diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/deps.clj b/src/babashka/impl/deps.clj
index ae84bea3..1e7cb46c 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/deps.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/deps.clj
@@ -65,7 +65,10 @@
                                 :classpath-overrides {org.clojure/clojure ""
                                                       org.clojure/spec.alpha ""
                                                       org.clojure/core.specs.alpha ""}})
-           args ["-Spath" "-Sdeps" (str deps-map)]
+           args ["-Srepro" ;; do not include deps.edn from user config
+                 "-Spath" "-Sdeps" (str deps-map)
+                 "-Sdeps-file" "" ;; we reset deps file so the local deps.edn isn't used
+                 ,]
            args (conj args (str "-A:" (str/join ":" (cons ":org.babashka/defaults" aliases))))
            cp (with-out-str (apply deps/-main args))
            cp (str/trim cp)
diff --git a/test/babashka/bb_edn_test.clj b/test/babashka/bb_edn_test.clj
index ce6541c0..c68a76f4 100644
--- a/test/babashka/bb_edn_test.clj
+++ b/test/babashka/bb_edn_test.clj
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@
   (test-utils/with-config '{:deps {medley/medley {:mvn/version "1.3.0"}}}
     (is (= '{1 {:id 1}, 2 {:id 2}}
            (bb "-e" "(require 'medley.core)" "-e" "(medley.core/index-by :id [{:id 1} {:id 2}])"))))
+  (test-utils/with-config '{:deps {medley/medley {:mvn/version "1.3.0"}}}
+    (let [cp (bb "-e" "(do (require '[babashka.classpath :as cp])
+                           (cp/split-classpath (cp/get-classpath)))")]
+      (is (= 1 (count cp)))
+      (is (str/includes? (first cp) "medley"))))
   (testing "--classpath option overrides bb.edn"
     (test-utils/with-config '{:deps {medley/medley {:mvn/version "1.3.0"}}}
       (is (= "src"