diff --git a/functions/dependencies_check.sh b/functions/dependencies_check.sh
index 677f374..541af9b 100644
--- a/functions/dependencies_check.sh
+++ b/functions/dependencies_check.sh
@@ -5,19 +5,15 @@
 # a : and the name of a package if the package on a Debian-ish system is not
 # named for the tool (i.e., qemu-user-static).
 dependencies_check() {
-  local depfile deps missing
+  local missing
 
-  for depfile in "$@"; do
-    if [[ -e "$depfile" ]]; then
-      deps="$(sed -f "${SCRIPT_DIR}/remove-comments.sed" < ${BASE_DIR}/depends)"
-    fi
-
-    for dep in $deps; do
+  if [[ -f "$1" ]]; then
+    for dep in $(cat "$1"); do
       if ! hash ${dep%:*} 2>/dev/null; then
         missing="${missing:+$missing }${dep#*:}"
       fi
     done
-  done
+  fi
 
   if [[ "$missing" ]]; then
     echo "Reqired dependencies not installed"