diff --git a/chkdep b/chkdep
index c14f513..22a0d1a 100755
--- a/chkdep
+++ b/chkdep
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ def rmdupdeps(deps):
 	while i:
 		pkg = pacman.void_to_PM_PKG(pacman.list_getdata(i))
 		pkgname = pacman.void_to_char(pacman.pkg_getinfo(pkg, pacman.PKG_NAME))
-		if pkgname in deps and pkgname not in ignorepkgs:
+		# we don't allow pkgname in depdeps to handle dep cycles
+		if pkgname in deps and pkgname not in depdeps and pkgname not in ignorepkgs:
 			j = pacman.void_to_PM_LIST(pacman.pkg_getinfo(pkg, pacman.PKG_DEPENDS))
 			while j:
 				dep = pacman.void_to_char(pacman.list_getdata(j)).split("<")[0].split(">")[0].split("=")[0]