It might get better now. Packages often have dependency loops, so that "A depends on B depends on C depends on A". Autodependencies in a loop like that would

It might get better now. Packages often have dependency loops, so that "A depends on B depends on C depends on A". Autodependencies in a loop like that would never get uninstalled. One of the more obscure outcomes of that is if you later installed something else that had one of those autodepends as a less favoured alternative, it would be used regardless - ie instead of what the package you were installing said it preferred. I'm guessing this fixes that particular wart. By starting from a blank slate every time it effectively ignores those autodepend loops, so they will get uninstalled. Hallelujah.