diff --git a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-dependencies/index.ts b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-dependencies/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index cf80df0c0ce8e..0000000000000
--- a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-dependencies/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export * from './implicit-project-dependencies';
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-project-graph.ts b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-project-graph.ts
index a6657d5c4adf4..d33db7ad05398 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-project-graph.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-project-graph.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
   shouldRecomputeWholeGraph,
   writeCache,
 } from './nx-deps-cache';
-import { buildImplicitProjectDependencies } from './build-dependencies';
+import { applyImplicitDependencies } from './utils/implicit-project-dependencies';
 import { normalizeProjectNodes } from './utils/normalize-project-nodes';
 import { isNxPluginV1, isNxPluginV2, loadNxPlugins } from '../utils/nx-plugin';
 import { getRootTsConfigPath } from '../plugins/js/utils/typescript';
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ async function buildProjectGraphUsingContext(
     }
   }
 
-  buildImplicitProjectDependencies(ctx, updatedBuilder);
+  applyImplicitDependencies(ctx.projectsConfigurations, updatedBuilder);
 
   const finalGraph = updatedBuilder.getUpdatedProjectGraph();
 
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-dependencies/implict-project-dependencies.spec.ts b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/utils/implicit-project-dependencies.spec.ts
similarity index 58%
rename from packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-dependencies/implict-project-dependencies.spec.ts
rename to packages/nx/src/project-graph/utils/implicit-project-dependencies.spec.ts
index 1b2dd62b992b7..baafea5b774e0 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-dependencies/implict-project-dependencies.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/utils/implicit-project-dependencies.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-import { ProjectGraphProcessorContext } from '../../config/project-graph';
 import { ProjectGraphBuilder } from '../project-graph-builder';
-import { buildImplicitProjectDependencies } from './implicit-project-dependencies';
+import { applyImplicitDependencies } from './implicit-project-dependencies';
 
 jest.mock('fs', () => {
   const memFs = require('memfs').fs;
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ jest.mock('nx/src/utils/workspace-root', () => ({
   workspaceRoot: '/root',
 }));
 
-describe('explicit project dependencies', () => {
+describe('implicit project dependencies', () => {
   it(`should add implicit deps`, () => {
     const builder = new ProjectGraphBuilder();
     builder.addNode({
@@ -25,17 +24,13 @@ describe('explicit project dependencies', () => {
       data: {},
     } as any);
 
-    buildImplicitProjectDependencies(
+    applyImplicitDependencies(
       {
-        filesToProcess: {},
-        fileMap: {},
-        projectsConfigurations: {
-          version: 2,
-          projects: {
-            proj1: { root: '', implicitDependencies: ['proj2'] },
-          },
+        version: 2,
+        projects: {
+          proj1: { root: '', implicitDependencies: ['proj2'] },
         },
-      } as Partial<ProjectGraphProcessorContext> as ProjectGraphProcessorContext,
+      },
       builder
     );
 
@@ -60,17 +55,13 @@ describe('explicit project dependencies', () => {
     } as any);
     builder.addImplicitDependency('proj1', 'proj2');
 
-    buildImplicitProjectDependencies(
+    applyImplicitDependencies(
       {
-        filesToProcess: {},
-        fileMap: {},
-        projectsConfigurations: {
-          version: 2,
-          projects: {
-            proj1: { root: '', implicitDependencies: ['!proj2'] },
-          },
+        version: 2,
+        projects: {
+          proj1: { root: '', implicitDependencies: ['!proj2'] },
         },
-      } as Partial<ProjectGraphProcessorContext> as ProjectGraphProcessorContext,
+      },
       builder
     );
 
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-dependencies/implicit-project-dependencies.ts b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/utils/implicit-project-dependencies.ts
similarity index 58%
rename from packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-dependencies/implicit-project-dependencies.ts
rename to packages/nx/src/project-graph/utils/implicit-project-dependencies.ts
index 371189c68f4e0..53d3e131ea7d5 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-dependencies/implicit-project-dependencies.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/utils/implicit-project-dependencies.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-import { ProjectGraphProcessorContext } from '../../config/project-graph';
+import { ProjectsConfigurations } from '../../config/workspace-json-project-json';
 import { ProjectGraphBuilder } from '../project-graph-builder';
 
-export function buildImplicitProjectDependencies(
-  ctx: ProjectGraphProcessorContext,
+export function applyImplicitDependencies(
+  projectsConfigurations: ProjectsConfigurations,
   builder: ProjectGraphBuilder
 ) {
-  Object.keys(ctx.projectsConfigurations.projects).forEach((source) => {
-    const p = ctx.projectsConfigurations.projects[source];
+  Object.keys(projectsConfigurations.projects).forEach((source) => {
+    const p = projectsConfigurations.projects[source];
     if (p.implicitDependencies && p.implicitDependencies.length > 0) {
       p.implicitDependencies.forEach((target) => {
         if (target.startsWith('!')) {