diff --git a/law/sandbox/base.py b/law/sandbox/base.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/law/sandbox/base.py
+++ b/law/sandbox/base.py
@@ -286,8 +286,6 @@ class SandboxTask(Task):
 
     def __getattribute__(self, attr, proxy=True):
         if proxy:
-            if attr == "deps" and self.sandboxed:
-                return lambda: []
             if attr == "run" and not self.sandboxed:
                 return self.sandbox_proxy.run
             elif attr == "inputs" and _sandbox_stagein_dir and self.sandboxed:
Fix sandboxing dependencies.