diff --git a/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/execution/MavenClasspathsAndSearchScopesTest.java b/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/execution/MavenClasspathsAndSearchScopesTest.java
index 5704f3aea793..3e9c33ffacd3 100644
--- a/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/execution/MavenClasspathsAndSearchScopesTest.java
+++ b/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/execution/MavenClasspathsAndSearchScopesTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2000-2009 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ * Copyright 2000-2013 JetBrains s.r.o.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import com.intellij.testFramework.PsiTestUtil;
 import com.intellij.util.PathsList;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.jetbrains.idea.maven.MavenImportingTestCase;
+import org.jetbrains.idea.maven.importing.ArtifactsDownloadingTestCase;
 import org.jetbrains.idea.maven.importing.MavenModuleImporter;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -1123,7 +1124,10 @@ public class MavenClasspathsAndSearchScopesTest extends MavenImportingTestCase {
   }
 
   private void createRepositoryFile(String filePath) throws IOException {
-    createProjectSubFile("repo/" + filePath);
+    File f = new File(getProjectPath(), "repo/" + filePath);
+    f.getParentFile().mkdirs();
+
+    ArtifactsDownloadingTestCase.createEmptyJar(f.getParent(), f.getName());
     setRepositoryPath(createProjectSubDir("repo").getPath());
   }
 
diff --git a/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/importing/ArtifactsDownloadingTestCase.java b/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/importing/ArtifactsDownloadingTestCase.java
index f5ef0ff52b2d..79878b1245ac 100644
--- a/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/importing/ArtifactsDownloadingTestCase.java
+++ b/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/importing/ArtifactsDownloadingTestCase.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.jetbrains.idea.maven.importing;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.io.FileUtil;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.CharsetToolkit;
 import com.intellij.testFramework.PlatformTestUtil;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.idea.maven.MavenCustomRepositoryHelper;
 import org.jetbrains.idea.maven.MavenImportingTestCase;
 
@@ -34,8 +35,12 @@ public abstract class ArtifactsDownloadingTestCase extends MavenImportingTestCas
   }
 
   protected void createDummyArtifact(String remoteRepo, String name) throws IOException {
-    FileUtil.writeToFile(new File(remoteRepo, name), PlatformTestUtil.EMPTY_JAR_BYTES);
+    createEmptyJar(remoteRepo, name);
+  }
 
-    FileUtil.writeToFile(new File(remoteRepo, name + ".sha1"), ("b04f3ee8f5e43fa3b162981b50bb72fe1acabb33  " + name).getBytes(CharsetToolkit.UTF8_CHARSET));
+  public static void createEmptyJar(@NotNull String dir, @NotNull String name) throws IOException {
+    FileUtil.writeToFile(new File(dir, name), PlatformTestUtil.EMPTY_JAR_BYTES);
+
+    FileUtil.writeToFile(new File(dir, name + ".sha1"), ("b04f3ee8f5e43fa3b162981b50bb72fe1acabb33  " + name).getBytes(CharsetToolkit.UTF8_CHARSET));
   }
 }