Index: test/java/org/apache/ivy/ant/IvyResolveTest.java
===================================================================
--- test/java/org/apache/ivy/ant/IvyResolveTest.java	(revision 706161)
+++ test/java/org/apache/ivy/ant/IvyResolveTest.java	(working copy)
@@ -397,6 +397,10 @@
             ModuleRevisionId.newInstance("org1", "mod1.1", "2.0")).exists());
         assertFalse(getIvyFileInCache(
             ModuleRevisionId.newInstance("org1", "mod1.2", "2.0")).exists());
+
+        // test the properties
+        Project project = resolve.getProject();
+        assertFalse(project.getProperty("ivy.resolved.configurations").indexOf("default") > -1);
     }
 
     public void testResolveWithAbsoluteFile() {
Index: src/java/org/apache/ivy/ant/IvyTask.java
===================================================================
--- src/java/org/apache/ivy/ant/IvyTask.java	(revision 706161)
+++ src/java/org/apache/ivy/ant/IvyTask.java	(working copy)
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.apache.ivy.core.settings.IvySettings;
 import org.apache.ivy.util.Message;
 import org.apache.ivy.util.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.ivy.util.ConfigurationUtils;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Reference;
Index: src/java/org/apache/ivy/ant/IvyResolve.java
===================================================================
--- src/java/org/apache/ivy/ant/IvyResolve.java	(revision 706161)
+++ src/java/org/apache/ivy/ant/IvyResolve.java	(working copy)
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@
                 }
             }
             setResolved(report, resolveId, isKeep());
+            confs = report.getConfigurations();
 
             if (isKeep()) {
                 ModuleDescriptor md = report.getModuleDescriptor();
@@ -264,15 +265,8 @@
                     getProject().setProperty("ivy.deps.changed", hasChanged.toString());
                     settings.setVariable("ivy.deps.changed", hasChanged.toString());
                 }
-                if (conf.trim().equals("*")) {
-                    getProject().setProperty("ivy.resolved.configurations",
-                        mergeConfs(md.getConfigurationsNames()));
-                    settings.setVariable("ivy.resolved.configurations", mergeConfs(md
-                            .getConfigurationsNames()));
-                } else {
-                    getProject().setProperty("ivy.resolved.configurations", conf);
-                    settings.setVariable("ivy.resolved.configurations", conf);
-                }
+                getProject().setProperty("ivy.resolved.configurations", mergeConfs(confs));
+                settings.setVariable("ivy.resolved.configurations", mergeConfs(confs));
                 if (file != null) {
                     getProject().setProperty("ivy.resolved.file", file.getAbsolutePath());
                     settings.setVariable("ivy.resolved.file", file.getAbsolutePath());
@@ -297,16 +291,10 @@
                         settings.setVariable("ivy.deps.changed." + resolveId, 
                             hasChanged.toString());
                     }
-                    if (conf.trim().equals("*")) {
-                        getProject().setProperty("ivy.resolved.configurations." + resolveId,
-                            mergeConfs(md.getConfigurationsNames()));
-                        settings.setVariable("ivy.resolved.configurations." + resolveId,
-                            mergeConfs(md.getConfigurationsNames()));
-                    } else {
-                        getProject()
-                                .setProperty("ivy.resolved.configurations." + resolveId, conf);
-                        settings.setVariable("ivy.resolved.configurations." + resolveId, conf);
-                    }
+                    getProject().setProperty("ivy.resolved.configurations." + resolveId,
+                        mergeConfs(confs));
+                    settings.setVariable("ivy.resolved.configurations." + resolveId,
+                        mergeConfs(confs));
                     if (file != null) {
                         getProject().setProperty("ivy.resolved.file." + resolveId,
                             file.getAbsolutePath());