diff --git a/install/windows/choco/starship.nuspec b/install/windows/choco/starship.nuspec
index b9473cf8..26a71330 100644
--- a/install/windows/choco/starship.nuspec
+++ b/install/windows/choco/starship.nuspec
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
         <licenseUrl>https://github.com/starship/starship/blob/master/LICENSE</licenseUrl>
         <requireLicenseAcceptance>false</requireLicenseAcceptance>
         <releaseNotes></releaseNotes>
-        <dependencies>
-            <dependency id="chocolatey" version="0.9.9" />
-        </dependencies>
     </metadata>
     <files>
         <file src="tools\**" target="tools" />
diff --git a/install/windows/choco/update.ps1 b/install/windows/choco/update.ps1
index 66c2862f..cea6f713 100644
--- a/install/windows/choco/update.ps1
+++ b/install/windows/choco/update.ps1
@@ -26,10 +26,13 @@ $nuspec_file.Save("./starship.install.nuspec")
 
 # Have metapackage depend on starship.install
 $nuspec_file.package.metadata.id = "starship"
+
+$deps = $nuspec_file.createelement("dependencies")
 $dep = $nuspec_file.createelement("dependency")
 $dep.SetAttribute("id", "starship.install")
 $dep.SetAttribute("version", "[$versionNumber]")
-$nuspec_file.package.metadata.dependencies.AppendChild($dep)
+$deps.AppendChild($dep)
+$nuspec_file.package.metadata.AppendChild($deps)
 $nuspec_file.Save("./starship.nuspec")
 
 $url_x86_64_zip = "https://github.com/starship/starship/releases/download/$version/starship-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip"