diff --git a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/AbstractSimpleRepositoryHandler.java b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/AbstractSimpleRepositoryHandler.java
index 12f0715c8d..631f328403 100644
--- a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/AbstractSimpleRepositoryHandler.java
+++ b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/AbstractSimpleRepositoryHandler.java
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractSimpleRepositoryHandler<C extends RepositoryConfig
   public static final String DEFAULT_VERSION_INFORMATION = "unknown";
 
   public static final String DOT = ".";
+  static final String REPOSITORIES_NATIVE_DIRECTORY = "data";
 
   /**
    * the logger for AbstractSimpleRepositoryHandler
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractSimpleRepositoryHandler<C extends RepositoryConfig
   @Override
   public Repository create(Repository repository) {
     File repositoryRootDirectory = repositoryLocationResolver.getRepositoryDirectory(repository);
-    File nativeDirectory = new File(repositoryRootDirectory, RepositoryLocationResolver.REPOSITORIES_NATIVE_DIRECTORY);
+    File nativeDirectory = new File(repositoryRootDirectory, REPOSITORIES_NATIVE_DIRECTORY);
     try {
       create(repository, nativeDirectory);
       postCreate(repository, nativeDirectory);
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractSimpleRepositoryHandler<C extends RepositoryConfig
   public File getDirectory(Repository repository) {
     File directory;
     if (isConfigured()) {
-      directory = new File(repositoryLocationResolver.getRepositoryDirectory(repository), RepositoryLocationResolver.REPOSITORIES_NATIVE_DIRECTORY);
+      directory = new File(repositoryLocationResolver.getRepositoryDirectory(repository), REPOSITORIES_NATIVE_DIRECTORY);
     } else {
       throw new ConfigurationException("RepositoryHandler is not configured");
     }
diff --git a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/RepositoryLocationResolver.java b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/RepositoryLocationResolver.java
index 96f28c38ab..ad6020f5e1 100644
--- a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/RepositoryLocationResolver.java
+++ b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/RepositoryLocationResolver.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import java.io.File;
 @Singleton
 public class RepositoryLocationResolver {
 
-  static final String REPOSITORIES_NATIVE_DIRECTORY = "data";
   private RepositoryDAO repositoryDAO;
   private InitialRepositoryLocationResolver initialRepositoryLocationResolver;
 
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitRepositoryHandlerTest.java b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitRepositoryHandlerTest.java
index a4bb72454b..5a1a780267 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitRepositoryHandlerTest.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitRepositoryHandlerTest.java
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnitRunner;
-import sonia.scm.io.DefaultFileSystem;
 import sonia.scm.schedule.Scheduler;
 import sonia.scm.store.ConfigurationStoreFactory;
 
@@ -113,6 +112,6 @@ public class GitRepositoryHandlerTest extends SimpleRepositoryHandlerTestBase {
 
     initRepository();
     File path = repositoryHandler.getDirectory(repository);
-    assertEquals(repoPath.toString() + File.separator + RepositoryLocationResolver.REPOSITORIES_NATIVE_DIRECTORY, path.getAbsolutePath());
+    assertEquals(repoPath.toString() + File.separator + AbstractSimpleRepositoryHandler.REPOSITORIES_NATIVE_DIRECTORY, path.getAbsolutePath());
   }
 }
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgRepositoryHandlerTest.java b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgRepositoryHandlerTest.java
index f3fb914459..4ef21d2784 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgRepositoryHandlerTest.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgRepositoryHandlerTest.java
@@ -94,6 +94,6 @@ public class HgRepositoryHandlerTest extends SimpleRepositoryHandlerTestBase {
 
     initRepository();
     File path = repositoryHandler.getDirectory(repository);
-    assertEquals(repoPath.toString() + File.separator + RepositoryLocationResolver.REPOSITORIES_NATIVE_DIRECTORY, path.getAbsolutePath());
+    assertEquals(repoPath.toString() + File.separator + AbstractSimpleRepositoryHandler.REPOSITORIES_NATIVE_DIRECTORY, path.getAbsolutePath());
   }
 }
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/SvnRepositoryHandlerTest.java b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/SvnRepositoryHandlerTest.java
index 3025b41154..9f63d69ab6 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/SvnRepositoryHandlerTest.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/SvnRepositoryHandlerTest.java
@@ -116,6 +116,6 @@ public class SvnRepositoryHandlerTest extends SimpleRepositoryHandlerTestBase {
 
     initRepository();
     File path = repositoryHandler.getDirectory(repository);
-    assertEquals(repoPath.toString()+File.separator+ RepositoryLocationResolver.REPOSITORIES_NATIVE_DIRECTORY, path.getAbsolutePath());
+    assertEquals(repoPath.toString()+File.separator+ AbstractSimpleRepositoryHandler.REPOSITORIES_NATIVE_DIRECTORY, path.getAbsolutePath());
   }
 }
diff --git a/scm-test/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/SimpleRepositoryHandlerTestBase.java b/scm-test/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/SimpleRepositoryHandlerTestBase.java
index c3a372ddd5..bc6e7c5e38 100644
--- a/scm-test/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/SimpleRepositoryHandlerTestBase.java
+++ b/scm-test/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/SimpleRepositoryHandlerTestBase.java
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public abstract class SimpleRepositoryHandlerTestBase extends AbstractTestBase {
     File repoDirectory = new File(baseDirectory, repository.getId());
     repoPath = repoDirectory.toPath();
     when(repoDao.getPath(repository)).thenReturn(repoPath);
-    return new File(repoDirectory, RepositoryLocationResolver.REPOSITORIES_NATIVE_DIRECTORY);
+    return new File(repoDirectory, AbstractSimpleRepositoryHandler.REPOSITORIES_NATIVE_DIRECTORY);
   }
 
   protected File baseDirectory;