diff --git a/recipes/dependencies/build.gradle.kts b/recipes/dependencies/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd39aa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/dependencies/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+plugins {
+  id("cash.lib")
+}
+
+dependencies {
+  api(project(":core"))
+  api(project(":grammar"))
+  api(libs.antlr.runtime)
+  api(libs.kotlinStdLib)
+}
diff --git a/recipes/dependencies/src/main/kotlin/cash/recipes/dependencies/DependenciesSimplifier.kt b/recipes/dependencies/src/main/kotlin/cash/recipes/dependencies/DependenciesSimplifier.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..859dcd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/dependencies/src/main/kotlin/cash/recipes/dependencies/DependenciesSimplifier.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+package cash.recipes.dependencies
+
+import cash.grammar.kotlindsl.model.DependencyDeclaration
+import cash.grammar.kotlindsl.parse.KotlinParseException
+import cash.grammar.kotlindsl.parse.Parser
+import cash.grammar.kotlindsl.parse.Rewriter
+import cash.grammar.kotlindsl.utils.Blocks.isBuildscript
+import cash.grammar.kotlindsl.utils.Blocks.isDependencies
+import cash.grammar.kotlindsl.utils.CollectingErrorListener
+import cash.grammar.kotlindsl.utils.Context.leafRule
+import cash.grammar.kotlindsl.utils.DependencyExtractor
+import cash.grammar.kotlindsl.utils.Whitespace
+import cash.grammar.kotlindsl.utils.Whitespace.trimGently
+import cash.grammar.utils.ifNotEmpty
+import com.squareup.cash.grammar.KotlinParser.NamedBlockContext
+import com.squareup.cash.grammar.KotlinParser.PostfixUnaryExpressionContext
+import com.squareup.cash.grammar.KotlinParser.StatementContext
+import com.squareup.cash.grammar.KotlinParserBaseListener
+import org.antlr.v4.runtime.CharStream
+import org.antlr.v4.runtime.CommonTokenStream
+import org.antlr.v4.runtime.Token
+import java.io.InputStream
+import java.nio.file.Path
+
+public class DependenciesSimplifier private constructor(
+  private val input: CharStream,
+  private val tokens: CommonTokenStream,
+  private val errorListener: CollectingErrorListener,
+) : KotlinParserBaseListener() {
+
+  private val rewriter = Rewriter(tokens)
+  private val indent = Whitespace.computeIndent(tokens, input)
+  private val terminalNewlines = Whitespace.countTerminalNewlines(tokens)
+  private val dependencyExtractor = DependencyExtractor(input, tokens, indent)
+
+  private var isInBuildscriptBlock = false
+
+  @Throws(KotlinParseException::class)
+  public fun rewritten(): String {
+    errorListener.getErrorMessages().ifNotEmpty {
+      throw KotlinParseException.withErrors(it)
+    }
+
+    return rewriter.text.trimGently(terminalNewlines)
+  }
+
+  override fun enterNamedBlock(ctx: NamedBlockContext) {
+    dependencyExtractor.onEnterBlock()
+
+    if (ctx.isBuildscript) {
+      isInBuildscriptBlock = true
+    }
+  }
+
+  override fun exitNamedBlock(ctx: NamedBlockContext) {
+    if (ctx.isDependencies && !isInBuildscriptBlock) {
+      onExitDependenciesBlock(ctx)
+    }
+
+    if (ctx.isBuildscript) {
+      isInBuildscriptBlock = false
+    }
+
+    dependencyExtractor.onExitBlock()
+  }
+
+  private fun onExitDependenciesBlock(ctx: NamedBlockContext) {
+    val container = dependencyExtractor.collectDependencies(ctx)
+    container.getDependencyDeclarationsWithContext()
+      // we only care about complex declarations. We will rewrite this in simplified form
+      .filter { it.declaration.isComplex }
+      .forEach { element ->
+        val declaration = element.declaration
+        val elementCtx = element.statement
+
+        val newText = simplify(declaration)
+
+        if (newText != null) {
+          rewriter.replace(elementCtx.start, getStop(elementCtx), newText)
+        }
+      }
+  }
+
+  private fun getStop(ctx: StatementContext): Token {
+    val default = ctx.stop
+
+    val leaf = ctx.leafRule()
+    if (leaf !is PostfixUnaryExpressionContext) return default
+
+    val postfix = leaf.postfixUnarySuffix().firstOrNull() ?: return default
+    val preLambda = postfix.callSuffix().valueArguments()
+
+    // we only want to replace everything BEFORE the trailing lambda
+    return preLambda.stop
+  }
+
+  private fun simplify(declaration: DependencyDeclaration): String? {
+    require(declaration.isComplex) { "Expected complex declaration, was $declaration" }
+
+    // TODO(tsr): For now, ignore those that have ext, classifier, producerConfiguration
+    if (declaration.ext != null || declaration.classifier != null || declaration.producerConfiguration != null) {
+      return null
+    }
+
+    return buildString {
+      append(declaration.configuration)
+      append("(")
+      append(declaration.identifier)
+      append(")")
+    }
+  }
+
+  public companion object {
+    public fun of(buildScript: Path): DependenciesSimplifier {
+      return of(Parser.readOnlyInputStream(buildScript))
+    }
+
+    public fun of(buildScript: String): DependenciesSimplifier {
+      return of(buildScript.byteInputStream())
+    }
+
+    private fun of(buildScript: InputStream): DependenciesSimplifier {
+      val errorListener = CollectingErrorListener()
+
+      return Parser(
+        file = buildScript,
+        errorListener = errorListener,
+        listenerFactory = { input, tokens, _ ->
+          DependenciesSimplifier(
+            input = input,
+            tokens = tokens,
+            errorListener = errorListener,
+          )
+        }
+      ).listener()
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/recipes/dependencies/src/test/kotlin/cash/recipes/dependencies/DependenciesSimplifierTest.kt b/recipes/dependencies/src/test/kotlin/cash/recipes/dependencies/DependenciesSimplifierTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39df181
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/dependencies/src/test/kotlin/cash/recipes/dependencies/DependenciesSimplifierTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package cash.recipes.dependencies
+
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+
+internal class DependenciesSimplifierTest {
+
+  @Test fun `can simplify dependency declarations`() {
+    // Given
+    val buildScript = """
+      dependencies {
+        implementation(libs.foo)
+        api("com.foo:bar:1.0")
+        runtimeOnly(group = "foo", name = "bar", version = "2.0")
+        compileOnly(group = "foo", name = "bar", version = libs.versions.bar.get()) {
+          isTransitive = false
+        }
+        devImplementation(group = "io.netty", name = "netty-transport-native-kqueue", classifier = "osx-x86_64")
+      }
+    """.trimIndent()
+
+    // When
+    val simplifier = DependenciesSimplifier.of(buildScript)
+    val rewrittenContent = simplifier.rewritten()
+
+    // Then all declarations are simplified
+    assertThat(rewrittenContent).isEqualTo(
+      """
+        dependencies {
+          implementation(libs.foo)
+          api("com.foo:bar:1.0")
+          runtimeOnly("foo:bar:2.0")
+          compileOnly("foo:bar:${'$'}{libs.versions.bar.get()}") {
+            isTransitive = false
+          }
+          devImplementation(group = "io.netty", name = "netty-transport-native-kqueue", classifier = "osx-x86_64")
+        }
+      """.trimIndent()
+    )
+  }
+}
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index 7b81729..31edf74 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -25,5 +25,6 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
 
 include(":core")
 include(":grammar")
+include(":recipes:dependencies")
 include(":recipes:plugins")
 include(":recipes:repos")