diff --git a/src/code/PublishPSResource.cs b/src/code/PublishPSResource.cs
index eaa6b3942..27f1005aa 100644
--- a/src/code/PublishPSResource.cs
+++ b/src/code/PublishPSResource.cs
@@ -725,7 +725,6 @@ private Hashtable ParseRequiredModules(Hashtable parsedMetadataHash)
             {
                 return null;
             }
-
             var requiredModules = parsedMetadataHash["requiredmodules"];
 
             // Required modules can be:
@@ -752,6 +751,20 @@ private Hashtable ParseRequiredModules(Hashtable parsedMetadataHash)
                 }
             }
 
+            var externalModuleDeps = parsedMetadataHash.ContainsKey("ExternalModuleDependencies") ? 
+                        parsedMetadataHash["ExternalModuleDependencies"] : null;
+
+            if (externalModuleDeps != null && LanguagePrimitives.TryConvertTo<string[]>(externalModuleDeps, out string[] externalModuleNames))
+            {
+                foreach (var extModName in externalModuleNames)
+                {
+                    if (dependenciesHash.ContainsKey(extModName))
+                    {
+                        dependenciesHash.Remove(extModName);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
             return dependenciesHash;
         }
 
diff --git a/test/PublishPSResourceTests/PublishPSResource.Tests.ps1 b/test/PublishPSResourceTests/PublishPSResource.Tests.ps1
index 52f22a6cf..afa1b77ab 100644
--- a/test/PublishPSResourceTests/PublishPSResource.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/PublishPSResourceTests/PublishPSResource.Tests.ps1
@@ -529,6 +529,18 @@ Describe "Test Publish-PSResource" -tags 'CI' {
         (Get-ChildItem $script:repositoryPath).FullName | Should -Be $expectedPath
     }
 
+    It "should publish a script with sExternalModuleDependencies that are not published" {
+        $scriptName = "test"
+        $scriptVersion = "1.0.0"
+        $scriptPath = Join-Path -Path $script:testScriptsFolderPath -ChildPath "$scriptName.ps1"
+        New-PSScriptFileInfo -Description 'test' -Version $scriptVersion -RequiredModules @{ModuleName='testModule'} -ExternalModuleDependencies 'testModule' -Path $scriptPath -Force
+
+        Publish-PSResource -Path $scriptPath 
+
+        $expectedPath = Join-Path -Path $script:repositoryPath  -ChildPath "$scriptName.$scriptVersion.nupkg"
+        (Get-ChildItem $script:repositoryPath).FullName | Should -Be $expectedPath
+    }
+
     It "should write error and not publish script when Author property is missing" {
         $scriptName = "InvalidScriptMissingAuthor.ps1"
         $scriptVersion = "1.0.0"