diff --git a/plugins/svn4idea/testData/svn/newrepo.zip b/plugins/svn4idea/testData/svn/newrepo.zip
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f4ef47399dbf
Binary files /dev/null and b/plugins/svn4idea/testData/svn/newrepo.zip differ
diff --git a/plugins/svn4idea/testSource/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/SvnRootAboveTest.java b/plugins/svn4idea/testSource/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/SvnRootAboveTest.java
index 43dc26719ddb..0dd15cef6541 100644
--- a/plugins/svn4idea/testSource/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/SvnRootAboveTest.java
+++ b/plugins/svn4idea/testSource/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/SvnRootAboveTest.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.changes.pending.DuringChangeListManagerUpdateTes
 import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.impl.ProjectLevelVcsManagerImpl;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
 import com.intellij.testFramework.fixtures.IdeaTestFixtureFactory;
+import com.intellij.util.io.ZipUtil;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ public class SvnRootAboveTest extends SvnTestCase {
     }
     myClientBinaryPath = new File(pluginRoot, "testData/svn/bin");
 
-    verify(runSvnAdmin("create", svnRoot.getPath()));
+    ZipUtil.extract(new File(pluginRoot, "testData/svn/newrepo.zip"), svnRoot, null);
 
     // real WC root
     myLocalWcRoot = new File(myTempDirFixture.getTempDirPath(), "wcroot");
diff --git a/plugins/svn4idea/testSource/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/SvnTestCase.java b/plugins/svn4idea/testSource/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/SvnTestCase.java
index 9d29401a344e..16acb4db96ab 100644
--- a/plugins/svn4idea/testSource/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/SvnTestCase.java
+++ b/plugins/svn4idea/testSource/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/SvnTestCase.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import com.intellij.testFramework.AbstractVcsTestCase;
 import com.intellij.testFramework.fixtures.IdeaTestFixtureFactory;
 import com.intellij.testFramework.fixtures.TempDirTestFixture;
 import com.intellij.testFramework.vcs.MockChangelistBuilder;
+import com.intellij.util.io.ZipUtil;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ public abstract class SvnTestCase extends AbstractVcsTestCase {
     }
     myClientBinaryPath = new File(pluginRoot, "testData/svn/bin");
 
-    verify(runSvnAdmin("create", svnRoot.getPath()));
+    ZipUtil.extract(new File(pluginRoot, "testData/svn/newrepo.zip"), svnRoot, null);
 
     myWcRoot = new File(myTempDirFixture.getTempDirPath(), "wcroot");
     myWcRoot.mkdir();
@@ -97,10 +98,6 @@ public abstract class SvnTestCase extends AbstractVcsTestCase {
     }
   }
 
-  protected ProcessOutput runSvnAdmin(String... commandLine) throws IOException {
-    return runClient("svnadmin", null, null, commandLine);
-  }
-
   protected ProcessOutput runSvn(String... commandLine) throws IOException {
     return runClient("svn", null, myWcRoot, commandLine);
   }