diff --git a/source/dub/commandline.d b/source/dub/commandline.d
index 1e2cfab..81f1db3 100644
--- a/source/dub/commandline.d
+++ b/source/dub/commandline.d
@@ -603,6 +603,7 @@
 		BuildPlatform m_buildPlatform;
 		BuildSettings m_buildSettings;
 		string m_defaultConfig;
+		bool m_nodeps;
 		bool m_allowNonLibraryConfigs = true;
 	}
 
@@ -626,6 +627,9 @@
 		args.getopt("d|debug", &m_debug_versions, [
 			"Define the specified debug version identifier when building - can be used multiple times"
 		]);
+		args.getopt("nodeps", &m_nodeps, [
+			"Do not check/update dependencies before building"
+		]);
 	}
 
 	protected void setupPackage(Dub dub, string package_name)
@@ -643,6 +647,11 @@
 			if (environment.get("DFLAGS")) m_build_type = "$DFLAGS";
 			else m_build_type = "debug";
 		}
+
+		if (!m_nodeps) {
+			logInfo("Checking dependencies in '%s'", dub.projectPath.toNativeString());
+			dub.update(UpdateOptions.none);
+		}
 	}
 
 	private bool loadSpecificPackage(Dub dub, string package_name)
@@ -688,7 +697,6 @@
 		bool m_run = false;
 		bool m_force = false;
 		bool m_print_platform, m_print_builds, m_print_configs;
-		bool m_nodeps;
 	}
 
 	this()
@@ -720,9 +728,6 @@
 		args.getopt("print-platform", &m_print_platform, [
 			"Prints the identifiers for the current build platform as used for the build fields in package.json"
 		]);
-		args.getopt("nodeps", &m_nodeps, [
-			"Do not check dependencies for 'run' or 'build'"
-		]);
 	}
 
 	override int execute(Dub dub, string[] free_args, string[] app_args)
@@ -862,11 +867,6 @@
 
 		setupPackage(dub, package_name);
 
-		//if (!m_nodeps) {
-			logInfo("Checking dependencies in '%s'", dub.projectPath.toNativeString());
-			dub.update(UpdateOptions.none);
-		//}
-
 		logInfo("Running unit tests for package %s, configuration '%s'.", dub.project.mainPackage.name, m_build_config);
 
 		dub.testProject(m_buildSettings, m_buildPlatform, m_build_config, Path(m_mainFile), app_args);