diff --git a/src/test/shell/integration/discard_analysis_cache_test.sh b/src/test/shell/integration/discard_analysis_cache_test.sh
index 4c3cb9f544daef..a0663102113db9 100755
--- a/src/test/shell/integration/discard_analysis_cache_test.sh
+++ b/src/test/shell/integration/discard_analysis_cache_test.sh
@@ -110,15 +110,16 @@ function test_aspect_and_configured_target_cleared() {
   mkdir -p "foo" || fail "Couldn't make directory"
   cat > foo/simpleaspect.bzl <<'EOF' || fail "Couldn't write bzl file"
 def _simple_aspect_impl(target, ctx):
-  result=depset()
+  result=[]
   for orig_out in target.files:
     aspect_out = ctx.actions.declare_file(orig_out.basename + ".aspect")
     ctx.actions.write(
         output=aspect_out,
         content = "Hello from aspect for %s" % orig_out.basename)
     result += [aspect_out]
-  for src in ctx.rule.attr.srcs:
-    result += src.aspectouts
+
+  result = depset(result,
+      transitive = [src.aspectouts for src in ctx.rule.attr.srcs])
 
   return struct(output_groups={
       "aspect-out" : result }, aspectouts = result)
diff --git a/src/test/shell/integration/discard_graph_edges_test.sh b/src/test/shell/integration/discard_graph_edges_test.sh
index c8d62b13398400..ec7c43dcbe9447 100755
--- a/src/test/shell/integration/discard_graph_edges_test.sh
+++ b/src/test/shell/integration/discard_graph_edges_test.sh
@@ -129,15 +129,16 @@ function test_top_level_aspect() {
   mkdir -p "foo" || fail "Couldn't make directory"
   cat > foo/simpleaspect.bzl <<'EOF' || fail "Couldn't write bzl file"
 def _simple_aspect_impl(target, ctx):
-  result=depset()
+  result=[]
   for orig_out in target.files:
     aspect_out = ctx.actions.declare_file(orig_out.basename + ".aspect")
     ctx.actions.write(
         output=aspect_out,
         content = "Hello from aspect for %s" % orig_out.basename)
     result += [aspect_out]
-  for src in ctx.rule.attr.srcs:
-    result += src.aspectouts
+
+  result = depset(result,
+      transitive = [src.aspectouts for src in ctx.rule.attr.srcs])
 
   return struct(output_groups={
       "aspect-out" : result }, aspectouts = result)
diff --git a/tools/build_rules/java_rules_skylark.bzl b/tools/build_rules/java_rules_skylark.bzl
index f837fe4ecdae2f..5bc76a5d04e1b6 100644
--- a/tools/build_rules/java_rules_skylark.bzl
+++ b/tools/build_rules/java_rules_skylark.bzl
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ def _java_library_impl(ctx):
 
     jars = ctx.files.jars
     neverlink_jars = ctx.files.neverlink_jars
-    compile_time_jars += jars + neverlink_jars
-    runtime_jars += jars
+    compile_time_jars = depset(jars + neverlink_jars, transitive = [compile_time_jars])
+    runtime_jars = depset(jars, transitive = [runtime_jars])
     compile_time_jars_list = compile_time_jars.to_list()  # TODO: This is weird.
 
     build_output = class_jar.path + ".build_output"