diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/ArchiveCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/ArchiveCommand.php
index fa450a6da..a35f3aecf 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/ArchiveCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/ArchiveCommand.php
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ EOT
             $localRepo = $composer->getRepositoryManager()->getLocalRepository();
             $repo = new CompositeRepository(array_merge(array($localRepo), $composer->getRepositoryManager()->getRepositories()));
         } else {
-            $defaultRepos = RepositoryFactory::defaultRepos($this->getIO());
+            $defaultRepos = RepositoryFactory::defaultReposWithDefaultManager($io);
             $io->writeError('No composer.json found in the current directory, searching packages from ' . implode(', ', array_keys($defaultRepos)));
             $repo = new CompositeRepository($defaultRepos);
         }
diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/BaseDependencyCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/BaseDependencyCommand.php
index 7222319ff..2d4dea40f 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/BaseDependencyCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/BaseDependencyCommand.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ use Composer\Package\CompletePackageInterface;
 use Composer\Package\RootPackage;
 use Composer\Repository\InstalledArrayRepository;
 use Composer\Repository\CompositeRepository;
+use Composer\Repository\RepositoryInterface;
 use Composer\Repository\RootPackageRepository;
 use Composer\Repository\InstalledRepository;
 use Composer\Repository\PlatformRepository;
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ abstract class BaseDependencyCommand extends BaseCommand
         // If the version we ask for is not installed then we need to locate it in remote repos and add it.
         // This is needed for why-not to resolve conflicts from an uninstalled version against installed packages.
         if (!$installedRepo->findPackage($needle, $textConstraint)) {
-            $defaultRepos = new CompositeRepository(RepositoryFactory::defaultRepos($this->getIO()));
+            $defaultRepos = new CompositeRepository(RepositoryFactory::defaultRepos($this->getIO(), $composer->getConfig(), $composer->getRepositoryManager()));
             if ($match = $defaultRepos->findPackage($needle, $textConstraint)) {
                 $installedRepo->addRepository(new InstalledArrayRepository(array(clone $match)));
             }
diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/HomeCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/HomeCommand.php
index dad4e3a75..c4457ac4c 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/HomeCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/HomeCommand.php
@@ -170,6 +170,6 @@ EOT
             );
         }
 
-        return RepositoryFactory::defaultRepos($this->getIO());
+        return RepositoryFactory::defaultReposWithDefaultManager($this->getIO());
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/InitCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/InitCommand.php
index f923f6929..ae8bc6c9b 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/InitCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/InitCommand.php
@@ -225,6 +225,9 @@ EOT
         $repositories = $input->getOption('repository');
         if (count($repositories) > 0) {
             $config = Factory::createConfig($io);
+            $io->loadConfiguration($config);
+            $repoManager = RepositoryFactory::manager($io, $config);
+
             $repos = array(new PlatformRepository);
             $createDefaultPackagistRepo = true;
             foreach ($repositories as $repo) {
@@ -236,14 +239,14 @@ EOT
                     $createDefaultPackagistRepo = false;
                     continue;
                 }
-                $repos[] = RepositoryFactory::createRepo($io, $config, $repoConfig);
+                $repos[] = RepositoryFactory::createRepo($io, $config, $repoConfig, $repoManager);
             }
 
             if ($createDefaultPackagistRepo) {
                 $repos[] = RepositoryFactory::createRepo($io, $config, array(
                     'type' => 'composer',
                     'url' => 'https://repo.packagist.org',
-                ));
+                ), $repoManager);
             }
 
             $this->repos = new CompositeRepository($repos);
diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/PackageDiscoveryTrait.php b/src/Composer/Command/PackageDiscoveryTrait.php
index 99fb0f39b..5e210bd7c 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/PackageDiscoveryTrait.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/PackageDiscoveryTrait.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ trait PackageDiscoveryTrait
         if (null === $this->repos) {
             $this->repos = new CompositeRepository(array_merge(
                 array(new PlatformRepository),
-                RepositoryFactory::defaultRepos($this->getIO())
+                RepositoryFactory::defaultReposWithDefaultManager($this->getIO())
             ));
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/ShowCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/ShowCommand.php
index 0194662b7..72242073b 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/ShowCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/ShowCommand.php
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ EOT
                 $repos = new CompositeRepository($composer->getRepositoryManager()->getRepositories());
                 $installedRepo->addRepository($composer->getRepositoryManager()->getLocalRepository());
             } else {
-                $defaultRepos = RepositoryFactory::defaultRepos($io);
+                $defaultRepos = RepositoryFactory::defaultReposWithDefaultManager($io);
                 $repos = new CompositeRepository($defaultRepos);
                 $io->writeError('No composer.json found in the current directory, showing available packages from ' . implode(', ', array_keys($defaultRepos)));
             }
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ EOT
             }
             $repos = new CompositeRepository(array_merge(array(new FilterRepository($installedRepo, array('canonical' => false))), $composer->getRepositoryManager()->getRepositories()));
         } elseif ($input->getOption('all')) {
-            $defaultRepos = RepositoryFactory::defaultRepos($io);
+            $defaultRepos = RepositoryFactory::defaultReposWithDefaultManager($io);
             $io->writeError('No composer.json found in the current directory, showing available packages from ' . implode(', ', array_keys($defaultRepos)));
             $installedRepo = new InstalledRepository(array($platformRepo));
             $repos = new CompositeRepository(array_merge(array($installedRepo), $defaultRepos));
diff --git a/src/Composer/Repository/RepositoryFactory.php b/src/Composer/Repository/RepositoryFactory.php
index b31f77530..e24fa1596 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Repository/RepositoryFactory.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Repository/RepositoryFactory.php
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ class RepositoryFactory
     public static function createRepo(IOInterface $io, Config $config, array $repoConfig, RepositoryManager $rm = null): RepositoryInterface
     {
         if (!$rm) {
-            $rm = static::manager($io, $config, Factory::createHttpDownloader($io, $config));
+            @trigger_error('Not passing a repository manager when calling createRepo is deprecated since Composer 2.3.6', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+            $rm = static::manager($io, $config);
         }
         $repos = self::createRepos($rm, array($repoConfig));
 
@@ -95,14 +96,18 @@ class RepositoryFactory
      */
     public static function defaultRepos(IOInterface $io = null, Config $config = null, RepositoryManager $rm = null): array
     {
-        if (!$config) {
+        if (null === $rm) {
+            @trigger_error('Not passing a repository manager when calling defaultRepos is deprecated since Composer 2.3.6, use defaultReposWithDefaultManager() instead if you cannot get a manager.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+        }
+
+        if (null === $config) {
             $config = Factory::createConfig($io);
         }
-        if ($io) {
+        if (null !== $io) {
             $io->loadConfiguration($config);
         }
-        if (!$rm) {
-            if (!$io) {
+        if (null === $rm) {
+            if (null === $io) {
                 throw new \InvalidArgumentException('This function requires either an IOInterface or a RepositoryManager');
             }
             $rm = static::manager($io, $config, Factory::createHttpDownloader($io, $config));
@@ -118,8 +123,16 @@ class RepositoryFactory
      * @param  HttpDownloader    $httpDownloader
      * @return RepositoryManager
      */
-    public static function manager(IOInterface $io, Config $config, HttpDownloader $httpDownloader, EventDispatcher $eventDispatcher = null, ProcessExecutor $process = null): RepositoryManager
+    public static function manager(IOInterface $io, Config $config, HttpDownloader $httpDownloader = null, EventDispatcher $eventDispatcher = null, ProcessExecutor $process = null): RepositoryManager
     {
+        if ($httpDownloader === null) {
+            $httpDownloader = Factory::createHttpDownloader($io, $config);
+        }
+        if ($process === null) {
+            $process = new ProcessExecutor($io);
+            $process->enableAsync();
+        }
+
         $rm = new RepositoryManager($io, $config, $httpDownloader, $eventDispatcher, $process);
         $rm->setRepositoryClass('composer', 'Composer\Repository\ComposerRepository');
         $rm->setRepositoryClass('vcs', 'Composer\Repository\VcsRepository');
@@ -140,6 +153,18 @@ class RepositoryFactory
         return $rm;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return RepositoryInterface[]
+     */
+    public static function defaultReposWithDefaultManager(IOInterface $io): array
+    {
+        $manager = RepositoryFactory::manager($io, $config = Factory::createConfig($io));
+        $io->loadConfiguration($config);
+
+        return RepositoryFactory::defaultRepos($io, $config, $manager);
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * @param array<int|string, mixed> $repoConfigs
      *
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/DependencyResolver/PoolBuilderTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/DependencyResolver/PoolBuilderTest.php
index 7e6249113..316fd82b5 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/DependencyResolver/PoolBuilderTest.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/DependencyResolver/PoolBuilderTest.php
@@ -87,9 +87,11 @@ class PoolBuilderTest extends TestCase
         chdir(__DIR__.'/Fixtures/poolbuilder/');
 
         $repositorySet = new RepositorySet($minimumStability, $stabilityFlags, $rootAliases, $rootReferences);
+        $config = new Config(false);
+        $rm = RepositoryFactory::manager($io = new NullIO(), $config);
         foreach ($packageRepos as $packages) {
             if (isset($packages['type'])) {
-                $repo = RepositoryFactory::createRepo(new NullIO, new Config(false), $packages);
+                $repo = RepositoryFactory::createRepo($io, $config, $packages, $rm);
                 $repositorySet->addRepository($repo);
                 continue;
             }