diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
index dbb4efa0eb..ffdeb427fc 100644
--- a/.npmrc
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # package-import-method=hardlink
 # module-exists will report false answers for the test apps
 # unless we avoid hoisting
+# while this is "true" this actually sets hoisting to "false"
+# because we have a hoist-pattern. This basically just lets us
+# use the very narrowly scoped hoist-pattern.
+hoist=true
 
 # Fastboot Doesnt respect node_modules resolution for whitelisted deps
 # https://github.com/ember-fastboot/ember-cli-fastboot/issues/901
@@ -16,5 +20,6 @@ save-workspace-protocol=rolling
 resolution-mode=highest
 child-concurrency=10
 ignore-dep-scripts=true
+dedupe-injected-deps=false
 hoist-workspace-packages=false
 enable-pre-post-scripts=false