diff --git a/IkiWiki.pm b/IkiWiki.pm
index 0791e1e75..509f9ba2e 100644
--- a/IkiWiki.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki.pm
@@ -1818,10 +1818,12 @@ sub add_depends ($$;$) {
 	foreach my $p (keys %pagesources) {
 		my $r=$sub->($p, location => $page);
 		my $i=$r->influences;
+		my $static=$r->influences_static;
 		foreach my $k (keys %$i) {
+			next unless $r || $static || $k eq $page;
 			$depends_simple{$page}{lc $k} |= $i->{$k};
 		}
-		last if $r->influences_static;
+		last if $static;
 	}
 
 	$depends{$page}{$pagespec} |= $deptype;
@@ -2136,6 +2138,9 @@ sub pagespec_match_list ($$;@) {
 		my $r=$sub->($p, %params, location => $page);
 		error(sprintf(gettext("cannot match pages: %s"), $r))
 			if $r->isa("IkiWiki::ErrorReason");
+		unless ($r) {
+			$r->remove_influence($p);
+		}
 		$accum |= $r;
 		if ($r) {
 			push @matches, $p;
@@ -2232,6 +2237,13 @@ sub merge_influences {
 	}
 }
 
+sub remove_influence {
+	my $this=shift;
+	my $torm=shift;
+
+	delete $this->[1]{$torm};
+}
+
 package IkiWiki::ErrorReason;
 
 our @ISA = 'IkiWiki::FailReason';
diff --git a/doc/bugs/depends_simple_mixup.mdwn b/doc/bugs/depends_simple_mixup.mdwn
index 79bfa8bdc..a5910d02e 100644
--- a/doc/bugs/depends_simple_mixup.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/depends_simple_mixup.mdwn
@@ -81,4 +81,8 @@ non-$page influences.
 Hmm, commit f2b3d1341447cbf29189ab490daae418fbe5d02d seems
 thuroughly wrong. So, what about influence info for other matches
 like `!author(foo)` etc? Currently, none is returned, but it should
-be a content influence. (Backlink influence data is ok.)
+be a content influence. (Backlink influence data seems ok.)
+
+----
+
+[[done]] again!