diff --git a/scripts/cvs2git_prep.txt b/scripts/cvs2git_prep.txt
index bd0d4b5..0bdd421 100644
--- a/scripts/cvs2git_prep.txt
+++ b/scripts/cvs2git_prep.txt
@@ -194,6 +194,13 @@
   $(pwd)/eclipse.platform.ui \
   --tmp=$(pwd)/compare-tmp --diff >compare-log.txt 2>&1 &
 
+
+# we also have to delete at least 2 tags:
+git tag -d 'R3_6_api_cleanup_<build_20091125>'
+git tag -d 'R3_6_p2_api_cleanup_<20091216>'
+
+
+
 # Fixing the Delete only tags:
   /bin/bash ../org.eclipse.migration/scripts/fix_tags.sh >../tag_report.sh
   grep ^git ../tag_report.sh >../mv_tags.sh