diff --git a/waflib/TaskGen.py b/waflib/TaskGen.py
index 2fa46289..89f63169 100644
--- a/waflib/TaskGen.py
+++ b/waflib/TaskGen.py
@@ -631,12 +631,8 @@ def process_rule(self):
 			cls.scan = self.scan
 		elif has_deps:
 			def scan(self):
-				nodes = []
-				for x in self.generator.to_list(getattr(self.generator, 'deps', None)):
-					node = self.generator.path.find_resource(x)
-					if not node:
-						self.generator.bld.fatal('Could not find %r in %r (was it declared?)' % (x, self.generator))
-					nodes.append(node)
+				deps = getattr(self.generator, 'deps', None)
+				nodes = self.generator.to_nodes(deps)
 				return [nodes, []]
 			cls.scan = scan