diff --git a/source/dub/recipe/packagerecipe.d b/source/dub/recipe/packagerecipe.d
index e2d1ddc..deedc67 100644
--- a/source/dub/recipe/packagerecipe.d
+++ b/source/dub/recipe/packagerecipe.d
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@
 		return RecipeDependency(d.toDependency(), d.settings);
 	}
 
-	/// In-file of a dependency as specified by the user
+	/// In-file representation of a dependency as specified by the user
 	private struct YAMLFormat
 	{
 		@Name("version") @Optional string version_;
diff --git a/source/dub/recipe/selection.d b/source/dub/recipe/selection.d
index aab9014..ced50e4 100644
--- a/source/dub/recipe/selection.d
+++ b/source/dub/recipe/selection.d
@@ -16,33 +16,13 @@
     public uint fileVersion;
 
     /// The selected package and their matching versions
-    public YAMLSelectedDependency[string] versions;
+    public SelectedDependency[string] versions;
 }
 
 
-/// Actual representation of a dependency as permitted in `dub.selections.json`
-private struct SelectedDependency
-{
-    @Optional @Name("version") string version_;
-    @Optional string path;
-    @Optional string repository;
-
-    public void validate () const scope @safe pure
-    {
-        enforce(this.version_.length || this.path.length || this.repository.length,
-                "Need to provide a version string, or an object with one of the following fields: `version`, `path`, or `repository`");
-        enforce(!this.path.length || !this.repository.length,
-                "Cannot provide a `path` dependency if a repository dependency is used");
-        enforce(!this.path.length || !this.version_.length,
-                "Cannot provide a `path` dependency if a `version` dependency is used");
-        enforce(!this.repository.length || this.version_.length,
-                "Cannot provide a `repository` dependency without a `version`");
-    }
-}
-
 /// Wrapper around `SelectedDependency` to do deserialization but still provide
 /// a `Dependency` object to client code.
-private struct YAMLSelectedDependency
+private struct SelectedDependency
 {
     public Dependency actual;
     alias actual this;
@@ -54,31 +34,51 @@
     }
 
     /// Allow external code to assign to this object as if it was a `Dependency`
-    public ref YAMLSelectedDependency opAssign (Dependency dep) return pure nothrow @nogc
+    public ref SelectedDependency opAssign (Dependency dep) return pure nothrow @nogc
     {
         this.actual = dep;
         return this;
     }
 
     /// Read a `Dependency` from the config file - Required to support both short and long form
-    static YAMLSelectedDependency fromYAML (scope ConfigParser!YAMLSelectedDependency p)
+    static SelectedDependency fromYAML (scope ConfigParser!SelectedDependency p)
     {
         import dyaml.node;
 
         if (p.node.nodeID == NodeID.scalar)
-            return YAMLSelectedDependency(Dependency(Version(p.node.as!string)));
+            return SelectedDependency(Dependency(Version(p.node.as!string)));
 
-        auto d = p.parseAs!SelectedDependency;
+        auto d = p.parseAs!YAMLFormat;
         if (d.path.length)
-            return YAMLSelectedDependency(Dependency(NativePath(d.path)));
+            return SelectedDependency(Dependency(NativePath(d.path)));
         else
         {
             assert(d.version_.length);
             if (d.repository.length)
-                return YAMLSelectedDependency(Dependency(Repository(d.repository, d.version_)));
-            return YAMLSelectedDependency(Dependency(Version(d.version_)));
+                return SelectedDependency(Dependency(Repository(d.repository, d.version_)));
+            return SelectedDependency(Dependency(Version(d.version_)));
         }
     }
+
+	/// In-file representation of a dependency as permitted in `dub.selections.json`
+	private struct YAMLFormat
+	{
+		@Optional @Name("version") string version_;
+		@Optional string path;
+		@Optional string repository;
+
+		public void validate () const scope @safe pure
+		{
+			enforce(this.version_.length || this.path.length || this.repository.length,
+				"Need to provide a version string, or an object with one of the following fields: `version`, `path`, or `repository`");
+			enforce(!this.path.length || !this.repository.length,
+				"Cannot provide a `path` dependency if a repository dependency is used");
+			enforce(!this.path.length || !this.version_.length,
+				"Cannot provide a `path` dependency if a `version` dependency is used");
+			enforce(!this.repository.length || this.version_.length,
+				"Cannot provide a `repository` dependency without a `version`");
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 // Ensure we can read all type of dependencies