diff --git a/src/config/wireplumber.conf.d/access.conf b/src/config/wireplumber.conf.d/access.conf
index 45ffa9fa..8c84ebf8 100644
--- a/src/config/wireplumber.conf.d/access.conf
+++ b/src/config/wireplumber.conf.d/access.conf
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ wireplumber.components = [
   {
     name = libwireplumber-module-portal-permissionstore,
     type = module,
-    deps = access-enable-flatpak-portal
+    deps = [ access-enable-flatpak-portal ]
   }
 
   ## Script which confers pemissions on the portal client nodes
   {
     name = access/access-portal.lua,
     type = script/lua,
-    deps = access-enable-flatpak-portal
+    deps = [ access-enable-flatpak-portal ]
   }
 ]
 
diff --git a/src/config/wireplumber.conf.d/alsa.conf b/src/config/wireplumber.conf.d/alsa.conf
index 2c55b3f9..da303787 100644
--- a/src/config/wireplumber.conf.d/alsa.conf
+++ b/src/config/wireplumber.conf.d/alsa.conf
@@ -5,21 +5,21 @@ wireplumber.components = [
   {
     name = monitors/alsa-midi.lua,
     type = script/lua,
-    deps = monitor.alsa.midi
+    deps = [ monitor.alsa.midi ]
   }
 
   ## Needed for MIDI monitor to work
   {
     name = libwireplumber-module-file-monitor-api,
     type = module,
-    deps = monitor.alsa.midi.monitoring
+    deps = [ monitor.alsa.midi.monitoring ]
   }
 
   ## Needed for device reservation to work
   {
     name = libwireplumber-module-reserve-device,
     type = module,
-    deps = monitor.alsa.reserve
+    deps = [ monitor.alsa.reserve ]
   }
 
   ## Needed to monitor devices and nodes
diff --git a/src/config/wireplumber.conf.d/bluetooth.conf b/src/config/wireplumber.conf.d/bluetooth.conf
index b33e709a..4236efeb 100644
--- a/src/config/wireplumber.conf.d/bluetooth.conf
+++ b/src/config/wireplumber.conf.d/bluetooth.conf
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ wireplumber.components = [
   {
     name = libwireplumber-module-logind,
     type = module,
-    deps = monitor.bluetooth.enable-logind,
+    deps =  [ monitor.bluetooth.enable-logind ],
     flags = [ ifexists ]
   }
 ]
diff --git a/src/config/wireplumber.conf.d/device.conf b/src/config/wireplumber.conf.d/device.conf
index a747c1fc..5db96df4 100644
--- a/src/config/wireplumber.conf.d/device.conf
+++ b/src/config/wireplumber.conf.d/device.conf
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ wireplumber.components = [
   {
     name = libwireplumber-module-default-profile,
     type = module,
-    deps = device.use-persistent-storage
+    deps = [ device.use-persistent-storage ]
   }
 ]
 
diff --git a/src/config/wireplumber.conf.d/libcamera.conf b/src/config/wireplumber.conf.d/libcamera.conf
index b2acfaf0..f9ef8f34 100644
--- a/src/config/wireplumber.conf.d/libcamera.conf
+++ b/src/config/wireplumber.conf.d/libcamera.conf
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ wireplumber.components = [
   {
     name = monitors/libcamera.lua,
     type = script/lua,
-    deps = monitor.libcamera.enable
+    deps = [ monitor.libcamera.enable ]
   }
 ]
 
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 2d3a3b1c..a453a6ff 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -164,8 +164,7 @@ do_load_components(void *data, const char *location, const char *section,
     WpSpaJson *cjson = g_value_get_boxed (&item);
     g_autofree gchar *name = NULL;
     g_autofree gchar *type = NULL;
-    g_autofree gchar *deps = NULL;
-    g_autoptr (WpSpaJson) djson = NULL;
+    g_autoptr (WpSpaJson) deps = NULL;
     g_autoptr (WpSpaJson) fjson = NULL;
     gboolean if_exists = FALSE;
     gboolean no_fail = FALSE;
@@ -181,36 +180,30 @@ do_load_components(void *data, const char *location, const char *section,
       return -EINVAL;
     }
 
-    wp_spa_json_object_get (cjson, "deps", "J", &djson, NULL);
+    if (wp_spa_json_object_get (cjson, "deps", "J", &deps, NULL)) {
+      if (deps && wp_spa_json_is_array (deps)) {
+        g_autoptr (WpIterator) it = wp_spa_json_new_iterator (deps);
+        g_auto (GValue) item = G_VALUE_INIT;
+        gboolean deps_met = TRUE;
 
-    if (djson && wp_spa_json_is_array (djson)) {
-      g_autoptr (WpIterator) dit = wp_spa_json_new_iterator (djson);
-      g_auto (GValue) ditem = G_VALUE_INIT;
-      gboolean deps_met = TRUE;
+        for (; wp_iterator_next (it, &item); g_value_unset (&item)) {
+          WpSpaJson *dep = g_value_get_boxed (&item);
+          g_autofree gchar *setting = wp_spa_json_parse_string (dep);
+          g_autoptr (WpSpaJson) json = wp_settings_get (settings, setting);
+          gboolean value = FALSE;
 
-      for (; wp_iterator_next (dit, &ditem); g_value_unset (&ditem)) {
-        WpSpaJson *sjson = g_value_get_boxed (&ditem);
-        g_autofree gchar *setting = wp_spa_json_parse_string (sjson);
-        g_autoptr (WpSpaJson) json = wp_settings_get (settings, setting);
-        gboolean value = FALSE;
-
-        if (!json || !wp_spa_json_parse_boolean (json, &value) || !value) {
-          deps_met = FALSE;
-          wp_info ("deps(%s) not met for component(%s), skip loading it",
-            setting, name);
-          break;
+          if (!json || !wp_spa_json_parse_boolean (json, &value) || !value) {
+            deps_met = FALSE;
+            wp_info ("deps(%s) not met for component(%s), skip loading it",
+              setting, name);
+            break;
+          }
         }
-      }
-      if (!deps_met)
-        continue;
-
-    } else if (djson && wp_spa_json_object_get (cjson, "deps", "s", &deps, NULL)) {
-      g_autoptr (WpSpaJson) json = wp_settings_get (settings, deps);
-      gboolean value = FALSE;
-
-      if (!json || !wp_spa_json_parse_boolean (json, &value) || !value) {
-        wp_info ("deps(%s) not met for component(%s), skip loading it",
-            deps, name);
+        if (!deps_met)
+          continue;
+      } else {
+        wp_warning ("deps must be an array for component(%s), skip loading it",
+            name);
         continue;
       }
     }
@@ -227,8 +220,8 @@ do_load_components(void *data, const char *location, const char *section,
         no_fail = TRUE;
     }
 
-    wp_debug ("load component(%s) type(%s) deps(%s) ifexists(%d) nofail(%d)",
-        name, type, deps, if_exists, no_fail);
+    wp_debug ("load component(%s) type(%s) ifexists(%d) nofail(%d)",
+        name, type, if_exists, no_fail);
 
     if (!wp_core_load_component (core, name, type, NULL, &error)) {
       wp_info ("%s", error->message);