diff --git a/pkg/app/app.go b/pkg/app/app.go
index 1a47dcf5..5aa0df7a 100644
--- a/pkg/app/app.go
+++ b/pkg/app/app.go
@@ -1617,11 +1617,17 @@ func (a *App) getSelectedReleases(r *Run, includeNeeds bool, includeTransitiveNe
 		extra = " matching " + strings.Join(r.state.Selectors, ",")
 	}
 
-	matchedOnly, err := r.state.GetSelectedReleases(false, false)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
+	// When needs are included, we need a separate count of just the selector-matched releases
+	// for the debug log, so we don't count the included needs in the "found" message.
+	matchCount := len(selected)
+	if includeNeeds || includeTransitiveNeeds {
+		matchedOnly, err := r.state.GetSelectedReleases(false, false)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
+		matchCount = len(matchedOnly)
 	}
-	a.Logger.Debugf("%d release(s)%s found in %s\n", len(matchedOnly), extra, r.state.FilePath)
+	a.Logger.Debugf("%d release(s)%s found in %s\n", matchCount, extra, r.state.FilePath)
 
 	return selected, deduplicated, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/config/write-values.go b/pkg/config/write-values.go
index 8da5aa2f..cbceb47f 100644
--- a/pkg/config/write-values.go
+++ b/pkg/config/write-values.go
@@ -66,12 +66,3 @@ func (c *WriteValuesImpl) OutputFileTemplate() string {
 	return c.WriteValuesOptions.OutputFileTemplate
 }
 
-// SkipDeps returns the skip deps
-func (c *WriteValuesImpl) SkipDeps() bool {
-	return false
-}
-
-// SkipRefresh returns the skip refresh
-func (c *WriteValuesImpl) SkipRefresh() bool {
-	return false
-}
diff --git a/pkg/state/selector_test.go b/pkg/state/selector_test.go
index 35ea4ab0..2d25bfcf 100644
--- a/pkg/state/selector_test.go
+++ b/pkg/state/selector_test.go
@@ -139,20 +139,30 @@ func TestSelectReleasesWithOverridesWithIncludedTransitives(t *testing.T) {
 		subject                string
 		selector               []string
 		want                   []string
+		includeNeeds           bool
 		includeTransitiveNeeds bool
 	}
 
 	testcases := []testcase{
 		{
-			subject:                "include transitives is false",
+			subject:                "no needs inclusion",
 			selector:               []string{"name=serviceA"},
 			want:                   []string{"serviceA"},
+			includeNeeds:           false,
 			includeTransitiveNeeds: false,
 		},
 		{
-			subject:                "include transitives is true",
+			subject:                "include direct needs only",
+			selector:               []string{"name=serviceA"},
+			want:                   []string{"serviceA", "serviceB"},
+			includeNeeds:           true,
+			includeTransitiveNeeds: false,
+		},
+		{
+			subject:                "include transitive needs",
 			selector:               []string{"name=serviceA"},
 			want:                   []string{"serviceA", "serviceB", "serviceC"},
+			includeNeeds:           false,
 			includeTransitiveNeeds: true,
 		},
 	}
@@ -192,7 +202,7 @@ func TestSelectReleasesWithOverridesWithIncludedTransitives(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		state.Releases = state.GetReleasesWithLabels()
 
-		rs, err := state.GetSelectedReleases(tc.includeTransitiveNeeds, tc.includeTransitiveNeeds)
+		rs, err := state.GetSelectedReleases(tc.includeNeeds, tc.includeTransitiveNeeds)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("%s %s: %v", tc.selector, tc.subject, err)
 		}