diff --git a/source/dub/dependency.d b/source/dub/dependency.d
index 5e015853fd..ad47e917f2 100644
--- a/source/dub/dependency.d
+++ b/source/dub/dependency.d
@@ -229,7 +229,8 @@ struct Dependency {
 		if (!repository.empty) {
 			ret ~= repository.toString~"#";
 		}
-		ret ~= versionSpec;
+		if (path.empty)
+			ret ~= versionSpec;
 		if (optional) {
 			if (default_) ret ~= " (optional, default)";
 			else ret ~= " (optional)";
diff --git a/test/expected-issue1037-output b/test/expected-issue1037-output
index e03b110b21..06fdbb1007 100644
--- a/test/expected-issue1037-output
+++ b/test/expected-issue1037-output
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 Unresolvable dependencies to package gitcompatibledubpackage:
-  b >=0.0.0 @DIR/b depends on gitcompatibledubpackage ~>1.0.2
+  b @DIR/b depends on gitcompatibledubpackage ~>1.0.2
   issue1037-better-dependency-messages ~master depends on gitcompatibledubpackage 1.0.1