diff --git a/tycho-its/projects/issue1261/category.xml b/tycho-its/projects/issue1261/category.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<site>
+   <!--org.eclipse.rcp include a bundle with the same ID & version, which triggers #1261 -->
+   <feature id="org.eclipse.rcp"/>
+</site>
diff --git a/tycho-its/projects/issue1261/pom.xml b/tycho-its/projects/issue1261/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+	<groupId>tycho-its-project.issue1261</groupId>
+	<artifactId>testrepo</artifactId>
+	<version>1.0.0</version>
+
+	<packaging>eclipse-repository</packaging>
+
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
+				<artifactId>tycho-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${tycho-version}</version>
+				<extensions>true</extensions>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
+				<artifactId>tycho-p2-repository-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${tycho-version}</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<compress>false</compress>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
+				<artifactId>tycho-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${tycho-version}</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>pgpsigner</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>sign-p2-artifacts</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<keyname>${test-pgp-key.name}</keyname>
+							<passphraseServerId>${test-pgp-key.serverId}</passphraseServerId>
+							<skipIfJarsigned>false</skipIfJarsigned>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+
+	<repositories>
+		<repository>
+			<id>platform-repo</id>
+			<layout>p2</layout>
+			<url>https://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/4.24/R-4.24-202206070700/</url>
+		</repository>
+	</repositories>
+
+</project>
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