diff --git a/actionmailer/Rakefile b/actionmailer/Rakefile
index 8ddc3179f2..b9b8ef0651 100755
--- a/actionmailer/Rakefile
+++ b/actionmailer/Rakefile
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.autorequire = 'action_mailer'
 
   s.files = [ "rakefile", "install.rb", "README", "CHANGELOG", "MIT-LICENSE" ]
-  s.files = s.files + Dir.glob( "lib/**/*" ).delete_if { |item| item.include?( "CVS" ) }
-  s.files = s.files + Dir.glob( "test/**/*" ).delete_if { |item| item.include?( "CVS" ) }
+  s.files = s.files + Dir.glob( "lib/**/*" ).delete_if { |item| item.include?( "\.svn" ) }
+  s.files = s.files + Dir.glob( "test/**/*" ).delete_if { |item| item.include?( "\.svn" ) }
 end
   
 Rake::GemPackageTask.new(spec) do |p|
diff --git a/actionpack/Rakefile b/actionpack/Rakefile
index fb9f3c9bfb..e26f488bf7 100755
--- a/actionpack/Rakefile
+++ b/actionpack/Rakefile
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.files = [ "rakefile", "install.rb", "README", "RUNNING_UNIT_TESTS", "CHANGELOG", "MIT-LICENSE", "examples/.htaccess" ]
   dist_dirs.each do |dir|
-    s.files = s.files + Dir.glob( "#{dir}/**/*" ).delete_if { |item| item.include?( "CVS" ) }
+    s.files = s.files + Dir.glob( "#{dir}/**/*" ).delete_if { |item| item.include?( "\.svn" ) }
   end
   s.files.delete "examples/benchmark.rb"
   s.files.delete "examples/benchmark_with_ar.fcgi"
diff --git a/activerecord/Rakefile b/activerecord/Rakefile
index 6b17f6a61e..9ffd707c08 100755
--- a/activerecord/Rakefile
+++ b/activerecord/Rakefile
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.files = [ "rakefile", "install.rb", "README", "RUNNING_UNIT_TESTS", "CHANGELOG" ]
   dist_dirs.each do |dir|
-    s.files = s.files + Dir.glob( "#{dir}/**/*" ).delete_if { |item| item.include?( "CVS" ) }
+    s.files = s.files + Dir.glob( "#{dir}/**/*" ).delete_if { |item| item.include?( "\.svn" ) }
   end
   s.files.delete "test/fixtures/fixture_database.sqlite"
   s.require_path = 'lib'