# make a new $rs selecting only the PKs (that's all we really need for the subq)
delete $attrs->{$_} for qw/select as collapse _related_results_construction/;
$attrs->{columns} = [ map { "$attrs->{alias}.$_" } @$idcols ];
- $attrs->{group_by} = \ ''; # FIXME - this is an evil hack, it causes the optimiser to kick in and throw away the LEFT joins
+
+ # this will be consumed by the pruner waaaaay down the stack
+ $attrs->{_force_prune_multiplying_joins} = 1;
+
my $subrs = (ref $self)->new($rsrc, $attrs);
if (@$idcols == 1) {