diff --git a/src/native/parsers/otool.ts b/src/native/parsers/otool.ts
index d4e9f59fff..03e1a34ad6 100644
--- a/src/native/parsers/otool.ts
+++ b/src/native/parsers/otool.ts
@@ -407,7 +407,8 @@ const collectDependency = (
   fields: Readonly<Record<string, string | number | null>>,
   state: ParsedLoadCommands,
 ): void => {
-  if (!DYLIB_COMMANDS.has(kind)) return;
+  // LC_ID_DYLIB names this image itself; it stays a raw load command only.
+  if (!DYLIB_COMMANDS.has(kind) || kind === "LC_ID_DYLIB") return;
   state.dependencies.push({
     path: stripOffsetSuffix(stringField(fields, "name")),
     kind,
diff --git a/tests/boundary/cli/nativeMachoDylibIdentityCli.test.ts b/tests/boundary/cli/nativeMachoDylibIdentityCli.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5a51c01a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/boundary/cli/nativeMachoDylibIdentityCli.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+
+import { describe, expect } from "vitest";
+import { z } from "zod";
+
+import { inspectMachoSchema } from "../../../src/domain/native/nativeInspection.js";
+import { createTestTempDirectory } from "../../fixtures/temporaryDirectory.js";
+import { cliTest } from "../../support/cli/cliFixture.js";
+
+const evidenceSchema = z.object({ normalized_result: inspectMachoSchema });
+
+describe.skipIf(process.platform !== "darwin")(
+  "native Mach-O CLI dylib identity",
+  () => {
+    cliTest(
+      "keeps a dylib's own install name out of its dependencies",
+      async ({ cli, processes }) => {
+        const directory = await createTestTempDirectory("rea-dylib-identity-");
+        const source = join(directory, "library.c");
+        const library = join(directory, "libprobe.dylib");
+        await writeFile(source, "int exported_value(void) { return 42; }\n");
+        const compiled = await processes.run(
+          "/usr/bin/xcrun",
+          [
+            "clang",
+            "-dynamiclib",
+            source,
+            "-Wl,-install_name,@rpath/libprobe.dylib",
+            "-o",
+            library,
+          ],
+          { timeoutMs: 30_000 },
+        );
+        expect(compiled.exitCode, compiled.stderr).toBe(0);
+        const result = await cli.run({
+          arguments: ["inspect-macho", library, "--json"],
+          environment: { REA_LOG_LEVEL: "silent" },
+        });
+        expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+        const inspected = evidenceSchema.parse(result.json).normalized_result;
+        expect(inspected.dependencies).toMatchObject({
+          items: [
+            { path: "/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib", kind: "LC_LOAD_DYLIB" },
+          ],
+          total: 1,
+          exhaustive: true,
+        });
+        expect(
+          inspected.load_commands.items.find(
+            ({ kind }) => kind === "LC_ID_DYLIB",
+          )?.fields.name,
+        ).toBe("@rpath/libprobe.dylib (offset 24)");
+      },
+    );
+  },
+);
diff --git a/tests/boundary/providers/native/nativeInventory.golden.test.ts b/tests/boundary/providers/native/nativeInventory.golden.test.ts
index 625de4fde8..fcb5bc1040 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/providers/native/nativeInventory.golden.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/providers/native/nativeInventory.golden.test.ts
@@ -464,14 +464,8 @@ Load command 1
         { index: 1, kind: "LC_UUID" },
       ],
     );
-    expect(parsed.dependencies).toEqual([
-      {
-        path: installName,
-        kind: "LC_ID_DYLIB",
-        current_version: "3.2.1",
-        compatibility_version: "1.0.0",
-      },
-    ]);
+    expect(parsed.commands[0]?.fields.name).toBe(`${installName} (offset 24)`);
+    expect(parsed.dependencies).toEqual([]);
     expect(parsed.uuid).toBe("01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF");
   },
 );
diff --git a/tests/boundary/providers/native/nativeLoadText.golden.test.ts b/tests/boundary/providers/native/nativeLoadText.golden.test.ts
index 62e5ebad33..a67502d0ab 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/providers/native/nativeLoadText.golden.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/providers/native/nativeLoadText.golden.test.ts
@@ -16,12 +16,10 @@ it.each([
       await nativeFixture(`load-command-text-values/${slug}.txt`),
     ),
   );
-  expect(load.dependencies).toContainEqual({
-    path: name,
-    kind: "LC_ID_DYLIB",
-    current_version: "0.0.0",
-    compatibility_version: "0.0.0",
-  });
+  // The image's own install name is identity, not a dependency.
+  expect(load.dependencies.map(({ kind }) => kind)).not.toContain(
+    "LC_ID_DYLIB",
+  );
   expect(
     load.commands.find((command) => command.kind === "LC_ID_DYLIB")?.fields
       .name,
diff --git a/tests/boundary/providers/native/nativeReexport.golden.test.ts b/tests/boundary/providers/native/nativeReexport.golden.test.ts
index 024715b593..d8145ceea5 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/providers/native/nativeReexport.golden.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/providers/native/nativeReexport.golden.test.ts
@@ -22,20 +22,21 @@ it("retains native re-export dependencies alongside ordinary and identity comman
   expect(result.value.result).toMatchObject({
     dependencies: {
       exhaustive: true,
-      total: 3,
-      items: expect.arrayContaining([
+      total: 2,
+      items: [
         expect.objectContaining({
           kind: "LC_REEXPORT_DYLIB",
           path: "@rpath/libLeaf.dylib",
         }),
-        expect.objectContaining({
-          kind: "LC_ID_DYLIB",
-          path: "/owned/libOuter.dylib",
-        }),
         expect.objectContaining({
           kind: "LC_LOAD_DYLIB",
           path: "/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib",
         }),
+      ],
+    },
+    load_commands: {
+      items: expect.arrayContaining([
+        expect.objectContaining({ kind: "LC_ID_DYLIB" }),
       ]),
     },
   });