diff --git a/sigil/bldcommon/prepare/ivy.xml b/sigil/bldcommon/prepare/ivy.xml
index 4ceb388..38fe7e2 100644
--- a/sigil/bldcommon/prepare/ivy.xml
+++ b/sigil/bldcommon/prepare/ivy.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
           <artifact name="bndlib" type="jar" />
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency org="org.apache" name="felix" rev="1.2.0">
+        <dependency org="org.apache" name="felix" rev="1.4.0">
           <artifact name="org.osgi.core" type="jar" />
           <artifact name="org.osgi.compendium" type="jar" />
         </dependency>
diff --git a/sigil/bldcommon/sigil-repos.properties b/sigil/bldcommon/sigil-repos.properties
index 2344991..a2eb4eb 100644
--- a/sigil/bldcommon/sigil-repos.properties
+++ b/sigil/bldcommon/sigil-repos.properties
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # repository config
 
--repositories:  system, project, bld-ant, bld-common, bld-hack, spring, m2
+-repositories:  system, project, bld-ant, bld-common, bld-hack, spring
 
 system;provider:        system
 system;level:           -1
@@ -28,14 +28,8 @@
 bld-hack;recurse:	true
 bld-hack;dir:		${..}/cache/eclipse2
 
-m2;provider:	        obr
-m2;level:		4
-m2;url:            	file:${user.home}/.m2/repository/repository.xml 
-m2;index:               ${..}/build/m2.obr
-m2;cache:		${..}/build/obr-cache
-
 spring;provider:	obr
-spring;level:		5
+spring;level:		4
 spring;url:             http://sigil.codecauldron.org/spring-external.obr
 spring;index:           ${..}/build/spring-external.obr
 spring;cache:		${..}/build/obr-cache