diff --git a/sbin/dm_install_support.sh b/sbin/dm_install_support.sh
index c8b72004b43fb37ff3bb0de0d15e24267e91a72a..f98ab2e75ecd757f20bf487dfedc03a27b1771f1 100755
--- a/sbin/dm_install_support.sh
+++ b/sbin/dm_install_support.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ execute() {
 if [ ! -d $DM_SUPPORT_DIR ]; then
     echo "Creating new DM support directory $DM_SUPPORT_DIR."
     cd `dirname $DM_SUPPORT_DIR`
-    execute svn co $DM_SVN_URL/support support
+    execute svn export $DM_SVN_URL/support support
 fi
 cd $DM_SUPPORT_DIR
 execute svn update
diff --git a/sbin/install_support.sh b/sbin/install_support.sh
index c4822e2f3bdb7574dd60c8e731e94571d3cdfb0f..f6dc4c05750f4227de5d2ce56882427dcd3ba162 100755
--- a/sbin/install_support.sh
+++ b/sbin/install_support.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ execute() {
 if [ ! -d $DM_SUPPORT_DIR ]; then
     echo "Creating new DM support directory $DM_SUPPORT_DIR."
     cd `dirname $DM_SUPPORT_DIR`
-    execute svn co $DM_SVN_URL/support support
+    execute svn export $DM_SVN_URL/support support
 fi
 cd $DM_SUPPORT_DIR
 execute svn update