diff --git a/dev-tools/ls-apis/src/cargo.rs b/dev-tools/ls-apis/src/cargo.rs
index eeb2316d820..7b851fc75cc 100644
--- a/dev-tools/ls-apis/src/cargo.rs
+++ b/dev-tools/ls-apis/src/cargo.rs
@@ -234,23 +234,16 @@ impl Workspace {
         Ok(path)
     }
 
-    /// Iterate over the required dependencies of package `root`, invoking
-    /// `func` for each one as:
+    /// Walks the required (normal and build) dependencies of package `root`.
     ///
-    /// ```ignore
-    /// func(package: &Package, dep_path: &DepPath)
-    /// ```
-    ///
-    /// where `package` is the package that is (directly or indirectly) a
-    /// dependency of `root` and `dep_path` describes the dependency path from
-    /// `root` to `package`.
-    pub fn walk_required_deps_recursively(
-        &self,
+    /// Returns a [`WalkOutcome`] describing every package reachable from
+    /// `root`, each paired with a dependency path to it.
+    pub fn walk_required_deps_recursively<'a>(
+        &'a self,
         root: &Package,
-        func: &mut dyn FnMut(&Package, &DepPath),
-    ) -> Result<()> {
-        struct Remaining<'a> {
-            node: &'a cargo_metadata::Node,
+    ) -> Result<WalkOutcome<'a>> {
+        struct Remaining<'n> {
+            node: &'n cargo_metadata::Node,
             path: DepPath,
         }
 
@@ -268,6 +261,7 @@ impl Workspace {
             path: DepPath::for_pkg(root.id.clone()),
         }];
         let mut seen: BTreeSet<PackageId> = BTreeSet::new();
+        let mut found: Vec<(&'a Package, DepPath)> = Vec::new();
 
         while let Some(Remaining { node: next, path }) = remaining.pop() {
             for d in &next.deps {
@@ -288,7 +282,7 @@ impl Workspace {
                 // package metadata.
                 let dep_pkg = self.packages_by_id.get(did).unwrap();
                 let dep_node = self.nodes_by_id.get(did).unwrap();
-                func(dep_pkg, &path);
+                found.push((dep_pkg, path.clone()));
                 if seen.contains(did) {
                     continue;
                 }
@@ -299,7 +293,7 @@ impl Workspace {
             }
         }
 
-        Ok(())
+        Ok(WalkOutcome { found })
     }
 
     /// Return all package ids for the given `pkgname`
@@ -343,6 +337,16 @@ fn cargo_toml_parent(
     Ok(path)
 }
 
+/// The result of [`Workspace::walk_required_deps_recursively`].
+pub struct WalkOutcome<'a> {
+    /// Every package encountered as a required (normal or build) dependency of
+    /// the walk's `root`, each paired with a dependency path from `root` to
+    /// that package.
+    ///
+    /// A package reachable by more than one path appears once per path.
+    pub found: Vec<(&'a Package, DepPath)>,
+}
+
 /// Describes a "dependency path": a path through the Cargo dependency graph
 /// from one package to another, which describes how one package depends on
 /// another
diff --git a/dev-tools/ls-apis/src/system_apis.rs b/dev-tools/ls-apis/src/system_apis.rs
index 01e618c84de..2680ca34914 100644
--- a/dev-tools/ls-apis/src/system_apis.rs
+++ b/dev-tools/ls-apis/src/system_apis.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ use crate::workspaces::Workspaces;
 use anyhow::Result;
 use anyhow::{Context, anyhow, bail};
 use camino::Utf8PathBuf;
-use cargo_metadata::Package;
 use iddqd::IdOrdItem;
 use iddqd::IdOrdMap;
 use iddqd::id_upcast;
@@ -175,12 +174,11 @@ impl SystemApis {
                 let dep_path = DepPath::for_pkg(server_pkg.id.clone());
                 tracker.found_package(dunit_pkg, dunit_pkg, &dep_path);
 
-                workspace.walk_required_deps_recursively(
-                    server_pkg,
-                    &mut |p: &Package, dep_path: &DepPath| {
-                        tracker.found_package(dunit_pkg, &p.name, dep_path);
-                    },
-                )?;
+                let outcome =
+                    workspace.walk_required_deps_recursively(server_pkg)?;
+                for (dep_pkg, dep_path) in &outcome.found {
+                    tracker.found_package(dunit_pkg, &dep_pkg.name, dep_path);
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -219,17 +217,8 @@ impl SystemApis {
         for server_pkgname in server_component_units.keys() {
             let (workspace, pkg) =
                 workspaces.find_package_workspace(server_pkgname)?;
-            workspace
-                .walk_required_deps_recursively(
-                    pkg,
-                    &mut |p: &Package, dep_path: &DepPath| {
-                        deps_tracker.found_dependency(
-                            server_pkgname,
-                            &p.name,
-                            dep_path,
-                        );
-                    },
-                )
+            let outcome = workspace
+                .walk_required_deps_recursively(pkg)
                 .with_context(|| {
                     format!(
                         "iterating dependencies of workspace {:?} package {:?}",
@@ -237,6 +226,13 @@ impl SystemApis {
                         server_pkgname
                     )
                 })?;
+            for (dep_pkg, dep_path) in &outcome.found {
+                deps_tracker.found_dependency(
+                    server_pkgname,
+                    &dep_pkg.name,
+                    dep_path,
+                );
+            }
         }
 
         let (apis_consumed, api_consumers) =