diff --git a/buildcfg/ol-whitespace.json b/buildcfg/ol-whitespace.json
index fb956da2fd..c17f47682b 100644
--- a/buildcfg/ol-whitespace.json
+++ b/buildcfg/ol-whitespace.json
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@
 
   "mode": "WHITESPACE",
 
-  // Note: we can't have a (function(){%output%})() output wrapper with
-  // WHITESPACE and SIMPLE modes. See this link for explanations:
-  // https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/plovr/gQyZEa2NpsU
-  "output-wrapper": "%output%",
+  "output-wrapper": [
+    "var CLOSURE_NO_DEPS = true;\n",
+    "%output%"
+  ],
 
   "pretty-print": true
 }