diff --git a/RoboFileBase.php b/RoboFileBase.php
index 2aba8a0..cc6280c 100644
--- a/RoboFileBase.php
+++ b/RoboFileBase.php
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ public function distributionBuild() {
    */
   public function devComposerValidate() {
     $this->taskComposerValidate()
-      ->withDependencies()
       ->noCheckPublish()
       ->run()
       ->stopOnFail(TRUE);