diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/CreateProjectCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/CreateProjectCommand.php
index 65366dfe2..299758311 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/CreateProjectCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/CreateProjectCommand.php
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ EOT
 
         $pool = new Pool($stability);
         $pool->addRepository($sourceRepo);
+        $pool->loadRecursively(array($name));
 
         // find the latest version if there are multiple
         $versionSelector = new VersionSelector($pool);
diff --git a/src/Composer/DependencyResolver/Pool.php b/src/Composer/DependencyResolver/Pool.php
index 059cbfc0d..566c6e262 100644
--- a/src/Composer/DependencyResolver/Pool.php
+++ b/src/Composer/DependencyResolver/Pool.php
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class Pool
         return $this->packages[$id - 1];
     }
 
-    public function loadRecursively(array $packageNames, $loadDev)
+    public function loadRecursively(array $packageNames)
     {
         $loadedMap = array();
         do {
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ class Pool
             foreach ($this->providerRepos as $repo) {
                 $packages = $repo->loadRecursively(
                     $packageNames,
-                    $loadDev,
                     array($this, 'isPackageAcceptable')
                 );
 
diff --git a/src/Composer/DependencyResolver/Solver.php b/src/Composer/DependencyResolver/Solver.php
index 7dd947acf..bcfd08388 100644
--- a/src/Composer/DependencyResolver/Solver.php
+++ b/src/Composer/DependencyResolver/Solver.php
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ class Solver
             }
         }
 
-        $this->pool->loadRecursively(array_keys($packageNames), true);
+        $this->pool->loadRecursively(array_keys($packageNames));
 
         $this->rules = $this->ruleSetGenerator->getRulesFor($this->jobs, $this->installedMap, $ignorePlatformReqs);
         $this->checkForRootRequireProblems($ignorePlatformReqs);
diff --git a/src/Composer/Repository/ComposerRepository.php b/src/Composer/Repository/ComposerRepository.php
index 89c2b75b2..62b6847af 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Repository/ComposerRepository.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Repository/ComposerRepository.php
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class ComposerRepository extends ArrayRepository
         return $this->rootAliases;
     }
 
-    public function loadRecursively(array $packageNames, $loadDev, $acceptableCallback)
+    public function loadRecursively(array $packageNames, $acceptableCallback)
     {
         $workQueue = new \SplQueue;
 
@@ -123,9 +123,6 @@ class ComposerRepository extends ArrayRepository
             foreach ($packages as $package) {
                 $loadedPackages[] = $package;
                 $requires = $package->getRequires();
-                if ($loadDev) {
-                    $requires = array_merge($requires, $package->getDevRequires());
-                }
                 foreach ($requires as $link) {
                     $workQueue->enqueue($link->getTarget());
                 }
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Repository/ComposerRepositoryTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/Repository/ComposerRepositoryTest.php
index 4e4fc99bb..1c63feb1a 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/Repository/ComposerRepositoryTest.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Repository/ComposerRepositoryTest.php
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class ComposerRepositoryTest extends TestCase
         $versionParser = new VersionParser();
 
         $that = $this;
-        $packages = $repo->loadRecursively(array('a'), true, function ($name, $stability) use ($that) {
+        $packages = $repo->loadRecursively(array('a'), function ($name, $stability) use ($that) {
             $this->assertEquals('a', $name);
             return true;
         });