diff --git a/lib/Meta/MetaEntry.php b/lib/Meta/MetaEntry.php
index fa2a83a9..807acd8d 100644
--- a/lib/Meta/MetaEntry.php
+++ b/lib/Meta/MetaEntry.php
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 use LogicException;
 use function array_merge;
 use function array_search;
-use function array_unique;
-use function array_values;
 use function in_array;
 use function is_array;
 use function is_string;
@@ -124,7 +122,7 @@ public function getTocs() : array
      */
     public function getDepends() : array
     {
-        return array_values(array_unique($this->depends));
+        return $this->depends;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Builder/BuilderTest.php b/tests/Builder/BuilderTest.php
index 5ea312b3..9e59f4d5 100644
--- a/tests/Builder/BuilderTest.php
+++ b/tests/Builder/BuilderTest.php
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 use Doctrine\RST\Builder;
 use Doctrine\RST\Meta\MetaEntry;
 use Doctrine\Tests\RST\BaseBuilderTest;
+use function array_unique;
+use function array_values;
 use function file_exists;
 use function file_get_contents;
 use function file_put_contents;
@@ -61,14 +63,14 @@ public function testCachedMetas() : void
             'index',
             'toc-glob',
             'subdir/index',
-        ], $metaEntries['introduction']->getDepends());
+        ], array_values(array_unique($metaEntries['introduction']->getDepends())));
 
         // assert the self-refs don't mess up dependencies
         self::assertSame([
             'subdir/index',
             'index',
             'subdir/file',
-        ], $metaEntries['subdir/index']->getDepends());
+        ], array_values(array_unique($metaEntries['subdir/index']->getDepends())));
 
         // update meta cache to see that it was used
         // Summary is the main header in "index.rst"