diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/__init__.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/__init__.py
index 2fc4002db5..5397d57a51 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/__init__.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/__init__.py
@@ -134,8 +134,9 @@ def resolve_file(fn, d):
         if not newfn:
             raise IOError(errno.ENOENT, "file %s not found in %s" % (fn, bbpath))
         fn = newfn
+    else:
+        mark_dependency(d, fn)
 
-    mark_dependency(d, fn)
     if not os.path.isfile(fn):
         raise IOError(errno.ENOENT, "file %s not found" % fn)
 
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/parse_py/BBHandler.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/parse_py/BBHandler.py
index f89ad24273..e5039e3bd1 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/parse_py/BBHandler.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/parse_py/BBHandler.py
@@ -131,9 +131,6 @@ def handle(fn, d, include):
 
     abs_fn = resolve_file(fn, d)
 
-    if include:
-        bb.parse.mark_dependency(d, abs_fn)
-
     # actual loading
     statements = get_statements(fn, abs_fn, base_name)
 
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/parse_py/ConfHandler.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/parse_py/ConfHandler.py
index 97aa130431..9d3ebe16f4 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/parse_py/ConfHandler.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/parse_py/ConfHandler.py
@@ -134,9 +134,6 @@ def handle(fn, data, include):
     abs_fn = resolve_file(fn, data)
     f = open(abs_fn, 'r')
 
-    if include:
-        bb.parse.mark_dependency(data, abs_fn)
-
     statements = ast.StatementGroup()
     lineno = 0
     while True: