diff --git a/cabal-install/src/Distribution/Client/CmdOutdated.hs b/cabal-install/src/Distribution/Client/CmdOutdated.hs
index 6a9762ff4e8..3a94c314a78 100644
--- a/cabal-install/src/Distribution/Client/CmdOutdated.hs
+++ b/cabal-install/src/Distribution/Client/CmdOutdated.hs
@@ -11,12 +11,6 @@ module Distribution.Client.CmdOutdated
 import qualified Data.Set as Set
 
 import Distribution.Client.Compat.Prelude
-import Distribution.Client.Config
-  ( SavedConfig
-      ( savedGlobalFlags
-      )
-  )
-import Distribution.Client.Errors (CabalInstallException (OutdatedAction))
 import qualified Distribution.Client.IndexUtils as IndexUtils
 import Distribution.Client.NixStyleOptions
   ( NixStyleFlags (..)
@@ -41,14 +35,10 @@ import Distribution.Client.ProjectOrchestration
   , ProjectBaseContext (..)
   , establishProjectBaseContext
   )
-import Distribution.Client.Sandbox
-  ( loadConfigOrSandboxConfig
-  )
 import Distribution.Client.Setup
   ( ConfigFlags (..)
   , GlobalFlags (..)
   , configCompilerAux'
-  , withRepoContext
   )
 import Distribution.Client.Types.PackageLocation
   ( UnresolvedPkgLoc
@@ -79,7 +69,6 @@ import Distribution.Simple.Setup
   )
 import Distribution.Simple.Utils
   ( debug
-  , dieWithException
   , wrapText
   )
 import Distribution.Solver.Types.SourcePackage
@@ -103,7 +92,6 @@ import Distribution.Types.UnqualComponentName (UnqualComponentName)
 import Distribution.Verbosity
   ( lessVerbose
   , normal
-  , silent
   )
 import Distribution.Version
   ( simplifyVersionRange
@@ -139,13 +127,18 @@ outdatedAction flags@NixStyleFlags{configFlags} _extraArgs globalFlags = do
     (projectConfigShared projectConfig)
     (projectConfigBuildOnly projectConfig)
     $ \repoContext -> do
-      -- Why?
-      -- when (not v2FreezeFile && (isJust mprojectDir || isJust mprojectFile)) $
-      --   dieWithException verbosity OutdatedAction
+      let mprojectDir = flagToMaybe . flagProjectDir $ projectFlags flags
+          mprojectFile = flagToMaybe . flagProjectFile $ projectFlags flags
 
+      (comp, platform, _progdb) <- configCompilerAux' configFlags
       sourcePkgDb <- IndexUtils.getSourcePackages verbosity repoContext
 
-      let pkgVerConstraints = extractPackageVersionConstraints localPackages
+      pkgVerConstraints <-
+        if
+            | v1FreezeFile -> V1Outdated.depsFromFreezeFile verbosity
+            | v2FreezeFile ->
+                V1Outdated.depsFromNewFreezeFile verbosity globalFlags comp platform mprojectDir mprojectFile
+            | otherwise -> pure $ extractPackageVersionConstraints localPackages
 
       debug verbosity $
         "Dependencies loaded: " ++ intercalate ", " (map prettyShow pkgVerConstraints)