diff --git a/src/dune/lib.ml b/src/dune/lib.ml
index e7f7d8cc9131..b58217947843 100644
--- a/src/dune/lib.ml
+++ b/src/dune/lib.ml
@@ -941,8 +941,6 @@ module rec Resolve : sig
     -> variants:(Loc.t * Variant.Set.t) option
     -> forbidden_libraries:Loc.t Map.t
     -> lib list Or_exn.t
-
-  val re_exports_closure : lib list -> lib list Or_exn.t
 end = struct
   open Resolve
 
@@ -1153,7 +1151,7 @@ end = struct
     and many = Result.List.iter ~f:one
     in
     let+ () = many ts in
-    !res
+    List.rev !res
 
   let resolve_complex_deps db deps ~allow_private_deps ~stack =
     let res, resolved_selects =
@@ -1261,6 +1259,7 @@ end = struct
         in
         (deps, pps)
     in
+    let deps = deps >>= re_exports_closure in
     (deps, pps, resolved_selects)
 
   (* Compute transitive closure of libraries to figure which ones will trigger
@@ -1500,13 +1499,7 @@ module Compile = struct
         >>= closure_with_overlap_checks db ~linking:false ~variants:None
               ~forbidden_libraries:Map.empty )
     in
-    let direct_requires =
-      let* requires = t.requires in
-      let+ re_exports =
-        t.re_exports >>= Resolve.re_exports_closure in
-      requires @ re_exports
-    in
-    { direct_requires
+    { direct_requires = t.requires
     ; requires_link
     ; resolved_selects = t.resolved_selects
     ; pps = t.pps
diff --git a/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/re-exported-deps/run.t b/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/re-exported-deps/run.t
index 7b2f2ade017e..563f6e4fa1de 100644
--- a/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/re-exported-deps/run.t
+++ b/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/re-exported-deps/run.t
@@ -1,27 +1,12 @@
 dependencies can be exported transitively:
   $ dune exec ./foo.exe --root transitive
   Entering directory 'transitive'
-  pkg.aaa: exported: pkg.bbb
-  pkg.bbb: exported: pkg.ccc
   Entering directory 'transitive'
-        ocamlc .foo.eobjs/byte/dune__exe__Foo.{cmi,cmo,cmt} (exit 2)
-  (cd _build/default && /Users/rgrinberg/.opam/4.08.0/bin/ocamlc.opt -w @1..3@5..28@30..39@43@46..47@49..57@61..62-40 -strict-sequence -strict-formats -short-paths -keep-locs -g -bin-annot -I .foo.eobjs/byte -I .aaa.objs/byte -I .aaa.objs/native -no-alias-deps -opaque -o .foo.eobjs/byte/dune__exe__Foo.cmo -c -impl foo.ml)
-  File "foo.ml", line 2, characters 11-14:
-  2 | module B = Bbb
-                 ^^^
-  Error (warning 49): no cmi file was found in path for module Bbb
-  File "foo.ml", line 3, characters 11-14:
-  3 | module C = Ccc
-                 ^^^
-  Error (warning 49): no cmi file was found in path for module Ccc
-  [1]
 
 transtive deps expressed in the dune-package
 
   $ dune build @install --root transitive
   Entering directory 'transitive'
-  pkg.aaa: exported: pkg.bbb
-  pkg.bbb: exported: pkg.ccc
   $ cat transitive/_build/install/default/lib/pkg/dune-package
   (lang dune 2.0)
   (name pkg)
@@ -31,7 +16,7 @@ transtive deps expressed in the dune-package
    (archives (byte aaa/aaa.cma) (native aaa/aaa.cmxa))
    (plugins (byte aaa/aaa.cma) (native aaa/aaa.cmxs))
    (foreign_archives (native aaa/aaa$ext_lib))
-   (requires pkg.bbb)
+   (requires pkg.ccc pkg.bbb)
    (main_module_name Aaa)
    (modes byte native)
    (modules (singleton (name Aaa) (obj_name aaa) (visibility public) (impl)))