diff --git a/pkg-manager/resolve-dependencies/src/updateLockfile.ts b/pkg-manager/resolve-dependencies/src/updateLockfile.ts
index 2691d47562..c452f800fa 100644
--- a/pkg-manager/resolve-dependencies/src/updateLockfile.ts
+++ b/pkg-manager/resolve-dependencies/src/updateLockfile.ts
@@ -4,14 +4,12 @@ import {
   type LockfileResolution,
   type PackageSnapshot,
   pruneSharedLockfile,
-  type ResolvedDependencies,
 } from '@pnpm/prune-lockfile'
 import { type DirectoryResolution, type Resolution } from '@pnpm/resolver-base'
 import { type Registries } from '@pnpm/types'
 import * as dp from '@pnpm/dependency-path'
 import getNpmTarballUrl from 'get-npm-tarball-url'
 import { type KeyValuePair } from 'ramda'
-import mergeRight from 'ramda/src/mergeRight'
 import partition from 'ramda/src/partition'
 import { type SafePromiseDefer } from 'safe-promise-defer'
 import { depPathToRef } from './depPathToRef'
@@ -79,12 +77,10 @@ function toLockfileDependency (
     opts.lockfileIncludeTarballUrl
   )
   const newResolvedDeps = updateResolvedDeps(
-    {},
     opts.updatedDeps,
     opts.depGraph
   )
   const newResolvedOptionalDeps = updateResolvedDeps(
-    {},
     opts.updatedOptionalDeps,
     opts.depGraph
   )
@@ -196,15 +192,11 @@ function toLockfileDependency (
   return result
 }
 
-// previous resolutions should not be removed from lockfile
-// as installation might not reanalyze the whole dependency graph
-// the `depth` property defines how deep should dependencies be checked
 function updateResolvedDeps (
-  prevResolvedDeps: ResolvedDependencies,
   updatedDeps: Array<{ alias: string, depPath: string }>,
   depGraph: DependenciesGraph
 ) {
-  const newResolvedDeps = Object.fromEntries(
+  return Object.fromEntries(
     updatedDeps
       .map(({ alias, depPath }): KeyValuePair<string, string> => {
         if (depPath.startsWith('link:')) {
@@ -221,10 +213,6 @@ function updateResolvedDeps (
         ]
       })
   )
-  return mergeRight(
-    prevResolvedDeps,
-    newResolvedDeps
-  )
 }
 
 function toLockfileResolution (