diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/JarGenerator.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/JarGenerator.kt
index d7197526..39c4c2e1 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/JarGenerator.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/JarGenerator.kt
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@ package com.beust.kobalt
 
 import com.beust.kobalt.api.KobaltContext
 import com.beust.kobalt.api.Project
-import com.beust.kobalt.api.ProjectDescription
 import com.beust.kobalt.archive.Archives
 import com.beust.kobalt.archive.Jar
-import com.beust.kobalt.internal.JvmCompilerPlugin
 import com.beust.kobalt.maven.DependencyManager
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.*
 import com.google.inject.Inject
@@ -97,15 +95,12 @@ class JarGenerator @Inject constructor(val dependencyManager: DependencyManager)
 
             val seen = hashSetOf<String>()
             @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
-            val dependentProjects = project.projectProperties.get(JvmCompilerPlugin.DEPENDENT_PROJECTS)
-                    as List<ProjectDescription>
             val allDependencies = project.compileDependencies + project.compileRuntimeDependencies +
                 context.variant.buildType.compileDependencies +
                 context.variant.buildType.compileRuntimeDependencies +
                 context.variant.productFlavor.compileDependencies +
                 context.variant.productFlavor.compileRuntimeDependencies
-            val transitiveDependencies = dependencyManager.calculateDependencies(project, context, dependentProjects,
-                    allDependencies)
+            val transitiveDependencies = dependencyManager.calculateDependencies(project, context, allDependencies)
             transitiveDependencies.map {
                 it.jarFile.get()
             }.forEach { file : File ->
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 76183629..9e47c0dc 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
@@ -34,6 +34,5 @@ interface IDependencyManager {
      * allDependencies is typically either compileDependencies or testDependencies
      */
     fun calculateDependencies(project: Project?, context: KobaltContext,
-            dependentProjects: List<ProjectDescription> = emptyList(),
             vararg allDependencies: List<IClasspathDependency>): List<IClasspathDependency>
 }
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diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/DependencyManager.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/DependencyManager.kt
index 8bda7d28..7fef033f 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/DependencyManager.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/DependencyManager.kt
@@ -85,14 +85,13 @@ class DependencyManager @Inject constructor(val executors: KobaltExecutors, val
      * allDependencies is typically either compileDependencies or testDependencies
      */
     override fun calculateDependencies(project: Project?, context: KobaltContext,
-            dependentProjects: List<ProjectDescription>,
             vararg allDependencies: List<IClasspathDependency>): List<IClasspathDependency> {
         val result = arrayListOf<IClasspathDependency>()
         allDependencies.forEach { dependencies ->
             result.addAll(transitiveClosure(dependencies))
         }
         result.addAll(runClasspathContributors(project, context))
-        result.addAll(dependentProjectDependencies(dependentProjects, project, context))
+        result.addAll(dependentProjectDependencies(project, context))
 
         return result
     }
@@ -169,27 +168,25 @@ class DependencyManager @Inject constructor(val executors: KobaltExecutors, val
      * If this project depends on other projects, we need to include their jar file and also
      * their own dependencies
      */
-    private fun dependentProjectDependencies(projectDescriptions: List<ProjectDescription>,
+    private fun dependentProjectDependencies(
             project: Project?, context: KobaltContext) : List<IClasspathDependency> {
-        val result = arrayListOf<IClasspathDependency>()
-        projectDescriptions.filter {
-            it.project.name == project?.name
-        }.forEach { pd ->
-            pd.dependsOn.forEach { p ->
+        if (project == null) {
+            return emptyList()
+        } else {
+            val result = arrayListOf<IClasspathDependency>()
+            project.projectExtra.dependsOn.forEach { p ->
                 result.add(FileDependency(KFiles.joinDir(p.directory, p.classesDir(context))))
-                val otherDependencies = calculateDependencies(p, context, projectDescriptions,
-                        p.compileDependencies)
+                val otherDependencies = calculateDependencies(p, context, p.compileDependencies)
                 result.addAll(otherDependencies)
-            }
-        }
 
-        return result
+            }
+            return result
+        }
     }
 
     private fun dependencies(project: Project, context: KobaltContext, isTest: Boolean)
             : List<IClasspathDependency> {
         val transitive = hashSetOf<IClasspathDependency>()
-        val projects = listOf(ProjectDescription(project, project.projectExtra.dependsOn))
         with(project) {
             val deps = arrayListOf(compileDependencies, compileProvidedDependencies,
                     context.variant.buildType.compileDependencies,
@@ -202,7 +199,7 @@ class DependencyManager @Inject constructor(val executors: KobaltExecutors, val
                 deps.add(testProvidedDependencies)
             }
             deps.filter { it.any() }.forEach {
-                transitive.addAll(calculateDependencies(project, context, projects, it))
+                transitive.addAll(calculateDependencies(project, context, it))
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/application/ApplicationPlugin.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/application/ApplicationPlugin.kt
index 3b871016..8f0c6e8d 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/application/ApplicationPlugin.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/application/ApplicationPlugin.kt
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import com.beust.kobalt.api.annotation.Task
 import com.beust.kobalt.archive.Archives
 import com.beust.kobalt.archive.Jar
 import com.beust.kobalt.internal.ActorUtils
-import com.beust.kobalt.internal.JvmCompilerPlugin
 import com.beust.kobalt.maven.DependencyManager
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.KFiles
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.KobaltExecutors
@@ -106,12 +105,10 @@ class ApplicationPlugin @Inject constructor(val configActor: ConfigActor<Applica
         val java = JavaInfo.create(File(SystemProperties.javaBase)).javaExecutable!!
         if (! isFatJar(packages, jarName)) {
             @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
-            val projDeps = project.projectProperties.get(JvmCompilerPlugin.DEPENDENT_PROJECTS)
-                    as List<ProjectDescription>
             // If the jar file is not fat, we need to add the transitive closure of all dependencies
             // on the classpath
             val allTheDependencies =
-                    dependencyManager.calculateDependencies(project, context, projDeps,
+                    dependencyManager.calculateDependencies(project, context,
                             allDependencies = project.compileDependencies).map { it.jarFile.get().path }
             allDeps.addAll(allTheDependencies)
         }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/packaging/PackagingPlugin.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/packaging/PackagingPlugin.kt
index 16dea24c..79c5695e 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/packaging/PackagingPlugin.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/packaging/PackagingPlugin.kt
@@ -118,8 +118,7 @@ class PackagingPlugin @Inject constructor(val dependencyManager : DependencyMana
         val analyzer = Analyzer().apply {
             jar = aQute.bnd.osgi.Jar(project.projectProperties.get(Archives.JAR_NAME) as String)
             val dependencies = project.compileDependencies + project.compileRuntimeDependencies
-            val dependentProjects = project.dependentProjects
-            dependencyManager.calculateDependencies(project, context, dependentProjects, dependencies).forEach {
+            dependencyManager.calculateDependencies(project, context, dependencies).forEach {
                 addClasspath(it.jarFile.get())
             }
             setProperty(Analyzer.BUNDLE_VERSION, project.version)
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/packaging/WarGenerator.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/packaging/WarGenerator.kt
index ad4b4f8d..a4826813 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/packaging/WarGenerator.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/packaging/WarGenerator.kt
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 package com.beust.kobalt.plugin.packaging
 
-import com.beust.kobalt.archive.Archives
 import com.beust.kobalt.IFileSpec
 import com.beust.kobalt.JarGenerator
-import com.beust.kobalt.archive.War
 import com.beust.kobalt.api.IClasspathDependency
 import com.beust.kobalt.api.KobaltContext
 import com.beust.kobalt.api.Project
-import com.beust.kobalt.api.ProjectDescription
+import com.beust.kobalt.archive.Archives
+import com.beust.kobalt.archive.War
 import com.beust.kobalt.maven.DependencyManager
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.From
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.IncludedFile
@@ -40,9 +39,7 @@ class WarGenerator @Inject constructor(val dependencyManager: DependencyManager)
         // The transitive closure of libraries goes into WEB-INF/libs.
         // Copy them all in kobaltBuild/war/WEB-INF/libs and create one IncludedFile out of that directory
         //
-        val dependentProjects = listOf(ProjectDescription(project, project.projectExtra.dependsOn))
-        val allDependencies = dependencyManager.calculateDependencies(project, context, dependentProjects,
-                project.compileDependencies)
+        val allDependencies = dependencyManager.calculateDependencies(project, context, project.compileDependencies)
 
         val outDir = project.buildDirectory + "/war"
         val fullDir = outDir + "/" + LIB