diff --git a/nfpm.go b/nfpm.go
index 9f6301d..c7dbcda 100644
--- a/nfpm.go
+++ b/nfpm.go
@@ -149,18 +149,15 @@ func (c *Config) Validate() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func remove(slice []string, s int) []string {
-	return append(slice[:s], slice[s+1:]...)
-}
-
 func (c *Config) expandEnvVarsStringSlice(items []string) []string {
 	for i, dep := range items {
 		val := strings.TrimSpace(os.Expand(dep, c.envMappingFunc))
 		items[i] = val
 	}
-	for i, val := range items {
-		if val == "" {
-			items = remove(items, i)
+	for i := 0; i < len(items); i++ {
+		if items[i] == "" {
+			items = append(items[:i], items[i+1:]...)
+			i-- // Since we just deleted items[i], we must redo that index
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/nfpm_test.go b/nfpm_test.go
index 437dbbe..68fce5c 100644
--- a/nfpm_test.go
+++ b/nfpm_test.go
@@ -352,6 +352,8 @@ overrides:
     depends:
     - ${PKG}
     - package (= ${VERSION})
+    - ${PKG}
+    - ${PKG}
   rpm:
     depends:
     - package = ${VERSION}