diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 761b7a99bb..ea2baedf2c 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@
     "@lerna/listable": {
       "version": "file:utils/listable",
       "requires": {
-        "@lerna/batch-packages": "file:utils/batch-packages",
+        "@lerna/query-graph": "file:utils/query-graph",
         "chalk": "^2.3.1",
         "columnify": "^1.5.4"
       }
diff --git a/utils/listable/__tests__/listable-format.test.js b/utils/listable/__tests__/listable-format.test.js
index 0eb6fd8ff7..93a091c690 100644
--- a/utils/listable/__tests__/listable-format.test.js
+++ b/utils/listable/__tests__/listable-format.test.js
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 "use strict";
 
 const chalk = require("chalk");
-const path = require("path");
 const tempy = require("tempy");
-const Package = require("@lerna/package");
+const Tacks = require("tacks");
+
+const Project = require("@lerna/project");
 const loggingOutput = require("@lerna-test/logging-output");
 const listable = require("..");
 
+const { File, Dir } = Tacks;
+
 // keep snapshots stable cross-platform
 chalk.enabled = false;
 
@@ -30,24 +33,49 @@ describe("listable.format()", () => {
 
   const formatWithOptions = opts => listable.format(packages, Object.assign({ _: ["ls"] }, opts));
 
-  beforeAll(() => {
+  const fixture = new Tacks(
+    Dir({
+      "lerna.json": File({
+        version: "independent",
+        packages: ["pkgs/*"],
+      }),
+      "package.json": File({
+        name: "listable-format-test",
+      }),
+      pkgs: Dir({
+        "pkg-1": Dir({
+          "package.json": File({
+            name: "pkg-1",
+            version: "1.0.0",
+            dependencies: { "pkg-2": "file:../pkg-2" },
+          }),
+        }),
+        "pkg-2": Dir({
+          "package.json": File({
+            name: "pkg-2",
+            // version: "2.0.0",
+            devDependencies: { "pkg-3": "file:../pkg-3" },
+          }),
+        }),
+        "pkg-3": Dir({
+          "package.json": File({
+            name: "pkg-3",
+            version: "3.0.0",
+            dependencies: { "pkg-2": "file:../pkg-2" },
+            private: true,
+          }),
+        }),
+      }),
+    })
+  );
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
     const cwd = tempy.directory();
+
+    fixture.create(cwd);
     process.chdir(cwd);
 
-    packages = [
-      new Package(
-        { name: "pkg-1", version: "1.0.0", dependencies: { "pkg-2": "file:../pkg-2" } },
-        path.join(cwd, "/pkgs/pkg-1")
-      ),
-      new Package(
-        { name: "pkg-2", devDependencies: { "pkg-3": "file:../pkg-3" } },
-        path.join(cwd, "/pkgs/pkg-2")
-      ),
-      new Package(
-        { name: "pkg-3", version: "3.0.0", dependencies: { "pkg-2": "file:../pkg-2" }, private: true },
-        path.join(cwd, "/pkgs/pkg-3")
-      ),
-    ];
+    packages = await Project.getPackages(cwd);
   });
 
   describe("renders", () => {
@@ -214,8 +242,8 @@ pkg-1
       expect(loggingOutput("warn")).toContainEqual(expect.stringContaining("pkg-2 -> pkg-3 -> pkg-2"));
       expect(text).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
 pkg-2
-pkg-3 (PRIVATE)
 pkg-1
+pkg-3 (PRIVATE)
 `);
     });
   });
diff --git a/utils/listable/lib/listable-format.js b/utils/listable/lib/listable-format.js
index 72b80c3eed..61fbd619e7 100644
--- a/utils/listable/lib/listable-format.js
+++ b/utils/listable/lib/listable-format.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 const chalk = require("chalk");
 const columnify = require("columnify");
 const path = require("path");
-const batchPackages = require("@lerna/batch-packages");
+const QueryGraph = require("@lerna/query-graph");
 
 module.exports = listableFormat;
 
@@ -40,18 +40,12 @@ function parseViewOptions(options) {
   };
 }
 
-function flatBatched(pkgList) {
-  // allow cycles, output needs to be usable for debugging circularity
-  const batches = batchPackages(pkgList, false, "allDependencies");
-
-  return batches.reduce((acc, batch) => acc.concat(batch), []);
-}
-
 function filterResultList(pkgList, viewOptions) {
   let result = viewOptions.showAll ? pkgList.slice() : pkgList.filter(pkg => !pkg.private);
 
   if (viewOptions.isTopological) {
-    result = flatBatched(result);
+    // allow cycles, output needs to be usable for debugging circularity
+    result = QueryGraph.toposort(result);
   }
 
   return result;
diff --git a/utils/listable/package.json b/utils/listable/package.json
index 8cdf8d90cc..2017272a56 100644
--- a/utils/listable/package.json
+++ b/utils/listable/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "test": "echo \"Error: run tests from root\" && exit 1"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@lerna/batch-packages": "file:../batch-packages",
+    "@lerna/query-graph": "file:../query-graph",
     "chalk": "^2.3.1",
     "columnify": "^1.5.4"
   }