diff --git a/pkg/modular_test/pubspec.yaml b/pkg/modular_test/pubspec.yaml
index e0a48d01789..19e04da615f 100644
--- a/pkg/modular_test/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pkg/modular_test/pubspec.yaml
@@ -9,9 +9,13 @@ environment:
   sdk: ">=2.2.1 <3.0.0"
 
 dependencies:
+  args: any
   package_config: ^1.0.5
   yaml: ^2.1.15
 
 dev_dependencies:
-  args: any
+  async_helper:
+    path: ../async_helper
+  expect:
+    path: ../expect
   test: any
diff --git a/pkg/smith/pubspec.yaml b/pkg/smith/pubspec.yaml
index f88a2d35084..551d7e51746 100644
--- a/pkg/smith/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pkg/smith/pubspec.yaml
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ description: Shared code for working with the Dart SDK's tests and test runner.
 publish_to: none
 environment:
   sdk: "^2.3.0"
-dependencies:
-  args: any
 dev_dependencies:
   expect:
     path: ../expect
diff --git a/pkg/test_runner/pubspec.yaml b/pkg/test_runner/pubspec.yaml
index a840b280347..be9765aba9e 100644
--- a/pkg/test_runner/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pkg/test_runner/pubspec.yaml
@@ -8,18 +8,22 @@ publish_to: none
 environment:
   sdk: "^2.3.0"
 dependencies:
-  expect:
-    path: ../expect
-  glob:
-    path: ../../third_party/pkg/glob
+  args: any
+  dart2js_tools:
+    path: ../dart2js_tools
   package_config:
     path: ../../third_party/pkg_tested/package_config
+  path: any
+  pool: any
   smith:
     path: ../smith
   status_file:
     path: ../status_file
-  dart2js_tools:
-    path: ../dart2js_tools
+dev_dependencies:
+  expect:
+    path: ../expect
+  glob:
+    path: ../../third_party/pkg/glob    
 dependency_overrides:
   # Other packages in the dependency graph have normal hosted dependencies on
   # this, so just override it to force the local one.