diff --git a/pkg/sca/sca.go b/pkg/sca/sca.go
index 4d62b1342..6ea6a6f54 100644
--- a/pkg/sca/sca.go
+++ b/pkg/sca/sca.go
@@ -251,7 +251,10 @@ func generateSharedObjectNameDeps(ctx context.Context, hdl SCAHandle, generated
 
 				for _, soname := range sonames {
 					log.Infof("  found soname %s for %s", soname, path)
-					generated.Runtime = append(generated.Runtime, fmt.Sprintf("so:%s", soname))
+
+					if !hdl.Options().NoDepends {
+						generated.Runtime = append(generated.Runtime, fmt.Sprintf("so:%s", soname))
+					}
 				}
 			}