--- a/clojure
+++ b/clojure
@@ -317,17 +317,17 @@ if "$stale" || "$pom"; then
     tools_args+=("--threads" "$threads")
   fi
   if "$trace"; then
     tools_args+=("--trace")
   fi
 fi

 # If stale, run make-classpath to refresh cached classpath
-if [[ "$stale" = true && "$describe" = false ]]; then
+if [[ "$stale" = true && "$describe" = false && -z "$force_cp" ]]; then
   if "$verbose"; then
     echo "Refreshing classpath"
   fi

   "$JAVA_CMD" -classpath "$tools_cp" clojure.main -m clojure.tools.deps.alpha.script.make-classpath2 --config-user "$config_user" --config-project "$config_project" --libs-file "$libs_file" --cp-file "$cp_file" --jvm-file "$jvm_file" --main-file "$main_file" "${tools_args[@]}"
 fi

 if "$describe"; then
--
2.25.0