diff --git a/pkg/dart2native/pubspec.yaml b/pkg/dart2native/pubspec.yaml
index 3bdd2c5ef3a..85a9eac8dbc 100644
--- a/pkg/dart2native/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pkg/dart2native/pubspec.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ executables:
 
 dependencies:
    args: ^1.4.0
+   path: any
 
 dev_dependencies:
-
diff --git a/pkg/kernel/pubspec.yaml b/pkg/kernel/pubspec.yaml
index 4b308e11f85..6713b64112b 100644
--- a/pkg/kernel/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pkg/kernel/pubspec.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ dependencies:
   args: '>=0.13.4 <2.0.0'
   meta: ^1.0.0
 dev_dependencies:
-  expect: any
+  expect:
+    path: ../expect
+  front_end:
+    path: ../front_end
   test: any
-  testing: any