diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/actions/compile-time-only/build.sbt b/sbt/src/sbt-test/actions/compile-time-only/build.sbt
index a81a081e4..5baf27554 100644
--- a/sbt/src/sbt-test/actions/compile-time-only/build.sbt
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/actions/compile-time-only/build.sbt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ libraryDependencies += "org.scala-sbt" % "sbt" % sbtVersion.value
 lazy val expectErrorNotCrash = taskKey[Unit]("Ensures that sbt properly set types on Trees so that the compiler doesn't crash on a bad reference to .value, but gives a proper error instead.")
 
 expectErrorNotCrash := {
-	val fail = (compile in Compile).failure.value
+        val fail = (compileIncremental in Compile).failure.value
 	fail.directCause match {
 		case Some(x: xsbti.CompileFailed) => ()
 		case _ => sys.error("Compiler crashed instead of providing a compile-time-only exception.")