diff --git a/src/command_line.cc b/src/command_line.cc
index cdfb2704..fcf3bea8 100644
--- a/src/command_line.cc
+++ b/src/command_line.cc
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ bool IndexMain_DoIndex(IndexerConfig* config,
         queue_do_index->PriorityEnqueue(std::move(dep_index_request));
       }
 
-      project->UpdateFileState(index_request->path, old_index->import_file, old_index->dependencies, old_index->last_modification_time);
+      project->UpdateFileState(index_request->path, old_index->import_file, old_index->last_modification_time);
 
       Index_DoIdMap response(nullptr, std::move(old_index));
       queue_do_id_map->Enqueue(std::move(response));
@@ -919,7 +919,6 @@ bool IndexMain_DoIndex(IndexerConfig* config,
   optional<Project::Entry> entry = project->FindCompilationEntryForFile(index_request->path);
   if (entry && entry->last_modification_time) {
     import_file = entry->import_file;
-    import_dependencies = entry->import_dependencies;
 
     int64_t modification_time = GetLastModificationTime(index_request->path);
     if (modification_time == *entry->last_modification_time) {
@@ -930,18 +929,21 @@ bool IndexMain_DoIndex(IndexerConfig* config,
 
   std::vector<std::unique_ptr<IndexedFile>> indexes = Parse(
       config, file_consumer_shared,
-      index_request->path, import_file, import_dependencies,
+      index_request->path, import_file,
       index_request->args);
   time.ResetAndPrint("Parsing/indexing " + index_request->path);
 
   for (auto& current_index : indexes) {
     std::cerr << "Got index for " << current_index->path << std::endl;
 
-    project->UpdateFileState(current_index->path, current_index->import_file, current_index->dependencies, current_index->last_modification_time);
+    project->UpdateFileState(current_index->path, current_index->import_file, current_index->last_modification_time);
 
     std::unique_ptr<IndexedFile> old_index = LoadCachedFile(config, current_index->path);
     time.ResetAndPrint("Loading cached index");
 
+    if (old_index)
+      AddRange(&current_index->dependencies, old_index->dependencies);
+
     // TODO: Cache to disk on a separate thread. Maybe we do the cache after we
     // have imported the index (so the import pipeline has five stages instead
     // of the current 4).
diff --git a/src/indexer.cc b/src/indexer.cc
index ad07b7d3..12a721de 100644
--- a/src/indexer.cc
+++ b/src/indexer.cc
@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ void indexEntityReference(CXClientData client_data,
 
 std::vector<std::unique_ptr<IndexedFile>> Parse(
     IndexerConfig* config, FileConsumer::SharedState* file_consumer_shared,
-    std::string desired_index_file, std::string import_file, const std::vector<std::string>& existing_dependencies,
+    std::string desired_index_file, std::string import_file,
     std::vector<std::string> args,
     bool dump_ast) {
 
@@ -1392,9 +1392,6 @@ std::vector<std::unique_ptr<IndexedFile>> Parse(
 
     entry->last_modification_time = GetLastModificationTime(entry->path);
     entry->import_file = import_file;
-
-    if (entry->path == import_file && !existing_dependencies.empty())
-      AddRange(&entry->dependencies, existing_dependencies);
   }
 
   // TODO: Fix interesting checks.
diff --git a/src/indexer.h b/src/indexer.h
index 2bcda253..22404ccb 100644
--- a/src/indexer.h
+++ b/src/indexer.h
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ struct IndexedFile {
 // |dependencies| are the existing dependencies of |import_file| if this is a reparse.
 std::vector<std::unique_ptr<IndexedFile>> Parse(
     IndexerConfig* config, FileConsumer::SharedState* file_consumer_shared,
-    std::string desired_index_file, std::string import_file, const std::vector<std::string>& existing_dependencies,
+    std::string desired_index_file, std::string import_file,
     std::vector<std::string> args,
     bool dump_ast = false);
 void IndexInit();
diff --git a/src/project.cc b/src/project.cc
index afc129dd..a5652557 100644
--- a/src/project.cc
+++ b/src/project.cc
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ optional<Project::Entry> Project::FindCompilationEntryForFile(const std::string&
   return nullopt;
 }
 
-void Project::UpdateFileState(const std::string& filename, const std::string& import_file, const std::vector<std::string>& import_dependencies, uint64_t modification_time) {
+void Project::UpdateFileState(const std::string& filename, const std::string& import_file, uint64_t modification_time) {
   {
     // TODO: There might be a lot of thread contention here.
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(entries_modification_mutex_);
@@ -267,7 +267,6 @@ void Project::UpdateFileState(const std::string& filename, const std::string& im
     if (it != absolute_path_to_entry_index_.end()) {
       auto& entry = entries[it->second];
       entry.import_file = import_file;
-      entry.import_dependencies = import_dependencies;
       entry.last_modification_time = modification_time;
       return;
     }
@@ -283,7 +282,6 @@ void Project::UpdateFileState(const std::string& filename, const std::string& im
     }
 
     entry.import_file = import_file;
-    entry.import_dependencies = import_dependencies;
     entry.last_modification_time = modification_time;
     
     // TODO: There might be a lot of thread contention here.
diff --git a/src/project.h b/src/project.h
index 77c5752b..3727ed76 100644
--- a/src/project.h
+++ b/src/project.h
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ struct Project {
     std::vector<std::string> args;
     
     std::string import_file;
-    std::vector<std::string> import_dependencies;
     optional<uint64_t> last_modification_time;
   };
 
@@ -36,6 +35,6 @@ struct Project {
   optional<Entry> FindCompilationEntryForFile(const std::string& filename);
 
   // Update the modification time for the given filename. This is thread-safe.
-  void UpdateFileState(const std::string& filename, const std::string& import_file, const std::vector<std::string>& import_dependencies, uint64_t modification_time);
+  void UpdateFileState(const std::string& filename, const std::string& import_file, uint64_t modification_time);
 };
 
diff --git a/src/test.cc b/src/test.cc
index 5be523cd..5abfe7ce 100644
--- a/src/test.cc
+++ b/src/test.cc
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ void RunTests() {
     std::cout << "[START] " << path << std::endl;
     std::vector<std::unique_ptr<IndexedFile>> dbs = Parse(
         &config, &file_consumer_shared,
-        path, path, {},
+        path, path,
         {
           "-xc++",
           "-std=c++11",