diff --git a/src/Control/Concurrent/Execute.hs b/src/Control/Concurrent/Execute.hs
index 8ba3a7d182..55d0828c57 100644
--- a/src/Control/Concurrent/Execute.hs
+++ b/src/Control/Concurrent/Execute.hs
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ data Action = Action
 data ActionContext = ActionContext
     { acRemaining :: !(Set ActionId)
     -- ^ Does not include the current action
+    , acDownstream :: [Action]
+    -- ^ Actions which depend on the current action
     }
-    deriving Show
 
 data ExecuteState = ExecuteState
     { esActions    :: TVar [Action]
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ runActions' ExecuteState {..} =
                 return $ mask $ \restore -> do
                     eres <- try $ restore $ actionDo action ActionContext
                         { acRemaining = remaining
+                        , acDownstream = downstreamActions (actionId action) as'
                         }
                     atomically $ do
                         unlock
@@ -134,3 +136,6 @@ runActions' ExecuteState {..} =
                                 let dropDep a = a { actionDeps = Set.delete (actionId action) $ actionDeps a }
                                  in modifyTVar esActions $ map dropDep
                     restore loop
+
+downstreamActions :: ActionId -> [Action] -> [Action]
+downstreamActions aid = filter (\a -> aid `Set.member` actionDeps a)
diff --git a/src/Stack/Build/Execute.hs b/src/Stack/Build/Execute.hs
index a4c396cecf..8c3ab2f7b4 100644
--- a/src/Stack/Build/Execute.hs
+++ b/src/Stack/Build/Execute.hs
@@ -1181,9 +1181,14 @@ singleBuild runInBase ac@ActionContext {..} ee@ExecuteEnv {..} task@Task {..} in
             _neededConfig <- ensureConfig cache pkgDir ee (announce ("configure" <> annSuffix)) cabal cabalfp
 
             case ( boptsCLIOnlyConfigure eeBuildOptsCLI
-                 , boptsCLIInitialBuildSteps eeBuildOptsCLI && isTarget) of
-                (True, _) -> return Nothing
-                (_, True) -> do
+                 , boptsCLIInitialBuildSteps eeBuildOptsCLI && isTarget
+                 , acDownstream) of
+                -- A full build is done if there are downstream actions,
+                -- because their configure step will require that this
+                -- package is built. See
+                -- https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/issues/2787
+                (True, _, []) -> return Nothing
+                (_, True, []) -> do
                     initialBuildSteps cabal announce
                     return Nothing
                 _ -> liftM Just $ realBuild cache package pkgDir cabal announce
diff --git a/src/Stack/Ghci.hs b/src/Stack/Ghci.hs
index a62551e871..203a8d51d5 100644
--- a/src/Stack/Ghci.hs
+++ b/src/Stack/Ghci.hs
@@ -292,10 +292,6 @@ getAllLocalTargets GhciOpts{..} targets0 mainIsTargets sourceMap = do
 
 buildDepsAndInitialSteps :: (StackM r m, HasEnvConfig r, MonadBaseUnlift IO m) => GhciOpts -> [Text] -> m ()
 buildDepsAndInitialSteps GhciOpts{..} targets0 = do
-    -- Deprecation notice about --no-build
-    when ghciNoBuild $ $prettyWarn $
-        "The --no-build flag should no longer be needed, and is now deprecated." <> line <>
-        "See this resolved issue: https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/issues/1364"
     let targets = targets0 ++ map T.pack ghciAdditionalPackages
     -- If necessary, do the build, for local packagee targets, only do
     -- 'initialBuildSteps'.
diff --git a/src/Stack/Options/GhciParser.hs b/src/Stack/Options/GhciParser.hs
index 2d6f79312b..0110f1bc46 100644
--- a/src/Stack/Options/GhciParser.hs
+++ b/src/Stack/Options/GhciParser.hs
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@ ghciOptsParser = GhciOpts
              -- TODO: deprecate this? probably useless.
              <*> switch (long "skip-intermediate-deps" <> help "Skip loading intermediate target dependencies" <> internal)
              <*> boolFlags True "package-hiding" "package hiding" idm
-             <*> switch (long "no-build" <> help "Don't build before launching GHCi (deprecated, should be unneeded)" <> internal)
+             <*> switch (long "no-build" <> help "Don't build before launching GHCi" <> internal)
diff --git a/src/Stack/SDist.hs b/src/Stack/SDist.hs
index 1097d09e78..d4cd660f12 100644
--- a/src/Stack/SDist.hs
+++ b/src/Stack/SDist.hs
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ getSDistFileList lp =
                 return (contents, cabalfp)
   where
     package = lpPackage lp
-    ac = ActionContext Set.empty
+    ac = ActionContext Set.empty []
     task = Task
         { taskProvides = PackageIdentifier (packageName package) (packageVersion package)
         , taskType = TTLocal lp