diff --git a/source/dub/dependency.d b/source/dub/dependency.d
index b0d7db1..46ff206 100644
--- a/source/dub/dependency.d
+++ b/source/dub/dependency.d
@@ -229,7 +229,8 @@
 		if (!repository.empty) {
 			ret ~= repository.toString~"#";
 		}
-		ret ~= versionSpec;
+		if (path.empty)
+			ret ~= versionSpec;
 		if (optional) {
 			if (default_) ret ~= " (optional, default)";
 			else ret ~= " (optional)";
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@
 
 		// NOTE Path is @system in vibe.d 0.7.x and in the compatibility layer
 		() @trusted {
-			if (!path.empty) ret ~= " @"~path.toNativeString();
+			if (!path.empty) ret ~= "@"~path.toNativeString();
 		} ();
 
 		return ret;
diff --git a/source/dub/internal/vibecompat/inet/path.d b/source/dub/internal/vibecompat/inet/path.d
index 3e844a3..3baf10d 100644
--- a/source/dub/internal/vibecompat/inet/path.d
+++ b/source/dub/internal/vibecompat/inet/path.d
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
 	@property size_t length() const scope @safe pure nothrow @nogc { return m_nodes.length; }
 
 	/// True if the path contains no entries
-	@property bool empty() const { return m_nodes.length == 0; }
+	@property bool empty() const scope @safe pure nothrow @nogc { return m_nodes.length == 0; }
 
 	/// Determines if the path ends with a slash (i.e. is a directory)
 	@property bool endsWithSlash() const { return m_endsWithSlash; }
diff --git a/test/expected-issue1037-output b/test/expected-issue1037-output
index e03b110..06fdbb1 100644
--- a/test/expected-issue1037-output
+++ b/test/expected-issue1037-output
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 Unresolvable dependencies to package gitcompatibledubpackage:
-  b >=0.0.0 @DIR/b depends on gitcompatibledubpackage ~>1.0.2
+  b @DIR/b depends on gitcompatibledubpackage ~>1.0.2
   issue1037-better-dependency-messages ~master depends on gitcompatibledubpackage 1.0.1