diff --git a/tests/versioncheck.rs b/tests/versioncheck.rs
index fe4017ceb35..f5d03c645df 100644
--- a/tests/versioncheck.rs
+++ b/tests/versioncheck.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 #[test]
 fn check_that_clippy_lints_has_the_same_version_as_clippy() {
     let clippy_meta = cargo_metadata::MetadataCommand::new()
+        .no_deps()
         .exec()
         .expect("could not obtain cargo metadata");
     std::env::set_current_dir(std::env::current_dir().unwrap().join("clippy_lints")).unwrap();
     let clippy_lints_meta = cargo_metadata::MetadataCommand::new()
+        .no_deps()
         .exec()
         .expect("could not obtain cargo metadata");
     assert_eq!(clippy_lints_meta.packages[0].version, clippy_meta.packages[0].version);