diff --git a/osc/core.py b/osc/core.py
index 711c32ce..5212543a 100755
--- a/osc/core.py
+++ b/osc/core.py
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ DISTURL_RE = re.compile(r"^(?P<bs>.*)://(?P<apiurl>.*?)/(?P<project>.*?)/(?P<rep
 BUFSIZE = 1024*1024
 store = '.osc'
 
+# NOTE: do not use this anymore, use conf.exclude_glob instead.
+# but this needs to stay to avoid breakage of tools which use osc lib
+exclude_stuff = [store, 'CVS', '*~', '#*#', '.*', '_linkerror']
+
 new_project_templ = """\
 <project name="%(name)s">