diff --git a/changelog/@unreleased/pr-736.v2.yml b/changelog/@unreleased/pr-736.v2.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..49bb02493
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/@unreleased/pr-736.v2.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+type: fix
+fix:
+  description: "The `checkImplicitDependencies` task will no longer suggest a fix of the current project."
+  links:
+  - https://github.com/palantir/gradle-baseline/pull/736
+  - https://github.com/palantir/gradle-baseline/issues/567
diff --git a/gradle-baseline-java/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/tasks/CheckImplicitDependenciesTask.java b/gradle-baseline-java/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/tasks/CheckImplicitDependenciesTask.java
index 6d5934da8..ab7d885e9 100644
--- a/gradle-baseline-java/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/tasks/CheckImplicitDependenciesTask.java
+++ b/gradle-baseline-java/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/tasks/CheckImplicitDependenciesTask.java
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ public final void checkImplicitDependencies() {
                 .map(BaselineExactDependencies.INDEXES::classToDependency)
                 .filter(Optional::isPresent)
                 .map(Optional::get)
+                .filter(x -> !isArtifactFromCurrentProject(x))
                 .collect(Collectors.toSet());
         Set<ResolvedArtifact> declaredArtifacts = declaredDependencies.stream()
                 .flatMap(dependency -> dependency.getModuleArtifacts().stream())
@@ -112,6 +113,19 @@ private boolean isProjectArtifact(ResolvedArtifact artifact) {
         return artifact.getId().getComponentIdentifier() instanceof ProjectComponentIdentifier;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Return true if the resolved artifact is derived from a project in the current build rather than an
+     * external jar.
+     */
+    private boolean isArtifactFromCurrentProject(ResolvedArtifact artifact) {
+        if (!isProjectArtifact(artifact)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return ((ProjectComponentIdentifier) artifact.getId().getComponentIdentifier()).getProjectPath()
+                .equals(getProject().getPath());
+    }
+
+
     /** All classes which are mentioned in this project's source code. */
     private Set<String> referencedClasses() {
         return Streams.stream(sourceClasses.get().iterator())
diff --git a/gradle-baseline-java/src/test/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/BaselineExactDependenciesTest.groovy b/gradle-baseline-java/src/test/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/BaselineExactDependenciesTest.groovy
index 129854af1..a4d2b4651 100644
--- a/gradle-baseline-java/src/test/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/BaselineExactDependenciesTest.groovy
+++ b/gradle-baseline-java/src/test/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/BaselineExactDependenciesTest.groovy
@@ -16,11 +16,10 @@
 
 package com.palantir.baseline
 
+import java.nio.file.Files
 import org.gradle.testkit.runner.BuildResult
 import org.gradle.testkit.runner.TaskOutcome
 
-import java.nio.file.Files
-
 class BaselineExactDependenciesTest extends AbstractPluginTest {
 
     def standardBuildFile = '''
@@ -125,6 +124,15 @@ class BaselineExactDependenciesTest extends AbstractPluginTest {
         result.output.contains("implementation project(':sub-project-no-deps')")
     }
 
+    def 'checkImplicitDependencies should not report circular dependency on current project'() {
+        when:
+        setupMultiProject()
+
+        then:
+        BuildResult result = with(':sub-project-with-deps:checkImplicitDependencies', ':sub-project-no-deps:checkImplicitDependencies', '--stacktrace').withDebug(true).build()
+        result.task(':sub-project-no-deps:checkImplicitDependencies').getOutcome() == TaskOutcome.SUCCESS
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets up a multi-module project with 2 sub projects.  The root project has a transitive dependency on sub-project-no-deps
      * and so checkImplicitDependencies should fail on it.