diff --git a/build/tasks/testswarm.js b/build/tasks/testswarm.js
index 3aca0e7b2..60f2800c5 100644
--- a/build/tasks/testswarm.js
+++ b/build/tasks/testswarm.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module.exports = function( grunt ) {
 "use strict";
 
 var versions = {
-		"compat-git": "compat-git",
+		"git": "git",
 		"1.11": "1.11.0 1.11.1 1.11.2 1.11.3",
 		"1.10": "1.10.0 1.10.2",
 		"1.9": "1.9.0 1.9.1",
@@ -38,9 +38,16 @@ function submit( commit, runs, configFile, extra, done ) {
 	var testName,
 		testswarm = require( "testswarm" ),
 		config = grunt.file.readJSON( configFile ).jqueryui,
+		browserSets = config.browserSets,
 		commitUrl = "https://github.com/jquery/jquery-ui/commit/" + commit;
 
 	if ( extra ) {
+
+		// jquery-git doesn't support IE 8.
+		if ( extra === "core git" ) {
+			browserSets = "jquery-ui-future";
+		}
+
 		extra = " (" + extra + ")";
 	}
 
@@ -60,7 +67,7 @@ function submit( commit, runs, configFile, extra, done ) {
 			name: "Commit <a href='" + commitUrl + "'>" + commit.substr( 0, 10 ) + "</a>" + extra,
 			runs: runs,
 			runMax: config.runMax,
-			browserSets: config.browserSets,
+			browserSets: browserSets,
 			timeout: 1000 * 60 * 30
 		}, function( error, passed ) {
 			if ( error ) {
diff --git a/tests/lib/bootstrap.js b/tests/lib/bootstrap.js
index 2fe2edd1b..4e374ac27 100644
--- a/tests/lib/bootstrap.js
+++ b/tests/lib/bootstrap.js
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ function jqueryUrl() {
 	var version = parseUrl().jquery;
 	var url;
 
-	if ( version === "git" || version === "compat-git" ) {
+	if ( version === "git" ) {
 		url = "http://code.jquery.com/jquery-" + version;
 	} else {
 		url = "../../../external/jquery-" + ( version || "1.11.3" ) + "/jquery";
diff --git a/tests/lib/qunit.js b/tests/lib/qunit.js
index b421341ea..e2a6e85c7 100644
--- a/tests/lib/qunit.js
+++ b/tests/lib/qunit.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ QUnit.config.urlConfig.push( {
 		"1.11.0", "1.11.1", "1.11.2", "1.11.3",
 		"2.0.0", "2.0.1", "2.0.2", "2.0.3",
 		"2.1.0", "2.1.1", "2.1.2", "2.1.3",
-		"compat-git", "git", "custom"
+		"git", "custom"
 	],
 	tooltip: "Which jQuery Core version to test against"
 } );
diff --git a/tests/unit/subsuite.js b/tests/unit/subsuite.js
index 31a279c28..498f60a0b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/subsuite.js
+++ b/tests/unit/subsuite.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ var versions = [
 		"1.9.0", "1.9.1",
 		"1.10.0", "1.10.1", "1.10.2",
 		"1.11.0", "1.11.1", "1.11.2", "1.11.3",
-		"compat-git"
+		"git"
 	],
 	additionalTests = {