diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle b/buildSrc/build.gradle
index 29e7366..70c88d2 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ repositories {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation 'de.undercouch.download:de.undercouch.download.gradle.plugin:5.5.0'
+    implementation 'org.apache.maven:maven-artifact:3.9.9'
 }
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/net/neoforged/minecraftdependencies/GenerateModuleMetadata.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/net/neoforged/minecraftdependencies/GenerateModuleMetadata.groovy
index 34db00e..d9aa9c3 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/net/neoforged/minecraftdependencies/GenerateModuleMetadata.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/net/neoforged/minecraftdependencies/GenerateModuleMetadata.groovy
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package net.neoforged.minecraftdependencies
 import groovy.json.JsonOutput
 import groovy.json.JsonSlurper
 import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.ComparableVersion
 import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask
 import org.gradle.api.file.RegularFileProperty
 import org.gradle.api.provider.Property
@@ -62,9 +63,10 @@ abstract class GenerateModuleMetadata extends DefaultTask implements HasMinecraf
         metadata.variants = variants
 
         List<String> clientDeps = []
+        List<String> clientCompileOnlyDeps = []
         List<String> serverDeps = []
         Map<String, List<String>> clientNatives = [:]
-        getMcDeps(serverDeps, clientDeps, clientNatives)
+        getMcDeps(serverDeps, clientDeps, clientCompileOnlyDeps, clientNatives)
 
         Map metaJson = new JsonSlurper().parse(meta.get().asFile) as Map
         int javaVersion = (metaJson.javaVersion as Map).majorVersion as int
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ abstract class GenerateModuleMetadata extends DefaultTask implements HasMinecraf
         if (objcBridge) {
             clientDepEntries.add(depOf(objcBridge))
         }
+        clientDepEntries.addAll(depsOf(clientCompileOnlyDeps))
 
         variants.add([
                 name        : 'clientCompileDependencies',
@@ -243,6 +246,50 @@ abstract class GenerateModuleMetadata extends DefaultTask implements HasMinecraf
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        // Remove duplicates in natives
+        for (var libs in clientNatives.values()) {
+            var dedupedLibs = new LinkedHashSet(libs)
+            libs.clear()
+            libs.addAll(dedupedLibs)
+        }
+
+        // Promote natives to compile time dependencies if the same G+A+Classifier is present for all platforms
+        // Use the lowest version. This happens on some versions (i.e. 1.18.2) where lwjgl and all such dependencies
+        // are used in a lower version on OSX
+        for (String windowNativeArtifact in clientNatives.getOrDefault(platforms[0], [])) {
+            var coordinate = MavenCoordinate.parse(windowNativeArtifact)
+            var version = new ComparableVersion(coordinate.version())
+
+            var inAllPlatforms = true
+            for (var otherPlatform in platforms.drop(1)) {
+                var found = false
+                for (var otherPlatformArtifact in clientNatives.getOrDefault(otherPlatform, [])) {
+                    var otherPlatformCoordinate = MavenCoordinate.parse(otherPlatformArtifact)
+                    if (coordinate.equalsIgnoringVersion(otherPlatformCoordinate)) {
+                        found = true
+                        var otherVersion = new ComparableVersion(otherPlatformCoordinate.version())
+                        if (otherVersion < version) {
+                            version = otherVersion // use lowest
+                        }
+                        break
+                    }
+                }
+                if (!found) {
+                    inAllPlatforms = false
+                    break
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (inAllPlatforms) {
+                println("Promoting " + coordinate + " (" + version + ") from natives to compile time dependency")
+                coordinate = coordinate.withVersion(version.toString())
+                if (client.stream().map(MavenCoordinate::parse).noneMatch { c -> c.equalsIgnoringVersion(coordinate) }) {
+                    clientCompileOnly.add(coordinate.toString())
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         try (def zf = new ZipFile(serverJar.get().getAsFile())) {
             def librariesListEntry = zf.getEntry('META-INF/libraries.list')
             if (librariesListEntry != null) {
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/net/neoforged/minecraftdependencies/MavenCoordinate.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/net/neoforged/minecraftdependencies/MavenCoordinate.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6cac638
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/net/neoforged/minecraftdependencies/MavenCoordinate.java
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+package net.neoforged.minecraftdependencies;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+/**
+ * Models the Maven coordinates for an artifact.
+ */
+public record MavenCoordinate(String groupId, String artifactId, String extension, String classifier, String version) {
+    public MavenCoordinate {
+        Objects.requireNonNull(groupId);
+        Objects.requireNonNull(artifactId);
+        Objects.requireNonNull(version);
+        if (extension == null) {
+            extension = "";
+        }
+        if (classifier == null) {
+            classifier = "";
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Valid forms:
+     * <ul>
+     * <li>{@code groupId:artifactId:version}</li>
+     * <li>{@code groupId:artifactId:version:classifier}</li>
+     * <li>{@code groupId:artifactId:version:classifier@extension}</li>
+     * <li>{@code groupId:artifactId:version@extension}</li>
+     * </ul>
+     */
+    public static MavenCoordinate parse(String coordinate) {
+        var coordinateAndExt = coordinate.split("@");
+        String extension = "";
+        if (coordinateAndExt.length > 2) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Malformed Maven coordinate: " + coordinate);
+        } else if (coordinateAndExt.length == 2) {
+            extension = coordinateAndExt[1];
+            coordinate = coordinateAndExt[0];
+        }
+
+        var parts = coordinate.split(":");
+        if (parts.length != 3 && parts.length != 4) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Malformed Maven coordinate: " + coordinate);
+        }
+
+        var groupId = parts[0];
+        var artifactId = parts[1];
+        var version = parts[2];
+        var classifier = parts.length == 4 ? parts[3] : "";
+        return new MavenCoordinate(groupId, artifactId, extension, classifier, version);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a path relative to the root of a Maven repository pointing to the artifact expressed through
+     * these coordinates.
+     */
+    public Path toRelativeRepositoryPath() {
+        final String fileName = artifactId + "-" + version +
+                                (!classifier.isEmpty() ? "-" + classifier : "") +
+                                (!extension.isEmpty() ? "." + extension : ".jar");
+
+        String[] groups = groupId.split("\\.");
+        Path result = Paths.get(groups[0]);
+        for (int i = 1; i < groups.length; i++) {
+            result = result.resolve(groups[i]);
+        }
+
+        return result.resolve(artifactId).resolve(version).resolve(fileName);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        var result = new StringBuilder();
+        result.append(groupId).append(":").append(artifactId).append(":").append(version);
+        if (!classifier.isEmpty()) {
+            result.append(":").append(classifier);
+        }
+        if (!extension.isEmpty()) {
+            result.append("@").append(extension);
+        }
+        return result.toString();
+    }
+
+    public URI toRepositoryUri(URI baseUri) {
+        var originalBaseUri = baseUri.toString();
+        var relativePath = toRelativeRepositoryPath().toString().replace('\\', '/');
+        if (originalBaseUri.endsWith("/")) {
+            return URI.create(originalBaseUri + relativePath);
+        } else {
+            return URI.create(originalBaseUri + "/" + relativePath);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public boolean equalsIgnoringVersion(MavenCoordinate other) {
+        return groupId.equals(other.groupId)
+               && artifactId.equals(other.artifactId)
+               && extension.equals(other.extension)
+               && classifier.equals(other.classifier);
+    }
+
+    public MavenCoordinate withClassifier(String classifier) {
+        return new MavenCoordinate(
+                groupId,
+                artifactId,
+                extension,
+                classifier,
+                version
+        );
+    }
+
+    public MavenCoordinate withVersion(String version) {
+        return new MavenCoordinate(
+                groupId,
+                artifactId,
+                extension,
+                classifier,
+                version
+        );
+    }
+}