diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/DependencyMergingAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/DependencyMergingAnalyzer.java
index 6e0968e3a..3ffbaeced 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/DependencyMergingAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/DependencyMergingAnalyzer.java
@@ -22,43 +22,26 @@ import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.ListIterator;
 import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.regex.Matcher;
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.Engine;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer.exception.AnalysisException;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.dependency.Dependency;
-import org.owasp.dependencycheck.dependency.Identifier;
-import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.DependencyVersion;
-import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.DependencyVersionUtil;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * <p>
- * This analyzer ensures dependencies that should be grouped together, to remove
- * excess noise from the report, are grouped. An example would be Spring, Spring
- * Beans, Spring MVC, etc. If they are all for the same version and have the
- * same relative path then these should be grouped into a single dependency
- * under the core/main library.</p>
- * <p>
- * Note, this grouping only works on dependencies with identified CVE
- * entries</p>
+ * This analyzer will merge dependencies, created from different source, into a
+ * single dependency.</p>
  *
  * @author Jeremy Long
  */
-public class DependencyBundlingAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
-
-    /**
-     * The Logger.
-     */
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DependencyBundlingAnalyzer.class);
+public class DependencyMergingAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
 
     //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Constants and Member Variables">
     /**
-     * A pattern for obtaining the first part of a filename.
+     * The Logger.
      */
-    private static final Pattern STARTING_TEXT_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("^[a-zA-Z0-9]*");
-
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DependencyMergingAnalyzer.class);
     /**
      * a flag indicating if this analyzer has run. This analyzer only runs once.
      */
@@ -80,11 +63,11 @@ public class DependencyBundlingAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
     /**
      * The name of the analyzer.
      */
-    private static final String ANALYZER_NAME = "Dependency Bundling Analyzer";
+    private static final String ANALYZER_NAME = "Dependency Merging Analyzer";
     /**
      * The phase that this analyzer is intended to run in.
      */
-    private static final AnalysisPhase ANALYSIS_PHASE = AnalysisPhase.PRE_FINDING_ANALYSIS;
+    private static final AnalysisPhase ANALYSIS_PHASE = AnalysisPhase.POST_INFORMATION_COLLECTION;
 
     /**
      * Returns the name of the analyzer.
@@ -105,7 +88,6 @@ public class DependencyBundlingAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
     public AnalysisPhase getAnalysisPhase() {
         return ANALYSIS_PHASE;
     }
-    //</editor-fold>
 
     /**
      * Does not support parallel processing as it only runs once and then
@@ -118,11 +100,13 @@ public class DependencyBundlingAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
     public boolean supportsParallelProcessing() {
         return false;
     }
+    //</editor-fold>
 
     /**
-     * Analyzes a set of dependencies. If they have been found to have the same
-     * base path and the same set of identifiers they are likely related. The
-     * related dependencies are bundled into a single reportable item.
+     * Analyzes a set of dependencies. If they have been found to be the same
+     * dependency created by more multiple FileTypeAnalyzers (i.e. a gemspec
+     * dependency and a dependency from the Bundle Audit Analyzer. The
+     * dependencies are then merged into a single reportable item.
      *
      * @param ignore this analyzer ignores the dependency being analyzed
      * @param engine the engine that is scanning the dependencies
@@ -130,7 +114,7 @@ public class DependencyBundlingAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
      * file.
      */
     @Override
-    public void analyze(Dependency ignore, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
+    public synchronized void analyze(Dependency ignore, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
         if (!analyzed) {
             analyzed = true;
             final Set<Dependency> dependenciesToRemove = new HashSet<Dependency>();
@@ -143,33 +127,7 @@ public class DependencyBundlingAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
                     while (subIterator.hasNext()) {
                         final Dependency nextDependency = subIterator.next();
                         Dependency main = null;
-                        if (hashesMatch(dependency, nextDependency) && !containedInWar(dependency.getFilePath())
-                                && !containedInWar(nextDependency.getFilePath())) {
-                            if (firstPathIsShortest(dependency.getFilePath(), nextDependency.getFilePath())) {
-                                mergeDependencies(dependency, nextDependency, dependenciesToRemove);
-                            } else {
-                                mergeDependencies(nextDependency, dependency, dependenciesToRemove);
-                                break; //since we merged into the next dependency - skip forward to the next in mainIterator
-                            }
-                        } else if (isShadedJar(dependency, nextDependency)) {
-                            if (dependency.getFileName().toLowerCase().endsWith("pom.xml")) {
-                                mergeDependencies(nextDependency, dependency, dependenciesToRemove);
-                                nextDependency.getRelatedDependencies().remove(dependency);
-                                break;
-                            } else {
-                                mergeDependencies(dependency, nextDependency, dependenciesToRemove);
-                                dependency.getRelatedDependencies().remove(nextDependency);
-                            }
-                        } else if (cpeIdentifiersMatch(dependency, nextDependency)
-                                && hasSameBasePath(dependency, nextDependency)
-                                && fileNameMatch(dependency, nextDependency)) {
-                            if (isCore(dependency, nextDependency)) {
-                                mergeDependencies(dependency, nextDependency, dependenciesToRemove);
-                            } else {
-                                mergeDependencies(nextDependency, dependency, dependenciesToRemove);
-                                break; //since we merged into the next dependency - skip forward to the next in mainIterator
-                            }
-                        } else if ((main = getMainGemspecDependency(dependency, nextDependency)) != null) {
+                        if ((main = getMainGemspecDependency(dependency, nextDependency)) != null) {
                             if (main == dependency) {
                                 mergeDependencies(dependency, nextDependency, dependenciesToRemove);
                             } else {
@@ -205,6 +163,10 @@ public class DependencyBundlingAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
      */
     private void mergeDependencies(final Dependency dependency, final Dependency relatedDependency, final Set<Dependency> dependenciesToRemove) {
         dependency.addRelatedDependency(relatedDependency);
+        dependency.getVendorEvidence().getEvidence().addAll(relatedDependency.getVendorEvidence().getEvidence());
+        dependency.getProductEvidence().getEvidence().addAll(relatedDependency.getProductEvidence().getEvidence());
+        dependency.getVersionEvidence().getEvidence().addAll(relatedDependency.getVersionEvidence().getEvidence());
+
         final Iterator<Dependency> i = relatedDependency.getRelatedDependencies().iterator();
         while (i.hasNext()) {
             dependency.addRelatedDependency(i.next());
@@ -216,147 +178,6 @@ public class DependencyBundlingAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
         dependenciesToRemove.add(relatedDependency);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Attempts to trim a maven repo to a common base path. This is typically
-     * [drive]\[repo_location]\repository\[path1]\[path2].
-     *
-     * @param path the path to trim
-     * @return a string representing the base path.
-     */
-    private String getBaseRepoPath(final String path) {
-        int pos = path.indexOf("repository" + File.separator) + 11;
-        if (pos < 0) {
-            return path;
-        }
-        int tmp = path.indexOf(File.separator, pos);
-        if (tmp <= 0) {
-            return path;
-        }
-        if (tmp > 0) {
-            pos = tmp + 1;
-        }
-        tmp = path.indexOf(File.separator, pos);
-        if (tmp > 0) {
-            pos = tmp + 1;
-        }
-        return path.substring(0, pos);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns true if the file names (and version if it exists) of the two
-     * dependencies are sufficiently similar.
-     *
-     * @param dependency1 a dependency2 to compare
-     * @param dependency2 a dependency2 to compare
-     * @return true if the identifiers in the two supplied dependencies are
-     * equal
-     */
-    private boolean fileNameMatch(Dependency dependency1, Dependency dependency2) {
-        if (dependency1 == null || dependency1.getFileName() == null
-                || dependency2 == null || dependency2.getFileName() == null) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        final String fileName1 = dependency1.getActualFile().getName();
-        final String fileName2 = dependency2.getActualFile().getName();
-
-        //version check
-        final DependencyVersion version1 = DependencyVersionUtil.parseVersion(fileName1);
-        final DependencyVersion version2 = DependencyVersionUtil.parseVersion(fileName2);
-        if (version1 != null && version2 != null && !version1.equals(version2)) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        //filename check
-        final Matcher match1 = STARTING_TEXT_PATTERN.matcher(fileName1);
-        final Matcher match2 = STARTING_TEXT_PATTERN.matcher(fileName2);
-        if (match1.find() && match2.find()) {
-            return match1.group().equals(match2.group());
-        }
-
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns true if the CPE identifiers in the two supplied dependencies are
-     * equal.
-     *
-     * @param dependency1 a dependency2 to compare
-     * @param dependency2 a dependency2 to compare
-     * @return true if the identifiers in the two supplied dependencies are
-     * equal
-     */
-    private boolean cpeIdentifiersMatch(Dependency dependency1, Dependency dependency2) {
-        if (dependency1 == null || dependency1.getIdentifiers() == null
-                || dependency2 == null || dependency2.getIdentifiers() == null) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        boolean matches = false;
-        int cpeCount1 = 0;
-        int cpeCount2 = 0;
-        for (Identifier i : dependency1.getIdentifiers()) {
-            if ("cpe".equals(i.getType())) {
-                cpeCount1 += 1;
-            }
-        }
-        for (Identifier i : dependency2.getIdentifiers()) {
-            if ("cpe".equals(i.getType())) {
-                cpeCount2 += 1;
-            }
-        }
-        if (cpeCount1 > 0 && cpeCount1 == cpeCount2) {
-            for (Identifier i : dependency1.getIdentifiers()) {
-                if ("cpe".equals(i.getType())) {
-                    matches |= dependency2.getIdentifiers().contains(i);
-                    if (!matches) {
-                        break;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        LOGGER.debug("IdentifiersMatch={} ({}, {})", matches, dependency1.getFileName(), dependency2.getFileName());
-        return matches;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Determines if the two dependencies have the same base path.
-     *
-     * @param dependency1 a Dependency object
-     * @param dependency2 a Dependency object
-     * @return true if the base paths of the dependencies are identical
-     */
-    private boolean hasSameBasePath(Dependency dependency1, Dependency dependency2) {
-        if (dependency1 == null || dependency2 == null) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        final File lFile = new File(dependency1.getFilePath());
-        String left = lFile.getParent();
-        final File rFile = new File(dependency2.getFilePath());
-        String right = rFile.getParent();
-        if (left == null) {
-            return right == null;
-        } else if (right == null) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if (left.equalsIgnoreCase(right)) {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        if (left.matches(".*[/\\\\]repository[/\\\\].*") && right.matches(".*[/\\\\]repository[/\\\\].*")) {
-            left = getBaseRepoPath(left);
-            right = getBaseRepoPath(right);
-        }
-        if (left.equalsIgnoreCase(right)) {
-            return true;
-        }
-        //new code
-        for (Dependency child : dependency2.getRelatedDependencies()) {
-            if (hasSameBasePath(dependency1, child)) {
-                return true;
-            }
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Bundling Ruby gems that are identified from different .gemspec files but
      * denote the same package path. This happens when Ruby bundler installs an
@@ -409,7 +230,7 @@ public class DependencyBundlingAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
 
     /**
      * Bundling same swift dependencies with the same packagePath but identified
-     * by different analyzers.
+     * by different file type analyzers.
      *
      * @param dependency1 dependency to test
      * @param dependency2 dependency to test
@@ -446,135 +267,4 @@ public class DependencyBundlingAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
         }
         return null;
     }
-
-    /**
-     * This is likely a very broken attempt at determining if the 'left'
-     * dependency is the 'core' library in comparison to the 'right' library.
-     *
-     * @param left the dependency to test
-     * @param right the dependency to test against
-     * @return a boolean indicating whether or not the left dependency should be
-     * considered the "core" version.
-     */
-    boolean isCore(Dependency left, Dependency right) {
-        final String leftName = left.getFileName().toLowerCase();
-        final String rightName = right.getFileName().toLowerCase();
-
-        final boolean returnVal;
-        if (!rightName.matches(".*\\.(tar|tgz|gz|zip|ear|war).+") && leftName.matches(".*\\.(tar|tgz|gz|zip|ear|war).+")
-                || rightName.contains("core") && !leftName.contains("core")
-                || rightName.contains("kernel") && !leftName.contains("kernel")) {
-            returnVal = false;
-        } else if (rightName.matches(".*\\.(tar|tgz|gz|zip|ear|war).+") && !leftName.matches(".*\\.(tar|tgz|gz|zip|ear|war).+")
-                || !rightName.contains("core") && leftName.contains("core")
-                || !rightName.contains("kernel") && leftName.contains("kernel")) {
-            returnVal = true;
-//        } else if (leftName.matches(".*struts2\\-core.*") && rightName.matches(".*xwork\\-core.*")) {
-//            returnVal = true;
-//        } else if (rightName.matches(".*struts2\\-core.*") && leftName.matches(".*xwork\\-core.*")) {
-//            returnVal = false;
-        } else {
-            /*
-             * considered splitting the names up and comparing the components,
-             * but decided that the file name length should be sufficient as the
-             * "core" component, if this follows a normal naming protocol should
-             * be shorter:
-             * axis2-saaj-1.4.1.jar
-             * axis2-1.4.1.jar       <-----
-             * axis2-kernel-1.4.1.jar
-             */
-            returnVal = leftName.length() <= rightName.length();
-        }
-        LOGGER.debug("IsCore={} ({}, {})", returnVal, left.getFileName(), right.getFileName());
-        return returnVal;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Compares the SHA1 hashes of two dependencies to determine if they are
-     * equal.
-     *
-     * @param dependency1 a dependency object to compare
-     * @param dependency2 a dependency object to compare
-     * @return true if the sha1 hashes of the two dependencies match; otherwise
-     * false
-     */
-    private boolean hashesMatch(Dependency dependency1, Dependency dependency2) {
-        if (dependency1 == null || dependency2 == null || dependency1.getSha1sum() == null || dependency2.getSha1sum() == null) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        return dependency1.getSha1sum().equals(dependency2.getSha1sum());
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Determines if the jar is shaded and the created pom.xml identified the
-     * same CPE as the jar - if so, the pom.xml dependency should be removed.
-     *
-     * @param dependency a dependency to check
-     * @param nextDependency another dependency to check
-     * @return true if on of the dependencies is a pom.xml and the identifiers
-     * between the two collections match; otherwise false
-     */
-    private boolean isShadedJar(Dependency dependency, Dependency nextDependency) {
-        final String mainName = dependency.getFileName().toLowerCase();
-        final String nextName = nextDependency.getFileName().toLowerCase();
-        if (mainName.endsWith(".jar") && nextName.endsWith("pom.xml")) {
-            return dependency.getIdentifiers().containsAll(nextDependency.getIdentifiers());
-        } else if (nextName.endsWith(".jar") && mainName.endsWith("pom.xml")) {
-            return nextDependency.getIdentifiers().containsAll(dependency.getIdentifiers());
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Determines which path is shortest; if path lengths are equal then we use
-     * compareTo of the string method to determine if the first path is smaller.
-     *
-     * @param left the first path to compare
-     * @param right the second path to compare
-     * @return <code>true</code> if the leftPath is the shortest; otherwise
-     * <code>false</code>
-     */
-    protected boolean firstPathIsShortest(String left, String right) {
-        if (left.contains("dctemp")) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        final String leftPath = left.replace('\\', '/');
-        final String rightPath = right.replace('\\', '/');
-
-        final int leftCount = countChar(leftPath, '/');
-        final int rightCount = countChar(rightPath, '/');
-        if (leftCount == rightCount) {
-            return leftPath.compareTo(rightPath) <= 0;
-        } else {
-            return leftCount < rightCount;
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Counts the number of times the character is present in the string.
-     *
-     * @param string the string to count the characters in
-     * @param c the character to count
-     * @return the number of times the character is present in the string
-     */
-    private int countChar(String string, char c) {
-        int count = 0;
-        final int max = string.length();
-        for (int i = 0; i < max; i++) {
-            if (c == string.charAt(i)) {
-                count++;
-            }
-        }
-        return count;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Checks if the given file path is contained within a war or ear file.
-     *
-     * @param filePath the file path to check
-     * @return true if the path contains '.war\' or '.ear\'.
-     */
-    private boolean containedInWar(String filePath) {
-        return filePath == null ? false : filePath.matches(".*\\.(ear|war)[\\\\/].*");
-    }
 }
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer.Analyzer b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer.Analyzer
index 674d1d0f7..41d1e9ce1 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer.Analyzer
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer.Analyzer
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer.CPEAnalyzer
 org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer.FalsePositiveAnalyzer
 org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer.CpeSuppressionAnalyzer
 org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer.DependencyBundlingAnalyzer
+org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer.DependencyMergingAnalyzer
 org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer.NvdCveAnalyzer
 org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer.VulnerabilitySuppressionAnalyzer
 org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer.CentralAnalyzer