diff --git a/lib/depends.c b/lib/depends.c
index 6acb21dc3d..5794519267 100644
--- a/lib/depends.c
+++ b/lib/depends.c
@@ -1040,6 +1040,10 @@ int rpmtsCheck(rpmts ts)
 	checkDS(ts, dcache, p, rpmteNEVRA(p), rpmteDS(p, RPMTAG_OBSOLETENAME),
 		tscolor);
 
+	/* Skip obsoletion and provides checks for source packages (ie build) */
+	if (rpmteIsSource(p))
+	    continue;
+
 	/* Check provides against conflicts in installed packages. */
 	while (rpmdsNext(provides) >= 0) {
 	    checkInstDeps(ts, dcache, p, RPMTAG_CONFLICTNAME, NULL, provides, 0);
@@ -1047,10 +1051,6 @@ int rpmtsCheck(rpmts ts)
 		checkInstDeps(ts, dcache, p, RPMTAG_REQUIRENAME, NULL, provides, 1);
 	}
 
-	/* Skip obsoletion checks for source packages (ie build) */
-	if (rpmteIsSource(p))
-	    continue;
-
 	/* Check package name (not provides!) against installed obsoletes */
 	checkInstDeps(ts, dcache, p, RPMTAG_OBSOLETENAME, NULL, rpmteDS(p, RPMTAG_NAME), 0);
 
diff --git a/lib/rpmal.c b/lib/rpmal.c
index 3c8acd63a9..8a47d025a5 100644
--- a/lib/rpmal.c
+++ b/lib/rpmal.c
@@ -247,6 +247,10 @@ void rpmalAdd(rpmal al, rpmte p)
     rpmalNum pkgNum;
     availablePackage alp;
 
+    /* Source packages don't provide anything to depsolving */
+    if (rpmteIsSource(p))
+	return;
+
     if (al->size == al->alloced) {
 	al->alloced += al->delta;
 	al->list = xrealloc(al->list, sizeof(*al->list) * al->alloced);