diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/packages/dependency_resolver.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/packages/dependency_resolver.ts
index 59737ed322..ef37a548a3 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/packages/dependency_resolver.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/packages/dependency_resolver.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {resolve} from 'canonical-path';
 import {DepGraph} from 'dependency-graph';
+import {resolve} from 'path';
 
 import {AbsoluteFsPath} from '../../../src/ngtsc/path';
 import {Logger} from '../logging/logger';
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ export interface IgnoredDependency {
   dependencyPath: string;
 }
 
+export interface DependencyDiagnostics {
+  invalidEntryPoints: InvalidEntryPoint[];
+  ignoredDependencies: IgnoredDependency[];
+}
+
 /**
  * A list of entry-points, sorted by their dependencies.
  *
@@ -57,11 +62,7 @@ export interface IgnoredDependency {
  * Some entry points or their dependencies may be have been ignored. These are captured for
  * diagnostic purposes in `invalidEntryPoints` and `ignoredDependencies` respectively.
  */
-export interface SortedEntryPointsInfo {
-  entryPoints: EntryPoint[];
-  invalidEntryPoints: InvalidEntryPoint[];
-  ignoredDependencies: IgnoredDependency[];
-}
+export interface SortedEntryPointsInfo extends DependencyDiagnostics { entryPoints: EntryPoint[]; }
 
 /**
  * A class that resolves dependencies between entry-points.
@@ -77,7 +78,8 @@ export class DependencyResolver {
    */
   sortEntryPointsByDependency(entryPoints: EntryPoint[], target?: EntryPoint):
       SortedEntryPointsInfo {
-    const {invalidEntryPoints, ignoredDependencies, graph} = this.createDependencyInfo(entryPoints);
+    const {invalidEntryPoints, ignoredDependencies, graph} =
+        this.computeDependencyGraph(entryPoints);
 
     let sortedEntryPointNodes: string[];
     if (target) {
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ export class DependencyResolver {
    * The graph only holds entry-points that ngcc cares about and whose dependencies
    * (direct and transitive) all exist.
    */
-  private createDependencyInfo(entryPoints: EntryPoint[]) {
+  private computeDependencyGraph(entryPoints: EntryPoint[]): DependencyGraph {
     const invalidEntryPoints: InvalidEntryPoint[] = [];
     const ignoredDependencies: IgnoredDependency[] = [];
     const graph = new DepGraph<EntryPoint>();
@@ -167,3 +169,7 @@ function getEntryPointPath(entryPoint: EntryPoint): AbsoluteFsPath {
   }
   throw new Error(`There is no format with import statements in '${entryPoint.path}' entry-point.`);
 }
+
+interface DependencyGraph extends DependencyDiagnostics {
+  graph: DepGraph<EntryPoint>;
+}