diff --git a/src/leiningen/new.clj b/src/leiningen/new.clj
index c8e24c16..808be87d 100644
--- a/src/leiningen/new.clj
+++ b/src/leiningen/new.clj
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
   "Generate project scaffolding based on a template."
   (:refer-clojure :exclude [new list])
   (:require [bultitude.core :as bultitude]
+            [leiningen.core.classpath :as cp]
+            [leiningen.core.project :as project]
             [leiningen.core.user :as user]
             [leiningen.core.main :refer [abort parse-options option-arg]]
             [leiningen.new.templates :refer [*dir* *force?*]])
@@ -10,22 +12,24 @@
 (def ^:dynamic *use-snapshots?* false)
 
 (defn- fake-project [name]
-  {:templates [[(symbol name "lein-template") (if *use-snapshots?*
-                                                "(0.0.0,)" "RELEASE")]]
-   :repositories (merge {"clojars" {:url "http://clojars.org/repo/"
-                                    :update :always}
-                         "central" {:url "http://repo1.maven.org/maven2"
-                                    :update :always}}
-                        (-> (user/profiles) :user :plugin-repositories))})
+  (let [template-symbol (symbol name "lein-template")
+        template-version (if *use-snapshots?*
+                           "(0.0.0,)"
+                           "RELEASE")
+        repositories (reduce
+                       (:reduce (meta project/default-repositories))
+                       project/default-repositories
+                       (-> (user/profiles) :user :plugin-repositories))]
+    {:templates [[template-symbol template-version]]
+     :repositories repositories}))
 
 (defn resolve-remote-template [name sym]
-  (if-let [get-dep (resolve 'leiningen.core.classpath/resolve-dependencies)]
-    (try (get-dep :templates (fake-project name) :add-classpath? true)
-         (require sym)
-         true
-         (catch clojure.lang.Compiler$CompilerException e
-           (abort (str "Could not load template, failed with: " (.getMessage e))))
-         (catch Exception e nil))))
+  (try (cp/resolve-dependencies :templates (fake-project name) :add-classpath? true)
+       (require sym)
+       true
+       (catch clojure.lang.Compiler$CompilerException e
+         (abort (str "Could not load template, failed with: " (.getMessage e))))
+       (catch Exception e nil)))
 
 (defn resolve-template [name]
   (let [sym (symbol (str "leiningen.new." name))]