diff --git a/src/convert/transformers/decomposedMetadataTransformer.ts b/src/convert/transformers/decomposedMetadataTransformer.ts
index bcbf83dbc3..a5b8397c92 100644
--- a/src/convert/transformers/decomposedMetadataTransformer.ts
+++ b/src/convert/transformers/decomposedMetadataTransformer.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * For full license text, see LICENSE.txt file in the repo root or https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
  */
 import { join } from 'path';
+import * as path from 'path';
 import { JsonMap } from '@salesforce/ts-types';
 import { ensureArray } from '@salesforce/kit';
 import { Messages } from '@salesforce/core';
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ export class DecomposedMetadataTransformer extends BaseMetadataTransformer {
             }
 
             // if there's nothing to merge with, push write operation now to default location
-            if (!mergeWith) {
+            if (!mergeWith && !childType.unaddressableWithoutParent) {
               writeInfos.push({
                 source,
                 output: getDefaultOutput(childComponent),
@@ -127,16 +128,23 @@ export class DecomposedMetadataTransformer extends BaseMetadataTransformer {
               });
               this.setDecomposedState(childComponent, { foundMerge: true });
             }
-            // if no child component is found to merge with yet, mark it as so in
-            // the state
+            // if no child component is found to merge with yet, mark it as so in the state
             else if (!this.getDecomposedState(childComponent)?.foundMerge) {
-              this.setDecomposedState(childComponent, {
-                foundMerge: false,
-                writeInfo: {
+              // if the child can't exist without the parent, redirect the output to the parents output, rather than the default output
+              if (mergeWith?.content && childComponent.type.unaddressableWithoutParent && childComponent.type.suffix) {
+                writeInfos.push({
                   source,
-                  output: getDefaultOutput(childComponent),
-                },
-              });
+                  output: path.join(mergeWith.content, entryName + '.' + childComponent.type.suffix + '-meta.xml'),
+                });
+              } else {
+                this.setDecomposedState(childComponent, {
+                  foundMerge: false,
+                  writeInfo: {
+                    source,
+                    output: getDefaultOutput(childComponent),
+                  },
+                });
+              }
             }
           }
         }
diff --git a/src/resolve/adapters/decomposedSourceAdapter.ts b/src/resolve/adapters/decomposedSourceAdapter.ts
index 4d2fe2367a..f9d3669ed2 100644
--- a/src/resolve/adapters/decomposedSourceAdapter.ts
+++ b/src/resolve/adapters/decomposedSourceAdapter.ts
@@ -114,33 +114,6 @@ export class DecomposedSourceAdapter extends MixedContentSourceAdapter {
             this.forceIgnore
           );
         }
-      } else if (
-        triggerIsAChild &&
-        this.type.children &&
-        !component &&
-        this.type.children.types[childTypeId].unaddressableWithoutParent
-      ) {
-        /*
-         if we're parsing an unaddressableWithoutParent type, and there's no component for it, then it's likely that the parent resides outside the current package we're building
-         e.g. a COT in a managed package, with the COFT in a different package, so we'll address the child as a parent so that the two will be built together
-
-         this will result in a incorrect type being displayed
-
-         STATE   FULL NAME          TYPE                    PROJECT PATH
-         ─────── ────────────────── ─────────────────────── ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-         Changed customObject__c-es CustomObjectTranslation ...default/objectTranslations/customObject__c-es/customField__c.fieldTranslation-meta.xml
-
-         notice how it says CustomObjectTranslation even though the suffix is a .fieldTranslation
-        */
-        return new SourceComponent(
-          {
-            name: baseName(pathToContent),
-            type: this.type,
-            content: pathToContent,
-          },
-          this.tree,
-          this.forceIgnore
-        );
       } else if (!component) {
         // This is most likely metadata found within a CustomObject folder that is not a
         // child type of CustomObject. E.g., Layout, SharingRules, ApexClass.