diff --git a/spec/factories/projects.rb b/spec/factories/projects.rb
index 1cdbe4fc9a5aeee44b7c9d17db037654d354f03b..992580a6b344414deb20cb78fd1130b96174ff30 100644
--- a/spec/factories/projects.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/projects.rb
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ FactoryGirl.define do
       request_access_enabled true
     end
 
+    trait :repository do
+      # no-op... for now!
+    end
+
     trait :empty_repo do
       after(:create) do |project|
         project.create_repository