diff --git a/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/index/DefaultArtifactContextProducer.java b/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/index/DefaultArtifactContextProducer.java
index f7b8c3d9..737e51be 100644
--- a/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/index/DefaultArtifactContextProducer.java
+++ b/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/index/DefaultArtifactContextProducer.java
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ protected boolean isIndexable( File file )
 
         return !filename.equals( "maven-metadata.xml" )
                 && !( filename.startsWith( "maven-metadata-" ) && filename.endsWith( ".xml" ) )
+                && !( filename.startsWith( "_" ) && filename.endsWith( ".repositories" ) )
                 // || filename.endsWith( "-javadoc.jar" )
                 // || filename.endsWith( "-javadocs.jar" )
                 // || filename.endsWith( "-sources.jar" )
diff --git a/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/index/artifact/M2GavCalculator.java b/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/index/artifact/M2GavCalculator.java
index 72b1da00..383283f3 100644
--- a/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/index/artifact/M2GavCalculator.java
+++ b/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/index/artifact/M2GavCalculator.java
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ else if ( s.endsWith( ".sha1" ) )
             }
 
             if ( s.endsWith( "maven-metadata.xml" )
-                    || ( fileName.startsWith( "maven-metadata-" ) && fileName.contains( ".xml" ) ) )
+                    || ( fileName.startsWith( "maven-metadata-" ) && fileName.contains( ".xml" ) )
+                    || ( fileName.startsWith( "_" ) && fileName.endsWith( ".repositories" ) ) )
             {
                 return null;
             }
diff --git a/indexer-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/index/artifact/M2GavCalculatorTest.java b/indexer-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/index/artifact/M2GavCalculatorTest.java
index a5f62017..3e54d5f1 100644
--- a/indexer-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/index/artifact/M2GavCalculatorTest.java
+++ b/indexer-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/index/artifact/M2GavCalculatorTest.java
@@ -585,6 +585,10 @@ public void testGav()
         assertNull( gav );
         gav = gavCalculator.pathToGav( "/dev/mbien/hintmod/maven-metadata-local.xml" );
         assertNull( gav );
+        gav = gavCalculator.pathToGav( "/dev/mbien/hintmod/1.0-SNAPSHOT/_remote.repositories" ); // causes MINDEXER-164
+        assertNull( gav );
+        gav = gavCalculator.pathToGav( "/dev/mbien/hintmod/1.0-SNAPSHOT/_maven.repositories" );
+        assertNull( gav );
     }
 
     public void testNegGav()