diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/IDependencyManager.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/IDependencyManager.kt
index ea472379..ef7fb959 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/IDependencyManager.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/IDependencyManager.kt
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@ interface IDependencyManager {
      * allDependencies is typically either compileDependencies or testDependencies
      */
     fun calculateDependencies(project: Project?, context: KobaltContext,
-            scopeFilters: Collection<Scope> = emptyList(),
+            scopeFilters: Collection<Scope> = listOf(Scope.COMPILE),
             vararg passedDependencies: List<IClasspathDependency>): List<IClasspathDependency>
 }
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