diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/com/uber/okbuck/OkBuckGradlePlugin.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/com/uber/okbuck/OkBuckGradlePlugin.groovy
index 999ce4daa..c286ac348 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/com/uber/okbuck/OkBuckGradlePlugin.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/com/uber/okbuck/OkBuckGradlePlugin.groovy
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ import org.gradle.api.Project
 import org.gradle.api.Task
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.Configuration
 
-import java.nio.file.Paths
-
 // Dependency Tree
 //
 //                 okbuck
@@ -62,7 +60,7 @@ class OkBuckGradlePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
     public static final String TRANSFORM = "transform"
     public static final String RETROLAMBDA = "retrolambda"
     public static final String SCALA = "scala"
-    public static final String CONFIGURATION_EXTERNAL = "externalOkbuck"
+    public static final String FORCED_OKBUCK = "forcedOkbuck"
     public static final String OKBUCK_DEFS = ".okbuck/defs/DEFS"
 
     public static final String OKBUCK_STATE_DIR = ".okbuck/state"
@@ -90,7 +88,8 @@ class OkBuckGradlePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 
         // Create configurations
         project.configurations.maybeCreate(TransformUtil.CONFIGURATION_TRANSFORM)
-        Configuration externalOkbuck = project.configurations.maybeCreate(CONFIGURATION_EXTERNAL)
+        Configuration forced = project.configurations.maybeCreate(FORCED_OKBUCK)
+        forced.transitive = false
 
         // Create tasks
         Task setupOkbuck = project.task('setupOkbuck')
@@ -136,7 +135,7 @@ class OkBuckGradlePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
                 }
 
                 File cacheDir = DependencyUtils.createCacheDir(project, DEFAULT_CACHE_PATH, EXTERNAL_DEP_BUCK_FILE)
-                depCache = new DependencyCache(project, cacheDir)
+                depCache = new DependencyCache(project, cacheDir, FORCED_OKBUCK)
 
                 // Fetch Lint deps if needed
                 if (!lint.disabled && lint.version != null) {
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/com/uber/okbuck/core/dependency/DependencyCache.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/com/uber/okbuck/core/dependency/DependencyCache.groovy
index b06dc01d4..89d44eed0 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/com/uber/okbuck/core/dependency/DependencyCache.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/com/uber/okbuck/core/dependency/DependencyCache.groovy
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.uber.okbuck.core.dependency
 
 import com.uber.okbuck.OkBuckGradlePlugin
+import com.uber.okbuck.core.model.base.Scope
 import com.uber.okbuck.core.model.base.Store
 import com.uber.okbuck.core.util.FileUtil
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils
@@ -34,7 +35,9 @@ class DependencyCache {
     private final Set<File> created = new HashSet<>()
     private final Set<ExternalDependency> requested = ConcurrentHashMap.newKeySet()
 
-    DependencyCache(Project project, File cacheDir) {
+    private final Map<String, ExternalDependency> forcedDeps = new HashMap<>()
+
+    DependencyCache(Project project, File cacheDir, String forcedConfiguration = null) {
         this.rootProject = project.rootProject
         this.cacheDir = cacheDir
         this.fetchSources = rootProject.okbuck.intellij.sources
@@ -43,6 +46,13 @@ class DependencyCache {
         processors = new Store(new File("${OkBuckGradlePlugin.OKBUCK_STATE_DIR}/PROCESSORS"))
         lintJars = new Store(new File("${OkBuckGradlePlugin.OKBUCK_STATE_DIR}/LINT_JARS"))
         proguardConfigs = new Store(new File("${OkBuckGradlePlugin.OKBUCK_STATE_DIR}/PROGUARD_CONFIGS"))
+
+        if (forcedConfiguration) {
+            new Scope(project, Collections.singleton(forcedConfiguration)).external.each {
+                get(it)
+                forcedDeps.put(it.group + ":" + it.name, it)
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     void finalizeDeps() {
@@ -70,7 +80,10 @@ class DependencyCache {
         }
     }
 
-    String get(ExternalDependency dependency, boolean resolveOnly = false) {
+    String get(ExternalDependency externalDependency, boolean resolveOnly = false) {
+        ExternalDependency dependency =
+                forcedDeps.getOrDefault(externalDependency.group + ":" + externalDependency.name, externalDependency)
+
         File cachedCopy = new File(cacheDir, dependency.getCacheName(!resolveOnly))
         String key = FileUtil.getRelativePath(rootProject.projectDir, cachedCopy)
         createLink(Paths.get(key), dependency.depFile.toPath())
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/com/uber/okbuck/core/model/base/Scope.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/com/uber/okbuck/core/model/base/Scope.groovy
index fddb046b8..0c3907cd8 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/com/uber/okbuck/core/model/base/Scope.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/com/uber/okbuck/core/model/base/Scope.groovy
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class Scope {
     DependencyCache depCache
 
     protected final Project project
-    protected final Set<ExternalDependency> external = [] as Set
+    final Set<ExternalDependency> external = [] as Set
 
     Scope(Project project,
           Collection<String> configurations,
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/com/uber/okbuck/core/dependency/ExternalDependency.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/com/uber/okbuck/core/dependency/ExternalDependency.java
index 3a5510b53..c5f7e0b9b 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/com/uber/okbuck/core/dependency/ExternalDependency.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/com/uber/okbuck/core/dependency/ExternalDependency.java
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ public boolean equals(Object o) {
 
     @Override
     public int hashCode() {
-        int result = version != null ? version.hashCode() : 0;
+        int result = (isLocal ? 1 : 0);
+        result = 31 * result + (version != null ? version.hashCode() : 0);
         result = 31 * result + (depFile != null ? depFile.hashCode() : 0);
         result = 31 * result + (group != null ? group.hashCode() : 0);
         result = 31 * result + (name != null ? name.hashCode() : 0);
-        result = 31 * result + (isLocal ? 1 : 0);
         return result;
     }
 
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/com/uber/okbuck/core/util/ProjectUtil.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/com/uber/okbuck/core/util/ProjectUtil.java
index bf9bd4a36..ec4389035 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/com/uber/okbuck/core/util/ProjectUtil.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/com/uber/okbuck/core/util/ProjectUtil.java
@@ -55,10 +55,6 @@ public static Target getTargetForOutput(Project targetProject, File output) {
         return getTargetCache(targetProject).getTargetForOutput(targetProject, output);
     }
 
-    public static OkBuckExtension getExtension(Project project) {
-        return project.getRootProject().getExtensions().getByType(OkBuckExtension.class);
-    }
-
     static OkBuckGradlePlugin getPlugin(Project project) {
         return project.getRootProject().getPlugins().getPlugin(OkBuckGradlePlugin.class);
     }
diff --git a/dependencies.gradle b/dependencies.gradle
index 8000824c9..6751baaa0 100644
--- a/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/dependencies.gradle
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def test = [
         junit         : 'junit:junit:4.12',
         kotlinTest    : "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test-junit:${versions.kotlinVersion}",
         mockito       : 'org.mockito:mockito-core:1.10.19',
-        robolectric   : 'org.robolectric:robolectric:3.4-rc2',
+        robolectric   : 'org.robolectric:robolectric:3.4',
         assertj       : 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.8.0'
 ]