diff --git a/source/dub/generators/visuald.d b/source/dub/generators/visuald.d
index 1e72ba8..9382b37 100644
--- a/source/dub/generators/visuald.d
+++ b/source/dub/generators/visuald.d
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
 						if (!deppack) continue;
 						if (isHeaderOnlyPackage(deppack, settings)) {
 							addDepsRec(deppack);
-						} else {
+						} else if (!m_app.isRedundantDependency(p, deppack)) {
 							// TODO: clarify what "uuid = uuid" should mean
 							auto uuid = guid(id);
 							ret.formattedWrite("\n			%s = %s", uuid, uuid);
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
 				// Add libraries, system libs need to be suffixed by ".lib".
 				string linkLibs = join(map!(a => a~".lib")(getSettings!"libs"()), " ");
 				string addLinkFiles = join(getSettings!"sourceFiles"().filter!(s => s.endsWith(".lib"))(), " ");
-				ret.formattedWrite("    <libfiles>%s %s phobos.lib</libfiles>\n", linkLibs, addLinkFiles);
+				if (!is_lib) ret.formattedWrite("    <libfiles>%s %s phobos.lib</libfiles>\n", linkLibs, addLinkFiles);
 
 				// Unittests
 				ret.formattedWrite("    <useUnitTests>%s</useUnitTests>\n", buildsettings.options & BuildOptions.unittests ? "1" : "0");
diff --git a/source/dub/project.d b/source/dub/project.d
index 766e077..44c9735 100644
--- a/source/dub/project.d
+++ b/source/dub/project.d
@@ -281,7 +281,8 @@
 				}
 				size_t cidx = createConfig(p.name, c);
 				foreach (dn; p.dependencies.byKey) {
-					auto dp = getDependency(dn, false);
+					auto dp = getDependency(dn, true);
+					if (!dp) continue;
 					auto subconf = p.getSubConfiguration(c, dp, platform);
 					if (subconf.empty) {
 						foreach (sc; dp.getPlatformConfigurations(platform)) {
@@ -294,7 +295,8 @@
 					}
 				}
 				foreach (dn; p.dependencies.byKey) {
-					auto dp = getDependency(dn, false);
+					auto dp = getDependency(dn, true);
+					if (!dp) continue;
 					determineAllConfigs(dp);
 				}
 			}
@@ -339,7 +341,7 @@
 		string[string] ret;
 		foreach (c; configs) {
 			assert(ret.get(c.pack, c.config) == c.config, format("Conflicting configurations for %s found: %s vs. %s", c.pack, c.config, ret[c.pack]));
-			logDiagnostic("Using configuration '%s' for %s", c.config, c.pack);
+			logDebug("Using configuration '%s' for %s", c.config, c.pack);
 			ret[c.pack] = c.config;
 		}
 
@@ -401,6 +403,19 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	/// Determines if the given dependency is already indirectly referenced by other dependencies of pack.
+	bool isRedundantDependency(in Package pack, in Package dependency)
+	const {
+		foreach (dep; pack.dependencies.byKey) {
+			auto dp = getDependency(dep, true);
+			if (!dp) continue;
+			if (dp is dependency) continue;
+			foreach (ddp; getTopologicalPackageList(false, dp))
+				if (ddp is dependency) return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
 
 	/// Actions which can be performed to update the application.
 	Action[] determineActions(PackageSupplier[] packageSuppliers, int option)