diff -Naur nant-0.85_a/src/NAnt.Core/Task.cs nant-0.85_b/src/NAnt.Core/Task.cs
--- nant-0.85_a/src/NAnt.Core/Task.cs	2005-10-21 19:13:06.000000000 +0200
+++ nant-0.85_b/src/NAnt.Core/Task.cs	2008-04-20 18:27:02.000000000 +0200
@@ -400,7 +400,9 @@
         #region Protected Instance Methods
 
         /// <summary><note>Deprecated (to be deleted).</note></summary>
+#if !MONO
         [Obsolete("Deprecated- Use InitializeTask instead")]
+#endif
         protected override void InitializeElement(XmlNode elementNode) {
             // Just defer for now so that everything just works
             InitializeTask(elementNode);
diff -Naur nant-0.85_a/src/NAnt.DotNet/Tasks/ScriptTask.cs nant-0.85_b/src/NAnt.DotNet/Tasks/ScriptTask.cs
--- nant-0.85_a/src/NAnt.DotNet/Tasks/ScriptTask.cs	2006-09-13 18:31:26.000000000 +0200
+++ nant-0.85_b/src/NAnt.DotNet/Tasks/ScriptTask.cs	2008-04-20 18:25:39.000000000 +0200
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@
         #region Private Static Methods
 
         private static CodeDomProvider CreateCodeDomProvider(string typeName, string assemblyName) {
-            Assembly providerAssembly = Assembly.LoadWithPartialName(assemblyName);
+            Assembly providerAssembly = Assembly.Load(assemblyName);
             if (providerAssembly == null) {
                 throw new ArgumentException(string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
                     ResourceUtils.GetString("NA2037"), assemblyName));