diff --git a/e2e/eslint/src/linter.test.ts b/e2e/eslint/src/linter.test.ts
index ab96bf8338..0afb94d9a0 100644
--- a/e2e/eslint/src/linter.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/eslint/src/linter.test.ts
@@ -478,13 +478,21 @@ describe('Linter', () => {
             `import { names } from '@nx/devkit';\n\n` +
             content.replace(/=> .*;/, `=> names('${mylib}').className;`)
         );
+        // intentionally set an obsolete dependency
+        updateJson(`libs/${mylib}/package.json`, (json) => {
+          json.dependencies['@nx/js'] = nxVersion;
+          return json;
+        });
 
-        // output should now report missing dependency
+        // output should now report missing dependency and obsolete dependency
         out = runCLI(`lint ${mylib}`, { silenceError: true });
         expect(out).toContain('they are missing');
         expect(out).toContain('@nx/devkit');
+        expect(out).toContain(
+          `The "@nx/js" package is not used by "${mylib}" project`
+        );
 
-        // should fix the missing dependency issue
+        // should fix the missing and obsolete dependency issues
         out = runCLI(`lint ${mylib} --fix`, { silenceError: true });
         expect(out).toContain(
           `Successfully ran target lint for project ${mylib}`
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/dependency-checks.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/dependency-checks.ts
index ed06be31be..5978e2a1f8 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/dependency-checks.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/dependency-checks.ts
@@ -152,14 +152,9 @@ export default ESLintUtils.RuleCreator(
     );
     const expectedDependencyNames = Object.keys(npmDependencies);
 
-    const projPackageJsonPath = join(
-      workspaceRoot,
-      sourceProject.data.root,
-      'package.json'
-    );
+    const packageJson = JSON.parse(context.sourceCode.getText());
+    const projPackageJsonDeps = getProductionDependencies(packageJson);
 
-    const projPackageJsonDeps: Record<string, string> =
-      getProductionDependencies(projPackageJsonPath);
     const rootPackageJsonDeps = getAllDependencies(rootPackageJson);
 
     function validateMissingDependencies(node: AST.JSONProperty) {
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/src/utils/package-json-utils.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin/src/utils/package-json-utils.ts
index 2369dfe6c2..a882674143 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/src/utils/package-json-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/src/utils/package-json-utils.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { readJsonFile } from '@nx/devkit';
 import { existsSync } from 'fs';
-import { PackageJson } from 'nx/src/utils/package-json';
-import { isTerminalRun } from './runtime-lint-utils';
+import type { PackageJson } from 'nx/src/utils/package-json';
 
 export function getAllDependencies(
   packageJson: PackageJson
@@ -15,23 +14,13 @@ export function getAllDependencies(
 }
 
 export function getProductionDependencies(
-  packageJsonPath: string
+  packageJson: PackageJson
 ): Record<string, string> {
-  if (
-    !globalThis.projPackageJsonDeps ||
-    !globalThis.projPackageJsonDeps[packageJsonPath] ||
-    !isTerminalRun()
-  ) {
-    const packageJson = getPackageJson(packageJsonPath);
-    globalThis.projPackageJsonDeps = globalThis.projPackageJsonDeps || {};
-    globalThis.projPackageJsonDeps[packageJsonPath] = {
-      ...packageJson.dependencies,
-      ...packageJson.peerDependencies,
-      ...packageJson.optionalDependencies,
-    };
-  }
-
-  return globalThis.projPackageJsonDeps[packageJsonPath];
+  return {
+    ...packageJson.dependencies,
+    ...packageJson.peerDependencies,
+    ...packageJson.optionalDependencies,
+  };
 }
 
 export function getPackageJson(path: string): PackageJson {