diff --git a/scripts/prt-auf b/scripts/prt-auf
index 8a30cde..27d9f62 100755
--- a/scripts/prt-auf
+++ b/scripts/prt-auf
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ sub deporder { # returns a sorted list of packages required.
       # cycle detection
       ( grep /^$s$/, @treewalk ) ? return : push(@treewalk, $s);
 
-      %curdeps = map { $_ => 0 } split /[ ,]/, $DEPENDS{$s};
+      %curdeps = map { $_ => $greedy } split /[ ,]/, $DEPENDS{$s};
 
       # if the user toggles --softdeps, consider the optional dependencies 
       # that are already installed or are given on the command line