diff --git a/aether-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/util/graph/selector/AndDependencySelector.java b/aether-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/util/graph/selector/AndDependencySelector.java
index 7f3494c4dc7ada753feae3d115ce10279705c502..70ee08c5b475bb712e9edf01dde97553491247f7 100644
--- a/aether-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/util/graph/selector/AndDependencySelector.java
+++ b/aether-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/util/graph/selector/AndDependencySelector.java
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public final class AndDependencySelector
         {
             return selector2;
         }
-        else if ( selector2 == null )
+        else if ( selector2 == null || selector2.equals( selector1 ) )
         {
             return selector1;
         }