diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.ml b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
index 3f72117b9..4e2536908 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.ml
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
@@ -789,6 +789,7 @@ and debug_exceptions =
 
 and dependencies =
   CLOpt.mk_bool ~deprecated:["dependencies"] ~long:"dependencies"
+    ~exes:CLOpt.[Java]
     "Translate all the dependencies during the capture. The classes in the given jar file will be \
      translated. No sources needed."
 
diff --git a/infer/src/java/jFrontend.ml b/infer/src/java/jFrontend.ml
index 73308f4ad..6d04d6da9 100644
--- a/infer/src/java/jFrontend.ml
+++ b/infer/src/java/jFrontend.ml
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ let is_classname_cached cn =
    in this case translates it. In standard mode, all methods are translated *)
 let create_icfg source_file linereader program icfg cn node =
   JUtils.log "\tclassname: %s@." (JBasics.cn_name cn);
-  cache_classname cn;
+  if Config.dependency_mode && not (is_classname_cached cn) then
+    cache_classname cn;
   let translate m =
     (* each procedure has different scope: start names from id 0 *)
     Ident.NameGenerator.reset ();