diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/aether/AetherDependency.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/aether/AetherDependency.kt
index f7de93a2..8fc960dc 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/aether/AetherDependency.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/aether/AetherDependency.kt
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ import com.beust.kobalt.api.Dependencies
 import com.beust.kobalt.api.IClasspathDependency
 import com.beust.kobalt.api.Kobalt
 import com.beust.kobalt.maven.CompletedFuture
-import com.beust.kobalt.maven.LocalDep
-import com.beust.kobalt.maven.LocalRepo
-import com.beust.kobalt.maven.MavenId
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.StringVersion
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.warn
 import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.Artifact
@@ -26,18 +23,13 @@ class AetherDependency(val artifact: Artifact, override val optional: Boolean =
     private fun toId(a: Artifact) = a.toString()
 
     override val jarFile: Future<File>
-        get() = if (artifact.file != null) {
-            CompletedFuture(artifact.file)
-        } else {
-            val localRepo = Kobalt.INJECTOR.getInstance(LocalRepo::class.java)
-            val file = File(LocalDep(MavenId.create(id), localRepo).toAbsoluteJarFilePath(version))
-            if (file.exists()) {
-                CompletedFuture(file)
+        get() =
+            if (artifact.file != null) {
+                CompletedFuture(artifact.file)
             } else {
                 val td = aether.resolve(artifact, null)
                 CompletedFuture(td.root.artifact.file)
             }
-        }
 
     override fun toMavenDependencies(scope: String?) : org.apache.maven.model.Dependency {
         val passedScope = scope