diff --git a/src/tools/tidy/src/x_version.rs b/src/tools/tidy/src/x_version.rs
index 070a751b051..5dc6a0588c3 100644
--- a/src/tools/tidy/src/x_version.rs
+++ b/src/tools/tidy/src/x_version.rs
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ fn get_x_wrapper_version(root: &Path, cargo: &Path) -> Option<Version> {
     let mut cmd = cargo_metadata::MetadataCommand::new();
     cmd.cargo_path(cargo)
         .manifest_path(root.join("src/tools/x/Cargo.toml"))
+        .no_deps()
         .features(cargo_metadata::CargoOpt::AllFeatures);
     let mut metadata = t!(cmd.exec());
     metadata.packages.pop().map(|x| x.version)