.name != "jcenter") && !(x.root startsWith "file:") => normalize(x)
     } distinct;
 
     lazy val explain = (("Written:" +: writtenRepositories) ++ ("Declared:" +: mavenStyleRepositories)).mkString("\n\t")
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/pom-advanced/build.sbt b/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/pom-advanced/build.sbt
index 8db20a07c..e0adad018 100644
--- a/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/pom-advanced/build.sbt
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/pom-advanced/build.sbt
@@ -12,8 +12,13 @@ lazy val root = (project in file(".")).
 
 val local = "local-maven-repo" at "file://" + (Path.userHome / ".m2" /"repository").absolutePath
 
-def pomIncludeRepository(base: File, prev: MavenRepository => Boolean) = (r: MavenRepository) =>
-  if(base / "repo.none" exists) false else if(base / "repo.all" exists) true else prev(r)
+def pomIncludeRepository(base: File, prev: MavenRepository => Boolean): MavenRepository => Boolean =
+  {
+    case r: MavenRepository if (r.name == "local-preloaded") => false
+    case r: MavenRepository if (base  / "repo.none" exists)  => false
+    case r: MavenRepository if (base / "repo.all" exists)    => true
+    case r: MavenRepository => prev(r)
+  }
 
 def addSlash(s: String): String =
   s match {