diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/transitive-excludes/build.sbt b/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/transitive-excludes/build.sbt
index 5a04d1401..2776e4448 100644
--- a/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/transitive-excludes/build.sbt
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/transitive-excludes/build.sbt
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ val checkDependencies = taskKey[Unit]("Checks that dependcies are correct.")
 checkDependencies := {
   val hasBadJar = (fullClasspath in Compile).value.exists { jar => jar.data.getName contains "bottom-1.0.0.jar"}
   val errorJarString = (fullClasspath in Compile).value.map(_.data.getName).mkString(" * ", "\n * ", "")
+  val hasBadMiddleJar = (fullClasspath in Compile).value.exists { jar => jar.data.getName contains "middle-1.0.0.jar"}
+  assert(!hasBadMiddleJar, s"Failed to exclude excluded dependency on classpath!\nFound:\n$errorJarString")
   assert(!hasBadJar, s"Failed to exclude transitive excluded dependency on classpath!\nFound:\n$errorJarString")
   val modules =
     (for {
@@ -22,7 +24,12 @@ checkDependencies := {
     modules exists { m =>
       (m.organization == "exclude.test") && (m.name == "bottom")
     }
+  val hasBadMiddleDep =
+    modules exists { m =>
+      (m.organization == "exclude.test") && (m.name == "middle")
+    }
   val errModuleString = modules.mkString("\n * ", "\n * ", "")
+  assert(!hasBadMiddleDep, s"Failed to exclude transitive excluded dependency!\nFound:\n$errModuleString")
   assert(!hasBadDep, s"Failed to exclude transitive excluded dependency!\nFound:\n$errModuleString")
 
 }
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diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/transitive-excludes/repository/exclude/test/app/1.0.0/app-1.0.0.pom b/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/transitive-excludes/repository/exclude/test/app/1.0.0/app-1.0.0.pom
index ba115f816..801b7ddf3 100644
--- a/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/transitive-excludes/repository/exclude/test/app/1.0.0/app-1.0.0.pom
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/transitive-excludes/repository/exclude/test/app/1.0.0/app-1.0.0.pom
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
             <groupId>exclude.test</groupId>
             <artifactId>top</artifactId>
             <version>1.0.0</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>exclude.test</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>middle</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
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diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/transitive-excludes/repository/exclude/test/top/1.0.0/top-1.0.0.pom b/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/transitive-excludes/repository/exclude/test/top/1.0.0/top-1.0.0.pom
index 912f10b7a..2cad5b396 100644
--- a/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/transitive-excludes/repository/exclude/test/top/1.0.0/top-1.0.0.pom
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/transitive-excludes/repository/exclude/test/top/1.0.0/top-1.0.0.pom
@@ -12,12 +12,6 @@
             <groupId>exclude.test</groupId>
             <artifactId>middle</artifactId>
             <version>1.0.0</version>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>exclude.test</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>middle</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
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