diff --git a/contrib/scoverage/src/mill/contrib/scoverage/ScoverageModule.scala b/contrib/scoverage/src/mill/contrib/scoverage/ScoverageModule.scala
index 121899d8bb3..e6514e80e3d 100644
--- a/contrib/scoverage/src/mill/contrib/scoverage/ScoverageModule.scala
+++ b/contrib/scoverage/src/mill/contrib/scoverage/ScoverageModule.scala
@@ -125,8 +125,7 @@ trait ScoverageModule extends ScalaModule { outer: ScalaModule =>
 
     millProjectModule(
       workerArtifact,
-      repositoriesTask(),
-      resolveFilter = _.toString.contains(workerArtifact)
+      repositoriesTask()
     )
   }
 
diff --git a/kotlinlib/src/mill/kotlinlib/KotlinModule.scala b/kotlinlib/src/mill/kotlinlib/KotlinModule.scala
index 5ce0f2c6483..826148265d6 100644
--- a/kotlinlib/src/mill/kotlinlib/KotlinModule.scala
+++ b/kotlinlib/src/mill/kotlinlib/KotlinModule.scala
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ trait KotlinModule extends JavaModule { outer =>
   private[kotlinlib] def kotlinWorkerClasspath = Task {
     millProjectModule(
       "mill-kotlinlib-worker-impl",
-      repositoriesTask(),
-      resolveFilter = _.toString.contains("mill-kotlinlib-worker-impl")
+      repositoriesTask()
     )
   }
 
diff --git a/main/util/src/mill/util/CoursierSupport.scala b/main/util/src/mill/util/CoursierSupport.scala
index 083d7f2216c..4c53ac7172d 100644
--- a/main/util/src/mill/util/CoursierSupport.scala
+++ b/main/util/src/mill/util/CoursierSupport.scala
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ trait CoursierSupport {
    * We do not bother breaking this out into the separate ZincWorkerApi classpath,
    * because Coursier is already bundled with mill/Ammonite to support the
    * `import $ivy` syntax.
+   *
+   * Avoid using `deprecatedResolveFilter` if you can. As a substitute, use exclusions
+   * (or upfront, mark some dependencies as provided aka compile-time when you publish them),
+   * or as a last resort, manually filter the file sequence returned by this function.
    */
   def resolveDependencies(
       repositories: Seq[Repository],
@@ -62,7 +66,7 @@ trait CoursierSupport {
       customizer: Option[Resolution => Resolution] = None,
       ctx: Option[mill.api.Ctx.Log] = None,
       coursierCacheCustomizer: Option[FileCache[Task] => FileCache[Task]] = None,
-      resolveFilter: os.Path => Boolean = _ => true,
+      deprecatedResolveFilter: os.Path => Boolean = _ => true,
       artifactTypes: Option[Set[Type]] = None,
       resolutionParams: ResolutionParams = ResolutionParams()
   ): Result[Agg[PathRef]] = {
@@ -108,7 +112,7 @@ trait CoursierSupport {
             Agg.from(
               res.files
                 .map(os.Path(_))
-                .filter(resolveFilter)
+                .filter(deprecatedResolveFilter)
                 .map(PathRef(_, quick = true))
             ) ++ localTestDeps.flatten
           )
@@ -126,7 +130,7 @@ trait CoursierSupport {
       customizer: Option[Resolution => Resolution],
       ctx: Option[mill.api.Ctx.Log],
       coursierCacheCustomizer: Option[FileCache[Task] => FileCache[Task]],
-      resolveFilter: os.Path => Boolean,
+      deprecatedResolveFilter: os.Path => Boolean,
       artifactTypes: Option[Set[Type]]
   ): Result[Agg[PathRef]] =
     resolveDependencies(
@@ -138,7 +142,7 @@ trait CoursierSupport {
       customizer,
       ctx,
       coursierCacheCustomizer,
-      resolveFilter,
+      deprecatedResolveFilter,
       artifactTypes,
       ResolutionParams()
     )
@@ -153,7 +157,7 @@ trait CoursierSupport {
       customizer: Option[Resolution => Resolution],
       ctx: Option[mill.api.Ctx.Log],
       coursierCacheCustomizer: Option[FileCache[Task] => FileCache[Task]],
-      resolveFilter: os.Path => Boolean
+      deprecatedResolveFilter: os.Path => Boolean
   ): Result[Agg[PathRef]] =
     resolveDependencies(
       repositories,
@@ -164,8 +168,7 @@ trait CoursierSupport {
       customizer,
       ctx,
       coursierCacheCustomizer,
-      resolveFilter,
-      None
+      deprecatedResolveFilter
     )
 
   @deprecated(
diff --git a/main/util/src/mill/util/Util.scala b/main/util/src/mill/util/Util.scala
index 9b7cdc60e7d..ddd51ca7827 100644
--- a/main/util/src/mill/util/Util.scala
+++ b/main/util/src/mill/util/Util.scala
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ object Util {
   def millProjectModule(
       artifact: String,
       repositories: Seq[Repository],
-      resolveFilter: os.Path => Boolean = _ => true,
+      deprecatedResolveFilter: os.Path => Boolean = _ => true,
       // this should correspond to the mill runtime Scala version
       artifactSuffix: String = "_2.13"
   ): Result[Agg[PathRef]] = {
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ object Util {
         )
       ),
       force = Nil,
-      resolveFilter = resolveFilter
+      deprecatedResolveFilter = deprecatedResolveFilter
     ).map(_.map(_.withRevalidateOnce))
   }
 
diff --git a/scalajslib/src/mill/scalajslib/ScalaJSModule.scala b/scalajslib/src/mill/scalajslib/ScalaJSModule.scala
index 6ecd5dc2253..3164ff532d4 100644
--- a/scalajslib/src/mill/scalajslib/ScalaJSModule.scala
+++ b/scalajslib/src/mill/scalajslib/ScalaJSModule.scala
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ trait ScalaJSModule extends scalalib.ScalaModule { outer =>
   def scalaJSWorkerClasspath = Task {
     mill.util.Util.millProjectModule(
       artifact = s"mill-scalajslib-worker-${scalaJSWorkerVersion()}",
-      repositories = repositoriesTask(),
-      resolveFilter = _.toString.contains("mill-scalajslib-worker")
+      repositories = repositoriesTask()
     )
   }
 
diff --git a/scalanativelib/src/mill/scalanativelib/ScalaNativeModule.scala b/scalanativelib/src/mill/scalanativelib/ScalaNativeModule.scala
index 3eb6e84def0..892fadfbc00 100644
--- a/scalanativelib/src/mill/scalanativelib/ScalaNativeModule.scala
+++ b/scalanativelib/src/mill/scalanativelib/ScalaNativeModule.scala
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ trait ScalaNativeModule extends ScalaModule { outer =>
   def scalaNativeWorkerClasspath = Task {
     millProjectModule(
       s"mill-scalanativelib-worker-${scalaNativeWorkerVersion()}",
-      repositoriesTask(),
-      resolveFilter = _.toString.contains("mill-scalanativelib-worker")
+      repositoriesTask()
     )
   }