diff --git a/releng/org.eclipse.rse.build/bin/doit_ibuild.sh b/releng/org.eclipse.rse.build/bin/doit_ibuild.sh
index 407ad7b222c..b36274465ed 100755
--- a/releng/org.eclipse.rse.build/bin/doit_ibuild.sh
+++ b/releng/org.eclipse.rse.build/bin/doit_ibuild.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ cd org.eclipse.rse.build
 stamp=`date +'%Y%m%d-%H%M'`
 log=$HOME/ws/log-$stamp.txt
 sg dsdp-tm-rse -c "touch $log"
-sg dsdp-tm-rse -c "cvs -q update -d"
+sg dsdp-tm-rse -c "cvs -q update -RPd"
 daystamp=`date +'%Y%m%d-%H'`
 echo "Enter tag to fetch from CVS (default is HEAD):"
 echo "Enter build type (P,N,I,S):"
diff --git a/releng/org.eclipse.rse.build/bin/doit_nightly.sh b/releng/org.eclipse.rse.build/bin/doit_nightly.sh
index 25a379ba76c..91539b968b8 100755
--- a/releng/org.eclipse.rse.build/bin/doit_nightly.sh
+++ b/releng/org.eclipse.rse.build/bin/doit_nightly.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ cd org.eclipse.rse.build
 stamp=`date +'%Y%m%d-%H%M'`
 log=$HOME/ws/log-$stamp.txt
 sg dsdp-tm-rse -c "touch $log"
-sg dsdp-tm-rse -c "cvs -q update -d >> $log 2>&1"
+sg dsdp-tm-rse -c "cvs -q update -RPd >> $log 2>&1"
 daystamp=`date +'%Y%m%d-%H'`
 sg dsdp-tm-rse -c "./nightly.sh >> $log 2>&1"
 tail -50 $log