diff --git a/tools/test/bin/stc b/tools/test/bin/stc
index c4c0d4335e..120d7fd44f 100755
--- a/tools/test/bin/stc
+++ b/tools/test/bin/stc
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ VER=1.3.0-SNAPSHOT
 JAR=~/.m2/repository/org/onosproject/onlab-stc/$VER/onlab-stc-$VER.jar
 SCENARIOS=$ONOS_ROOT/tools/test/scenarios
 
+DEBUG_OPTS="-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,address=5005,server=y,suspend=y"
+
 scenario=${1:-smoke}
 
 [ ! -f $scenario ] && scenario=$SCENARIOS/$scenario
diff --git a/utils/stc/src/main/java/org/onlab/stc/Compiler.java b/utils/stc/src/main/java/org/onlab/stc/Compiler.java
index 2a8a2ceb17..4d689623d7 100644
--- a/utils/stc/src/main/java/org/onlab/stc/Compiler.java
+++ b/utils/stc/src/main/java/org/onlab/stc/Compiler.java
@@ -309,7 +309,9 @@ public class Compiler {
 
         print("dependency name=%s requires=%s", name, requires);
         Step step = getStep(name, namespace);
-        processRequirements(step, requires, namespace);
+        if (!inactiveSteps.containsValue(step)) {
+            processRequirements(step, requires, namespace);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/utils/stc/src/test/java/org/onlab/stc/CompilerTest.java b/utils/stc/src/test/java/org/onlab/stc/CompilerTest.java
index 7963d1f429..35b200bfc9 100644
--- a/utils/stc/src/test/java/org/onlab/stc/CompilerTest.java
+++ b/utils/stc/src/test/java/org/onlab/stc/CompilerTest.java
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ public class CompilerTest {
         ProcessFlow flow = compiler.processFlow();
 
         assertSame("incorrect scenario", scenario, compiler.scenario());
-        assertEquals("incorrect step count", 25, flow.getVertexes().size());
-        assertEquals("incorrect dependency count", 21, flow.getEdges().size());
+        assertEquals("incorrect step count", 24, flow.getVertexes().size());
+        assertEquals("incorrect dependency count", 17, flow.getEdges().size());
         assertEquals("incorrect logDir",
                      TEST_DIR.getAbsolutePath() + "/foo", compiler.logDir().getPath());