diff --git a/tools/compliance/graph.go b/tools/compliance/graph.go
index 80a2f47e58..fac1d05b69 100644
--- a/tools/compliance/graph.go
+++ b/tools/compliance/graph.go
@@ -459,36 +459,25 @@ func (ea TargetEdgeAnnotations) AsList() []string {
 }
 
 // TargetNodeSet describes a set of distinct nodes in a license graph.
-type TargetNodeSet struct {
-	nodes map[*TargetNode]struct{}
-}
+type TargetNodeSet map[*TargetNode]struct{}
 
 // Contains returns true when `target` is an element of the set.
-func (ts *TargetNodeSet) Contains(target *TargetNode) bool {
-	_, isPresent := ts.nodes[target]
+func (ts TargetNodeSet) Contains(target *TargetNode) bool {
+	_, isPresent := ts[target]
 	return isPresent
 }
 
-// AsList returns the list of target nodes in the set. (unordered)
-func (ts *TargetNodeSet) AsList() TargetNodeList {
-	result := make(TargetNodeList, 0, len(ts.nodes))
-	for tn := range ts.nodes {
-		result = append(result, tn)
-	}
-	return result
-}
-
 // Names returns the array of target node namess in the set. (unordered)
-func (ts *TargetNodeSet) Names() []string {
-	result := make([]string, 0, len(ts.nodes))
-	for tn := range ts.nodes {
+func (ts TargetNodeSet) Names() []string {
+	result := make([]string, 0, len(ts))
+	for tn := range ts {
 		result = append(result, tn.name)
 	}
 	return result
 }
 
 // String returns a human-readable string representation of the set.
-func (ts *TargetNodeSet) String() string {
+func (ts TargetNodeSet) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("{%s}", strings.Join(ts.Names(), ", "))
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/compliance/noticeindex.go b/tools/compliance/noticeindex.go
index dbfede6d94..c91a8dfa32 100644
--- a/tools/compliance/noticeindex.go
+++ b/tools/compliance/noticeindex.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ type NoticeIndex struct {
 	// rs identifies the set of resolutions upon which the index is based.
 	rs ResolutionSet
 	// shipped identifies the set of target nodes shipped directly or as derivative works.
-	shipped *TargetNodeSet
+	shipped TargetNodeSet
 	// rootFS locates the root of the file system from which to read the files.
 	rootFS fs.FS
 	// hash maps license text filenames to content hashes
diff --git a/tools/compliance/policy_shipped.go b/tools/compliance/policy_shipped.go
index 75c8399c23..b21a95ae75 100644
--- a/tools/compliance/policy_shipped.go
+++ b/tools/compliance/policy_shipped.go
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@ package compliance
 
 // ShippedNodes returns the set of nodes in a license graph where the target or
 // a derivative work gets distributed. (caches result)
-func ShippedNodes(lg *LicenseGraph) *TargetNodeSet {
+func ShippedNodes(lg *LicenseGraph) TargetNodeSet {
 	lg.mu.Lock()
 	shipped := lg.shippedNodes
 	lg.mu.Unlock()
 	if shipped != nil {
-		return shipped
+		return *shipped
 	}
 
-	tset := make(map[*TargetNode]struct{})
+	tset := make(TargetNodeSet)
 
 	WalkTopDown(NoEdgeContext{}, lg, func(lg *LicenseGraph, tn *TargetNode, path TargetEdgePath) bool {
 		if _, alreadyWalked := tset[tn]; alreadyWalked {
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func ShippedNodes(lg *LicenseGraph) *TargetNodeSet {
 		return true
 	})
 
-	shipped = &TargetNodeSet{tset}
+	shipped = &tset
 
 	lg.mu.Lock()
 	if lg.shippedNodes == nil {
@@ -50,5 +50,5 @@ func ShippedNodes(lg *LicenseGraph) *TargetNodeSet {
 	}
 	lg.mu.Unlock()
 
-	return shipped
+	return *shipped
 }
diff --git a/tools/compliance/policy_walk.go b/tools/compliance/policy_walk.go
index beb6d53391..e6b94ab653 100644
--- a/tools/compliance/policy_walk.go
+++ b/tools/compliance/policy_walk.go
@@ -247,40 +247,16 @@ func WalkResolutionsForCondition(lg *LicenseGraph, conditions LicenseConditionSe
 // WalkActionsForCondition performs a top-down walk of the LicenseGraph
 // resolving all distributed works for `conditions`.
 func WalkActionsForCondition(lg *LicenseGraph, conditions LicenseConditionSet) ActionSet {
-	shipped := ShippedNodes(lg)
-
-	// cmap identifies previously walked target/condition pairs.
-	cmap := make(map[resolutionKey]struct{})
-
 	// amap maps 'actsOn' targets to the applicable conditions
 	//
 	// amap is the resulting ActionSet
 	amap := make(ActionSet)
-	WalkTopDown(ApplicableConditionsContext{conditions}, lg, func(lg *LicenseGraph, tn *TargetNode, path TargetEdgePath) bool {
-		universe := conditions
-		if len(path) > 0 {
-			universe = path[len(path)-1].ctx.(LicenseConditionSet)
+
+	for tn := range ShippedNodes(lg) {
+		if cs := conditions.Intersection(tn.resolution); !cs.IsEmpty() {
+			amap[tn] = cs
 		}
-		if universe.IsEmpty() {
-			return false
-		}
-		key := resolutionKey{tn, universe}
-		if _, ok := cmap[key]; ok {
-			return false
-		}
-		if !shipped.Contains(tn) {
-			return false
-		}
-		cs := universe.Intersection(tn.resolution)
-		if !cs.IsEmpty() {
-			if _, ok := amap[tn]; ok {
-				amap[tn] = cs
-			} else {
-				amap[tn] = amap[tn].Union(cs)
-			}
-		}
-		return true
-	})
+	}
 
 	return amap
 }