diff --git a/lib/xpm/install.js b/lib/xpm/install.js
index 079bb98..c65e448 100644
--- a/lib/xpm/install.js
+++ b/lib/xpm/install.js
@@ -901,14 +901,6 @@ export class Install extends CliCommand {
       const dependencyDestination =
         this.computeDependencyDestination(defaultDestination)
       if (dependencyDestination) {
-        if (configurationName) {
-          log.verbose(`Adding '${manifestIds.getScopedName()}' to ` +
-            `'${configurationName}/${dependencyDestination}'...`)
-        } else {
-          log.verbose(`Adding '${manifestIds.getScopedName()}' to ` +
-            `'${dependencyDestination}'...`)
-        }
-
         const depName = manifestIds.getScopedName()
         const depValueString = this.computeDependencyValue({ manifest })
 
@@ -948,6 +940,32 @@ export class Install extends CliCommand {
           }
         }
 
+        ['dependencies', 'devDependencies', 'optionalDependencies'].forEach(
+          (dependency) => {
+            if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(
+              target, dependency)) {
+              if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(
+                target[dependency], depName)) {
+                if (configurationName) {
+                  log.verbose(`Removing '${depName}' from ` +
+                  `'${configurationName}/${dependency}'`)
+                } else {
+                  log.verbose(`Removing '${depName}' from ` +
+                  `'${dependency}'`)
+                }
+                delete target[dependency][depName]
+              }
+            }
+          })
+
+        if (configurationName) {
+          log.verbose(`Adding '${manifestIds.getScopedName()}' to ` +
+            `'${configurationName}/${dependencyDestination}'...`)
+        } else {
+          log.verbose(`Adding '${manifestIds.getScopedName()}' to ` +
+            `'${dependencyDestination}'...`)
+        }
+
         // If the destination object is not yet there, create an empty one.
         if (!Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(
           target, dependencyDestination)) {