diff --git a/tools/gn/ninja_action_target_writer_unittest.cc b/tools/gn/ninja_action_target_writer_unittest.cc
index 445a31a..1b2ddc8 100644
--- a/tools/gn/ninja_action_target_writer_unittest.cc
+++ b/tools/gn/ninja_action_target_writer_unittest.cc
@@ -409,77 +409,3 @@
       "build obj/foo/bar.stamp: stamp input1.out\n";
   EXPECT_EQ(expected_linux, out.str());
 }
-
-TEST(NinjaActionTargetWriter, NoTransitiveHardDeps) {
-  Err err;
-  TestWithScope setup;
-
-  setup.build_settings()->set_python_path(
-      base::FilePath(FILE_PATH_LITERAL("/usr/bin/python")));
-
-  Target dep(setup.settings(), Label(SourceDir("//foo/"), "dep"));
-  dep.set_output_type(Target::ACTION);
-  dep.visibility().SetPublic();
-  dep.SetToolchain(setup.toolchain());
-  ASSERT_TRUE(dep.OnResolved(&err));
-
-  Target foo(setup.settings(), Label(SourceDir("//foo/"), "foo"));
-  foo.set_output_type(Target::ACTION);
-  foo.visibility().SetPublic();
-  foo.sources().push_back(SourceFile("//foo/input1.txt"));
-  foo.action_values().set_script(SourceFile("//foo/script.py"));
-  foo.private_deps().push_back(LabelTargetPair(&dep));
-  foo.SetToolchain(setup.toolchain());
-  foo.action_values().outputs() =
-      SubstitutionList::MakeForTest("//out/Debug/foo.out");
-  ASSERT_TRUE(foo.OnResolved(&err));
-
-  {
-    std::ostringstream out;
-    NinjaActionTargetWriter writer(&foo, out);
-    writer.Run();
-
-    const char expected_linux[] =
-        "rule __foo_foo___rule\n"
-        // These come from the args.
-        "  command = /usr/bin/python ../../foo/script.py\n"
-        "  description = ACTION //foo:foo()\n"
-        "  restat = 1\n"
-        "\n"
-        "build foo.out: __foo_foo___rule | ../../foo/script.py"
-        " ../../foo/input1.txt obj/foo/dep.stamp\n"
-        "\n"
-        "build obj/foo/foo.stamp: stamp foo.out\n";
-    EXPECT_EQ(expected_linux, out.str());
-  }
-
-  Target bar(setup.settings(), Label(SourceDir("//bar/"), "bar"));
-  bar.set_output_type(Target::ACTION);
-  bar.sources().push_back(SourceFile("//bar/input1.txt"));
-  bar.action_values().set_script(SourceFile("//bar/script.py"));
-  bar.private_deps().push_back(LabelTargetPair(&foo));
-  bar.SetToolchain(setup.toolchain());
-  bar.action_values().outputs() =
-      SubstitutionList::MakeForTest("//out/Debug/bar.out");
-  ASSERT_TRUE(bar.OnResolved(&err)) << err.message();
-
-  {
-    std::ostringstream out;
-    NinjaActionTargetWriter writer(&bar, out);
-    writer.Run();
-
-    const char expected_linux[] =
-        "rule __bar_bar___rule\n"
-        // These come from the args.
-        "  command = /usr/bin/python ../../bar/script.py\n"
-        "  description = ACTION //bar:bar()\n"
-        "  restat = 1\n"
-        "\n"
-        // Do not have obj/foo/dep.stamp as dependency.
-        "build bar.out: __bar_bar___rule | ../../bar/script.py"
-        " ../../bar/input1.txt obj/foo/foo.stamp\n"
-        "\n"
-        "build obj/bar/bar.stamp: stamp bar.out\n";
-    EXPECT_EQ(expected_linux, out.str());
-  }
-}
diff --git a/tools/gn/ninja_target_writer_unittest.cc b/tools/gn/ninja_target_writer_unittest.cc
index 2bcbc89..68a59c8 100644
--- a/tools/gn/ninja_target_writer_unittest.cc
+++ b/tools/gn/ninja_target_writer_unittest.cc
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #include <sstream>
 
 #include "testing/gtest/include/gtest/gtest.h"
-#include "tools/gn/ninja_action_target_writer.h"
 #include "tools/gn/ninja_target_writer.h"
 #include "tools/gn/target.h"
 #include "tools/gn/test_with_scope.h"
@@ -95,23 +94,6 @@
     EXPECT_EQ("obj/foo/base.stamp", dep[0].value());
   }
 
-  {
-    std::ostringstream stream;
-    NinjaActionTargetWriter writer(&action, stream);
-    writer.Run();
-    EXPECT_EQ(
-        "rule __foo_action___rule\n"
-        "  command =  ../../foo/script.py\n"
-        "  description = ACTION //foo:action()\n"
-        "  restat = 1\n"
-        "\n"
-        "build: __foo_action___rule | ../../foo/script.py"
-        " ../../foo/action_source.txt ./target\n"
-        "\n"
-        "build obj/foo/action.stamp: stamp\n",
-        stream.str());
-  }
-
   // Input deps for action which should depend on the base since its a hard dep
   // that is a (indirect) dependency, as well as the the action source.
   {
@@ -122,10 +104,9 @@
 
     ASSERT_EQ(1u, dep.size());
     EXPECT_EQ("obj/foo/action.inputdeps.stamp", dep[0].value());
-    EXPECT_EQ(
-        "build obj/foo/action.inputdeps.stamp: stamp ../../foo/script.py "
-        "../../foo/action_source.txt\n",
-        stream.str());
+    EXPECT_EQ("build obj/foo/action.inputdeps.stamp: stamp ../../foo/script.py "
+                  "../../foo/action_source.txt obj/foo/base.stamp\n",
+              stream.str());
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/gn/target.cc b/tools/gn/target.cc
index e6013e4..15df27f 100644
--- a/tools/gn/target.cc
+++ b/tools/gn/target.cc
@@ -372,13 +372,7 @@
 
   PullRecursiveBundleData();
   PullDependentTargetLibs();
-
-  if (!hard_dep()) {
-    // If this target is not hard_dep type, we need to pull hard dependency from
-    // dependent target, because it may not transitive for compiling tasks.
-    PullRecursiveHardDeps();
-  }
-
+  PullRecursiveHardDeps();
   if (!ResolvePrecompiledHeaders(err))
     return false;