diff --git a/utils/generate-cyclonedx b/utils/generate-cyclonedx
index e864edf181..04ce8fc3a1 100755
--- a/utils/generate-cyclonedx
+++ b/utils/generate-cyclonedx
@@ -337,10 +337,9 @@ def cyclonedx_vulnerabilities(show_info_dict):
     } for cve, components in cves.items()]
 
 
-def br2_parse_deps_recursively(ref, show_info_dict, virtual=False, deps=[]):
-    """Parse dependencies from the show-info output. This function will
-    recursively collect all dependencies, and return a list where each dependency
-    is stated at most once.
+def br2_parse_deps(ref, show_info_dict, virtual=False):
+    """This function will collect all dependencies from the show-info output.
+
     The dependency on virtual package will collect the final dependency without
     including the virtual one.
 
@@ -350,18 +349,14 @@ def br2_parse_deps_recursively(ref, show_info_dict, virtual=False, deps=[]):
         show_info_dict (dict): The JSON output of the show-info
             command, parsed into a Python dictionary.
 
-    Kwargs:
-        deps (list): A list, to which dependencies will be appended. If set to None,
-            a new empty list will be created. Defaults to None.
-
     Returns:
         list: A list of dependencies of the 'ref' package.
     """
+    deps = []
+
     for dep in show_info_dict.get(ref, {}).get("dependencies", []):
-        if dep not in deps:
-            if virtual or show_info_dict.get(dep, {}).get("virtual") is False:
-                deps.append(dep)
-            br2_parse_deps_recursively(dep, show_info_dict, virtual, deps)
+        if virtual or show_info_dict.get(dep, {}).get("virtual") is False:
+            deps.append(dep)
 
     return deps
 
@@ -429,7 +424,7 @@ def main():
         ],
         "dependencies": [
             cyclonedx_dependency(args.project_name, list(filtered_show_info_dict)),
-            *[cyclonedx_dependency(ref, br2_parse_deps_recursively(ref, show_info_dict, args.virtual))
+            *[cyclonedx_dependency(ref, br2_parse_deps(ref, show_info_dict, args.virtual))
               for ref in filtered_show_info_dict],
         ],
         "vulnerabilities": cyclonedx_vulnerabilities(show_info_dict),