diff --git a/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/Fetch.scala b/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/Fetch.scala
index 7bd8a15e9..65d393ad3 100644
--- a/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/Fetch.scala
+++ b/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/Fetch.scala
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package coursier
 
+import coursier.maven.MavenSource
+
 import scalaz._
 
 object Fetch {
@@ -39,11 +41,21 @@ object Fetch {
 
     val task = lookups.foldLeft[F[Seq[String] \/ (Artifact.Source, Project)]](F.point(-\/(Nil))) {
       case (acc, (repo, eitherProjTask)) =>
+        val looseModuleValidation = repo match {
+          case m: MavenRepository => m.sbtAttrStub // that sucks so much
+          case _ => false
+        }
+        val moduleCmp = if (looseModuleValidation) module.copy(attributes = Map.empty) else module
         F.bind(acc) {
           case -\/(errors) =>
             F.map(eitherProjTask)(_.flatMap{case (source, project) =>
-              if (project.module == module) \/-((source, project))
-              else -\/(s"Wrong module returned (expected: $module, got: ${project.module})")
+              val projModule =
+                if (looseModuleValidation)
+                  project.module.copy(attributes = Map.empty)
+                else
+                  project.module
+              if (projModule == moduleCmp) \/-((source, project))
+              else -\/(s"Wrong module returned (expected: $moduleCmp, got: ${project.module})")
             }.leftMap(error => error +: errors))
 
           case res @ \/-(_) =>
@@ -52,8 +64,18 @@ object Fetch {
     }
 
     EitherT(F.map(task)(_.leftMap(_.reverse)))
-      .map {case x @ (_, proj) =>
-        assert(proj.module == module)
+      .map {case x @ (source, proj) =>
+        val looseModuleValidation = source match {
+          case m: MavenSource => m.sbtAttrStub // omfg
+          case _ => false
+        }
+        val projModule =
+          if (looseModuleValidation)
+            proj.module.copy(attributes = Map.empty)
+          else
+            proj.module
+        val moduleCmp = if (looseModuleValidation) module.copy(attributes = Map.empty) else module
+        assert(projModule == moduleCmp)
         x
       }
   }
diff --git a/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/maven/MavenRepository.scala b/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/maven/MavenRepository.scala
index 1ab35e5e8..821cd1866 100644
--- a/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/maven/MavenRepository.scala
+++ b/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/maven/MavenRepository.scala
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ object MavenRepository {
 
   def ivyLikePath(
     org: String,
+    dirName: String,
     name: String,
     version: String,
     subDir: String,
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ object MavenRepository {
   ) =
     Seq(
       org,
-      name,
+      dirName,
       version,
       subDir,
       s"$name$baseSuffix.$ext"
@@ -44,6 +45,17 @@ object MavenRepository {
     "test" -> Seq("runtime")
   )
 
+  def dirModuleName(module: Module, sbtAttrStub: Boolean): String =
+    if (sbtAttrStub) {
+      var name = module.name
+      for (scalaVersion <- module.attributes.get("scalaVersion"))
+        name = name + "_" + scalaVersion
+      for (sbtVersion <- module.attributes.get("sbtVersion"))
+        name = name + "_" + sbtVersion
+      name
+    } else
+      module.name
+
 }
 
 case class MavenRepository(
@@ -58,18 +70,7 @@ case class MavenRepository(
   import MavenRepository._
 
   val root0 = if (root.endsWith("/")) root else root + "/"
-  val source = MavenSource(root0, ivyLike)
-
-  private def dirModuleName(module: Module): String =
-    if (sbtAttrStub) {
-      var name = module.name
-      for (scalaVersion <- module.attributes.get("scalaVersion"))
-        name = name + "_" + scalaVersion
-      for (sbtVersion <- module.attributes.get("sbtVersion"))
-        name = name + "_" + sbtVersion
-      name
-    } else
-      module.name
+  val source = MavenSource(root0, ivyLike, changing, sbtAttrStub)
 
   def projectArtifact(
     module: Module,
@@ -81,7 +82,8 @@ case class MavenRepository(
       if (ivyLike)
         ivyLikePath(
           module.organization,
-          dirModuleName(module), // maybe not what we should do here, don't know
+          dirModuleName(module, sbtAttrStub), // maybe not what we should do here, don't know
+          module.name,
           versioningValue getOrElse version,
           "poms",
           "",
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ case class MavenRepository(
         )
       else
         module.organization.split('.').toSeq ++ Seq(
-          dirModuleName(module),
+          dirModuleName(module, sbtAttrStub),
           version,
           s"${module.name}-${versioningValue getOrElse version}.pom"
         )
@@ -111,7 +113,7 @@ case class MavenRepository(
     else {
       val path = (
         module.organization.split('.').toSeq ++ Seq(
-          dirModuleName(module),
+          dirModuleName(module, sbtAttrStub),
           "maven-metadata.xml"
         )
       ) .map(encodeURIComponent)
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ case class MavenRepository(
     else {
       val path = (
         module.organization.split('.').toSeq ++ Seq(
-          dirModuleName(module),
+          dirModuleName(module, sbtAttrStub),
           version,
           "maven-metadata.xml"
         )
diff --git a/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/maven/MavenSource.scala b/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/maven/MavenSource.scala
index 467c8584a..f07a4f5b3 100644
--- a/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/maven/MavenSource.scala
+++ b/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/maven/MavenSource.scala
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ import coursier.core._
 case class MavenSource(
   root: String,
   ivyLike: Boolean,
-  changing: Option[Boolean] = None
+  changing: Option[Boolean] = None,
+  /** See doc on MavenRepository */
+  sbtAttrStub: Boolean
 ) extends Artifact.Source {
 
   import Repository._
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ case class MavenSource(
       def ivyLikePath0(subDir: String, baseSuffix: String, ext: String) =
         ivyLikePath(
           module.organization,
+          MavenRepository.dirModuleName(module, sbtAttrStub),
           module.name,
           project.version,
           subDir,
@@ -66,7 +69,7 @@ case class MavenSource(
               )
 
           module.organization.split('.').toSeq ++ Seq(
-            module.name,
+            MavenRepository.dirModuleName(module, sbtAttrStub),
             project.version,
             s"${module.name}-${versioning getOrElse project.version}${Some(publication.classifier).filter(_.nonEmpty).map("-" + _).mkString}.${publication.ext}"
           )