diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/ArchiveCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/ArchiveCommand.php
index 442b0db78..d9ff8479c 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/ArchiveCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/ArchiveCommand.php
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ EOT
             $localRepo = $composer->getRepositoryManager()->getLocalRepository();
             $repo = new CompositeRepository(array_merge(array($localRepo), $composer->getRepositoryManager()->getRepositories()));
         } else {
-            $defaultRepos = RepositoryFactory::default($this->getIO());
+            $defaultRepos = RepositoryFactory::defaultRepos($this->getIO());
             $io->writeError('No composer.json found in the current directory, searching packages from ' . implode(', ', array_keys($defaultRepos)));
             $repo = new CompositeRepository($defaultRepos);
         }
diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/CreateProjectCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/CreateProjectCommand.php
index 744161727..01b04c8fc 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/CreateProjectCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/CreateProjectCommand.php
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ EOT
     protected function installRootPackage(IOInterface $io, Config $config, $packageName, $directory = null, $packageVersion = null, $stability = 'stable', $preferSource = false, $preferDist = false, $installDevPackages = false, $repository = null, $disablePlugins = false, $noScripts = false, $keepVcs = false, $noProgress = false)
     {
         if (null === $repository) {
-            $sourceRepo = new CompositeRepository(RepositoryFactory::default($io, $config));
+            $sourceRepo = new CompositeRepository(RepositoryFactory::defaultRepos($io, $config));
         } else {
             $sourceRepo = RepositoryFactory::fromString($io, $config, $repository, true);
         }
diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/HomeCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/HomeCommand.php
index a5c3fe0c7..35ea02eec 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/HomeCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/HomeCommand.php
@@ -154,6 +154,6 @@ EOT
             );
         }
 
-        return RepositoryFactory::default($this->getIO());
+        return RepositoryFactory::defaultRepos($this->getIO());
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/InitCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/InitCommand.php
index 08d8c7c91..a43f67768 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/InitCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/InitCommand.php
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ EOT
         if (!$this->repos) {
             $this->repos = new CompositeRepository(array_merge(
                 array(new PlatformRepository),
-                RepositoryFactory::default($this->getIO())
+                RepositoryFactory::defaultRepos($this->getIO())
             ));
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/SearchCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/SearchCommand.php
index 5f0fb648b..a8325da29 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/SearchCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/SearchCommand.php
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ EOT
             $installedRepo = new CompositeRepository(array($localRepo, $platformRepo));
             $repos = new CompositeRepository(array_merge(array($installedRepo), $composer->getRepositoryManager()->getRepositories()));
         } else {
-            $defaultRepos = RepositoryFactory::default($io);
+            $defaultRepos = RepositoryFactory::defaultRepos($io);
             $io->writeError('No composer.json found in the current directory, showing packages from ' . implode(', ', array_keys($defaultRepos)));
             $installedRepo = $platformRepo;
             $repos = new CompositeRepository(array_merge(array($installedRepo), $defaultRepos));
diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/ShowCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/ShowCommand.php
index 9dad767f9..efcb50e68 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/ShowCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/ShowCommand.php
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ EOT
             if ($composer) {
                 $repos = new CompositeRepository($composer->getRepositoryManager()->getRepositories());
             } else {
-                $defaultRepos = RepositoryFactory::default($io);
+                $defaultRepos = RepositoryFactory::defaultRepos($io);
                 $repos = new CompositeRepository($defaultRepos);
                 $io->writeError('No composer.json found in the current directory, showing available packages from ' . implode(', ', array_keys($defaultRepos)));
             }
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ EOT
             $installedRepo = new CompositeRepository(array($localRepo, $platformRepo));
             $repos = new CompositeRepository(array_merge(array($installedRepo), $composer->getRepositoryManager()->getRepositories()));
         } elseif ($input->getOption('all')) {
-            $defaultRepos = RepositoryFactory::default($io);
+            $defaultRepos = RepositoryFactory::defaultRepos($io);
             $io->writeError('No composer.json found in the current directory, showing available packages from ' . implode(', ', array_keys($defaultRepos)));
             $installedRepo = $platformRepo;
             $repos = new CompositeRepository(array_merge(array($installedRepo), $defaultRepos));
diff --git a/src/Composer/Factory.php b/src/Composer/Factory.php
index e40d6b1bd..720a2f066 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Factory.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Factory.php
@@ -223,11 +223,11 @@ class Factory
     }
 
     /**
-     * @deprecated Use Composer\Repository\RepositoryFactory::default instead
+     * @deprecated Use Composer\Repository\RepositoryFactory::defaultRepos instead
      */
     public static function createDefaultRepositories(IOInterface $io = null, Config $config = null, RepositoryManager $rm = null)
     {
-        return RepositoryFactory::default($io, $config, $rm);
+        return RepositoryFactory::defaultRepos($io, $config, $rm);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Composer/Package/Loader/RootPackageLoader.php b/src/Composer/Package/Loader/RootPackageLoader.php
index b6617623d..e3b2dfe3e 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Package/Loader/RootPackageLoader.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Package/Loader/RootPackageLoader.php
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class RootPackageLoader extends ArrayLoader
             $realPackage->setPreferStable((bool) $config['prefer-stable']);
         }
 
-        $repos = RepositoryFactory::default(null, $this->config, $this->manager);
+        $repos = RepositoryFactory::defaultRepos(null, $this->config, $this->manager);
         foreach ($repos as $repo) {
             $this->manager->addRepository($repo);
         }
diff --git a/src/Composer/Repository/RepositoryFactory.php b/src/Composer/Repository/RepositoryFactory.php
index dc2538c02..5eb743192 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Repository/RepositoryFactory.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Repository/RepositoryFactory.php
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class RepositoryFactory
     /**
      * @return RepositoryInterface[]
      */
-    public static function default(IOInterface $io = null, Config $config = null, RepositoryManager $rm = null)
+    public static function defaultRepos(IOInterface $io = null, Config $config = null, RepositoryManager $rm = null)
     {
         if (!$config) {
             $config = Factory::createConfig($io);