diff --git a/screening/resource/dependency-structure.ddf b/screening/resource/dependency-structure.ddf
index 4389b2309034711f9b5c0ebdf30368fd20364e0d..2e8012170df3201a4b404a6624c7152a529d50a1 100644
--- a/screening/resource/dependency-structure.ddf
+++ b/screening/resource/dependency-structure.ddf
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ check [screening_web_client] independentOf [screening_server]
 [api_openbis] = ${screening}.shared.api.** ${root}.generic.shared.api.**
 [api_client_facade] =	${screening}.client.api.v1.**
 [api] = [dss_api] [api_openbis] [api_client_facade] [authorization]
-[openbis_rest] = ${root}.** excluding [api]
+[openbis_rest] = ${root}.** excluding [api] ${root}.common.*
 check sets [dss_api] [api_openbis] [api_client_facade] [api] [openbis_rest] 
 
 # TODO: how to check that the api does not depend on external libraries?