diff --git a/cruisecontrol/src/plugin-test/cvs-scm/project.properties b/cruisecontrol/src/plugin-test/cvs-scm/project.properties
index 083b4ed9..59d689c7 100644
--- a/cruisecontrol/src/plugin-test/cvs-scm/project.properties
+++ b/cruisecontrol/src/plugin-test/cvs-scm/project.properties
@@ -21,4 +21,7 @@ maven.cruisecontrol.home=${maven.build.dest}
 maven.cruisecontrol.trigger.projects=svn-scm
 maven.cruisecontrol.logs.merge=true
 
-
+# FIXME: these properties are deprecated but the cruisecontrol plugin still uses them...
+maven.scm.method=cvs
+maven.scm.cvs.root=:pserver:anoncvs@dummy.org:/home/cvspublic
+maven.scm.cvs.module=dummy
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diff --git a/cruisecontrol/src/plugin-test/svn-scm/project.properties b/cruisecontrol/src/plugin-test/svn-scm/project.properties
index e006655d..fd5ef0fd 100644
--- a/cruisecontrol/src/plugin-test/svn-scm/project.properties
+++ b/cruisecontrol/src/plugin-test/svn-scm/project.properties
@@ -21,3 +21,6 @@ maven.cruisecontrol.home=${maven.build.dest}
 maven.cruisecontrol.buildresults.url=http://sometest.server.com:8080
 
 
+# FIXME: these properties are deprecated but the cruisecontrol plugin still uses them...
+maven.scm.method=svn
+maven.scm.svn.root=http://someserver.com/svn/dir/dir
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