diff --git a/tycho-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/core/TargetPlatformConfiguration.java b/tycho-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/core/TargetPlatformConfiguration.java
index e8393a80a0..9e4ae8ffdf 100644
--- a/tycho-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/core/TargetPlatformConfiguration.java
+++ b/tycho-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/core/TargetPlatformConfiguration.java
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public enum InjectP2MavenMetadataHandling {
 
     private InjectP2MavenMetadataHandling p2MavenMetadataHandling;
 
-    private ReferencedRepositoryMode referencedRepositoryMode = ReferencedRepositoryMode.ignore;
+    private ReferencedRepositoryMode referencedRepositoryMode = ReferencedRepositoryMode.include;
 
     /**
      * Returns the list of configured target environments, or the running environment if no