diff --git a/source/dub/commandline.d b/source/dub/commandline.d
index 32a110eb6..587095eed 100644
--- a/source/dub/commandline.d
+++ b/source/dub/commandline.d
@@ -2712,7 +2712,7 @@ class DustmiteCommand : PackageBuildCommand {
 				foreach (ref subp; recipe.subPackages)
 					if (subp.path.length) {
 						auto sub_path = base_path ~ NativePath(subp.path);
-						auto pack = prj.packageManager.getOrLoadPackage(sub_path);
+						auto pack = dub.packageManager.getOrLoadPackage(sub_path);
 						fixPathDependencies(pack.recipe, sub_path);
 						pack.storeInfo(sub_path);
 					} else fixPathDependencies(subp.recipe, base_path);
diff --git a/source/dub/generators/build.d b/source/dub/generators/build.d
index 7cfc7cf7e..ed0f5f10f 100644
--- a/source/dub/generators/build.d
+++ b/source/dub/generators/build.d
@@ -61,14 +61,12 @@ string computeBuildName(string config, in GeneratorSettings settings, const stri
 
 class BuildGenerator : ProjectGenerator {
 	private {
-		PackageManager m_packageMan;
 		NativePath[] m_temporaryFiles;
 	}
 
 	this(Project project)
 	{
 		super(project);
-		m_packageMan = project.packageManager;
 	}
 
 	override void generateTargets(GeneratorSettings settings, in TargetInfo[string] targets)
diff --git a/source/dub/generators/visuald.d b/source/dub/generators/visuald.d
index 1524a18ac..6a42633ba 100644
--- a/source/dub/generators/visuald.d
+++ b/source/dub/generators/visuald.d
@@ -33,14 +33,12 @@ import std.uuid;
 
 class VisualDGenerator : ProjectGenerator {
 	private {
-		PackageManager m_pkgMgr;
 		string[string] m_projectUuids;
 	}
 
 	this(Project project)
 	{
 		super(project);
-		m_pkgMgr = project.packageManager;
 	}
 
 	override void generateTargets(GeneratorSettings settings, in TargetInfo[string] targets)
diff --git a/source/dub/project.d b/source/dub/project.d
index d2496bf76..5826101c8 100644
--- a/source/dub/project.d
+++ b/source/dub/project.d
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ class Project {
 	@property inout(SelectedVersions) selections() inout { return m_selections; }
 
 	/// Package manager instance used by the project.
+	deprecated("Use `Dub.packageManager` instead")
 	@property inout(PackageManager) packageManager() inout { return m_packageManager; }
 
 	/** Determines if all dependencies necessary to build have been collected.