diff --git a/terraform/graph_builder.go b/terraform/graph_builder.go
index e70d58752..6368e54dc 100644
--- a/terraform/graph_builder.go
+++ b/terraform/graph_builder.go
@@ -109,5 +109,9 @@ func (b *BuiltinGraphBuilder) Steps() []GraphTransformer {
 
 		// Make sure we create one root
 		&RootTransformer{},
+
+		// Perform the transitive reduction to make our graph a bit
+		// more sane if possible (it usually is possible).
+		&TransitiveReductionTransformer{},
 	}
 }
diff --git a/terraform/graph_builder_test.go b/terraform/graph_builder_test.go
index ee1dbc1f5..882d054b9 100644
--- a/terraform/graph_builder_test.go
+++ b/terraform/graph_builder_test.go
@@ -125,14 +125,11 @@ const testBasicGraphBuilderStr = `
 const testBuiltinGraphBuilderBasicStr = `
 aws_instance.db
   aws_instance.db (destroy tainted)
-  provider.aws
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   aws_instance.web (destroy tainted)
-  provider.aws
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   aws_instance.db
   aws_instance.web (destroy tainted)
-  provider.aws
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   provider.aws
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