diff --git a/src/Assets/Asset.php b/src/Assets/Asset.php
index db5bdc8..175e0bf 100644
--- a/src/Assets/Asset.php
+++ b/src/Assets/Asset.php
@@ -269,6 +269,8 @@ class Asset {
 	/**
 	 * Whether or not to attempt to load an .asset.php file.
 	 *
+	 * By default is true for scripts and false for styles.
+	 *
 	 * @since 1.3.1
 	 *
 	 * @var bool
@@ -1173,12 +1175,14 @@ public function in_header() {
 	 * Set the asset type.
 	 *
 	 * @since 1.0.0
+	 * @since TBD - For css files, we dont want to use asset file for dependencies by default.
 	 */
 	protected function infer_type() {
 		if ( substr( $this->file, -3, 3 ) === '.js' ) {
 			$this->type = 'js';
 		} elseif ( substr( $this->file, -4, 4 ) === '.css' ) {
 			$this->type = 'css';
+			$this->use_asset_file( false );
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/wpunit/AssetsTest.php b/tests/wpunit/AssetsTest.php
index d9ce479..86af111 100644
--- a/tests/wpunit/AssetsTest.php
+++ b/tests/wpunit/AssetsTest.php
@@ -637,28 +637,36 @@ public function should_allow_setting_dependencies_with_a_callable(): void {
 	/**
 	 * @test
 	 */
-	public function it_should_use_include_css_asset_file_dependencies_when_no_dependencies_are_set(): void {
+	public function it_should_not_use_include_css_asset_file_dependencies_when_no_dependencies_are_set(): void {
 		$asset = Asset::add( 'my-style' . uniqid(), 'fake4.css' );
 
-		$this->assertContains( 'some-dependency', $asset->get_dependencies() );
+		$this->assertEmpty( $asset->get_dependencies() );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @test
+	 */
+	public function it_should_use_include_css_asset_file_dependencies_when_no_dependencies_are_set(): void {
+		$asset = Asset::add( 'my-style' . uniqid(), 'fake4.css' )->use_asset_file( true );
+
+		$this->assertEquals( ['some-dependency'], $asset->get_dependencies() );
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * @test
 	 */
 	public function it_should_use_include_css_asset_file_dependencies_when_dependencies_are_set(): void {
-		$asset = Asset::add( 'my-style' . uniqid(), 'fake4.css' );
+		$asset = Asset::add( 'my-style' . uniqid(), 'fake4.css' )->use_asset_file( true );
 		$asset->set_dependencies( 'fake1' );
 
-		$this->assertContains( 'fake1', $asset->get_dependencies() );
-		$this->assertContains( 'some-dependency', $asset->get_dependencies() );
+		$this->assertEquals( [ 'some-dependency', 'fake1' ], $asset->get_dependencies() );
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * @test
 	 */
 	public function it_should_use_include_css_asset_file_dependencies_when_dependencies_are_set_as_callable(): void {
-		$asset = Asset::add( 'my-style' . uniqid(), 'fake4.css' );
+		$asset = Asset::add( 'my-style' . uniqid(), 'fake4.css' )->use_asset_file( true );
 		$asset->set_dependencies( static function() {
 			return [ 'fake1' ];
 		} );
@@ -670,9 +678,18 @@ public function it_should_use_include_css_asset_file_dependencies_when_dependenc
 	/**
 	 * @test
 	 */
-	public function it_should_use_css_asset_file_version_when_no_version_is_set(): void {
+	public function it_should_not_use_css_asset_file_version_when_no_version_is_set(): void {
 		$asset = Asset::add( 'my-style' . uniqid(), 'fake4.css' );
 
+		$this->assertEquals( '1.0.0', $asset->get_version() );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @test
+	 */
+	public function it_should_use_css_asset_file_version_when_no_version_is_set(): void {
+		$asset = Asset::add( 'my-style' . uniqid(), 'fake4.css' )->use_asset_file( true );
+
 		$this->assertEquals( '12345', $asset->get_version() );
 	}
 
@@ -680,7 +697,7 @@ public function it_should_use_css_asset_file_version_when_no_version_is_set(): v
 	 * @test
 	 */
 	public function it_should_use_css_asset_file_version_when_version_is_set(): void {
-		$asset = Asset::add( 'my-style' . uniqid(), 'fake4.css', '1.0' );
+		$asset = Asset::add( 'my-style' . uniqid(), 'fake4.css', '1.0' )->use_asset_file( true );
 
 		$this->assertEquals( '12345', $asset->get_version() );
 	}