diff --git a/source/dub/dub.d b/source/dub/dub.d
index 1eeea9cdb..d46903525 100644
--- a/source/dub/dub.d
+++ b/source/dub/dub.d
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ class Dub {
 					try if (m_packageManager.getOrLoadPackage(path)) continue;
 					catch (Exception e) { logDebug("Failed to load path based selection: %s", e.toString().sanitize); }
 				} else if (!dep.repository.empty) {
-					if (m_packageManager.loadSCMPackage(name.toString(), dep.repository))
+					if (m_packageManager.loadSCMPackage(name, dep.repository))
 						continue;
 				} else {
 					if (m_packageManager.getPackage(p, dep.version_)) continue;
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ class Dub {
 					continue;
 				}
 			} else if (!ver.repository.empty) {
-				pack = m_packageManager.loadSCMPackage(name.toString(), ver.repository);
+				pack = m_packageManager.loadSCMPackage(name, ver.repository);
 			} else {
 				assert(ver.isExactVersion, "Resolved dependency is neither path, nor repository, nor exact version based!?");
 				pack = m_packageManager.getPackage(p, ver.version_);
@@ -1934,7 +1934,7 @@ private class DependencyVersionResolver : DependencyResolver!(Dependency, Depend
 			return m_rootPackage.basePackage;
 
 		if (!dep.repository.empty) {
-			auto ret = m_dub.packageManager.loadSCMPackage(name.toString(), dep.repository);
+			auto ret = m_dub.packageManager.loadSCMPackage(name, dep.repository);
 			return ret !is null && dep.matches(ret.version_) ? ret : null;
 		}
 		if (!dep.path.empty) {
diff --git a/source/dub/packagemanager.d b/source/dub/packagemanager.d
index 7bc51c4ca..ab20acc46 100644
--- a/source/dub/packagemanager.d
+++ b/source/dub/packagemanager.d
@@ -398,22 +398,15 @@ class PackageManager {
 			The package loaded from the given SCM repository or null if the
 			package couldn't be loaded.
 	*/
-	deprecated("Use the overload that accepts a `dub.dependency : Repository`")
-	Package loadSCMPackage(string name, Dependency dependency)
-	in { assert(!dependency.repository.empty); }
-	do { return this.loadSCMPackage(name, dependency.repository); }
-
-	/// Ditto
-	Package loadSCMPackage(string name, Repository repo)
+	Package loadSCMPackage(in PackageName name, in Repository repo)
 	in { assert(!repo.empty); }
 	do {
 		Package pack;
-		const name_ = PackageName(name);
 
 		final switch (repo.kind)
 		{
 			case repo.Kind.git:
-				pack = loadGitPackage(name_, repo);
+				pack = loadGitPackage(name, repo);
 		}
 		if (pack !is null) {
 			addPackages(this.m_internal.fromPath, pack);
@@ -421,6 +414,17 @@ class PackageManager {
 		return pack;
 	}
 
+	deprecated("Use the overload that accepts a `dub.dependency : Repository`")
+	Package loadSCMPackage(string name, Dependency dependency)
+	in { assert(!dependency.repository.empty); }
+	do { return this.loadSCMPackage(name, dependency.repository); }
+
+	deprecated("Use `loadSCMPackage(PackageName, Repository)`")
+	Package loadSCMPackage(string name, Repository repo)
+	{
+		return this.loadSCMPackage(PackageName(name), repo);
+	}
+
 	private Package loadGitPackage(in PackageName name, in Repository repo)
 	{
 		import dub.internal.git : cloneRepository;
diff --git a/source/dub/project.d b/source/dub/project.d
index fe42ecf6c..67898d0ef 100644
--- a/source/dub/project.d
+++ b/source/dub/project.d
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ class Project {
 						return resolveSubPackage(tmp, subname, true);
 					},
 					(Repository repo) {
-						auto tmp = m_packageManager.loadSCMPackage(basename.toString(), repo);
+						auto tmp = m_packageManager.loadSCMPackage(basename, repo);
 						return resolveSubPackage(tmp, subname, true);
 					},
 					(VersionRange range) {
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ class Project {
 			if (p is null)
 			{
 				if (!vspec.repository.empty) {
-					p = m_packageManager.loadSCMPackage(basename.toString(), vspec.repository);
+					p = m_packageManager.loadSCMPackage(basename, vspec.repository);
 					resolveSubPackage(p, subname, false);
 					enforce(p !is null,
 						"Unable to fetch '%s@%s' using git - does the repository and version exists?".format(
diff --git a/source/dub/test/base.d b/source/dub/test/base.d
index a268eca63..1b1c47886 100644
--- a/source/dub/test/base.d
+++ b/source/dub/test/base.d
@@ -281,6 +281,9 @@ package class TestPackageManager : PackageManager
         super(local, user, system, false);
     }
 
+    // Re-introduce hidden/deprecated overloads
+    public alias loadSCMPackage = PackageManager.loadSCMPackage;
+
     /// Disabled as semantic are not implementable unless a virtual FS is created
 	public override @property void customCachePaths(NativePath[] custom_cache_paths)
     {
@@ -326,7 +329,7 @@ package class TestPackageManager : PackageManager
 	 * Instead, we allow unittests to explicitly define what packages should be
 	 * reachable in a given test.
 	 */
-	public override Package loadSCMPackage(string name, Repository repo)
+	public override Package loadSCMPackage(in PackageName name, in Repository repo)
 	{
         import std.string : chompPrefix;
 
@@ -334,11 +337,10 @@ package class TestPackageManager : PackageManager
 		if (!repo.ref_.startsWith("~") && !repo.ref_.isGitHash)
 			return null;
 
-		const name_ = PackageName(name);
 		string gitReference = repo.ref_.chompPrefix("~");
-		NativePath destination = this.getPackagePath(PlacementLocation.user, name_, repo.ref_);
+		NativePath destination = this.getPackagePath(PlacementLocation.user, name, repo.ref_);
 
-		foreach (p; getPackageIterator(name))
+		foreach (p; getPackageIterator(name.toString()))
 			if (p.path == destination)
 				return p;
 
@@ -346,7 +348,7 @@ package class TestPackageManager : PackageManager
 	}
 
 	/// The private part of `loadSCMPackage`
-	protected Package loadSCMRepository(string name, Repository repo)
+	protected Package loadSCMRepository(in PackageName name, in Repository repo)
 	{
 		if (auto prepo = repo in this.scm) {
             this.add(*prepo);