diff --git a/cmd/ww/main.c b/cmd/ww/main.c
index b30df676..73cff253 100644
--- a/cmd/ww/main.c
+++ b/cmd/ww/main.c
@@ -1256,7 +1256,8 @@ sep_scan_file(struct sepgraph *g, int pi, const char *file,
 			free(canon);
 			if (self
 			    && (sep_external_production_name(&g->pkg[pi], name, 1)
-				|| sep_command_declared_name(&g->pkg[pi])))
+				|| (g->pkg[pi].variant == SEP_VARIANT_EXTERNAL
+				    && sep_command_declared_name(&g->pkg[pi]))))
 				external_production = 1;
 			if (self && !external_production) {
 				const char *owner = g->pkg[pi].path[0]
diff --git a/selfhost/cmd/ww/main.ww b/selfhost/cmd/ww/main.ww
index 35dbc342..ba667e31 100644
--- a/selfhost/cmd/ww/main.ww
+++ b/selfhost/cmd/ww/main.ww
@@ -1486,7 +1486,8 @@ fn sepscanfile(g: *sepgraph, pi: i32, file: *u8, searchpath: *u8,
 				let self: bool = os.samefile(pathstr(ipath),
 					pathstr(g.pkg[pi].entry));
 				if (self && (sepexternalname(&g.pkg[pi], idp, idn, true)
-					|| sepcommanddeclaredname(&g.pkg[pi]))) {
+					|| (g.pkg[pi].variant == SEP_VARIANT_EXTERNAL
+						&& sepcommanddeclaredname(&g.pkg[pi])))) {
 					externalproduction = true;
 				};
 				if (self && !externalproduction) {