Kiota references required on top of generated kiota client package

[matfricker]

I have referenced my generated client in a project, it is a nuget package that has been published to an ADO package feed. After wiring it up I get red squiggles in Visual Studio with a CS0012. A call similar to this: var result = await client.api.GetMethod.GetAsync();. Asking me to add a reference to Microsoft.Kiota.Abstractions

The type 'RequestConfiguration<>' is defined in an assembly that is not referenced. You must add a reference to assembly 'Microsoft.Kiota.Abstractions, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'.

The type 'BaseRequestBuilder' is defined in an assembly that is not referenced. You must add a reference to assembly 'Microsoft.Kiota.Abstractions, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'.

Have I done something wrong if I need to add references to Microsoft.Kiota... on top of the package?

I have looked at the generated client dll pulled from ADO package feed in dotPeek, I can see references in there to Microsoft.Kiota packages... see image below (have blurred some potentially sensitive info). Doesn't seem right adding them into the project calling the client. I mention this, hoping I have packaged the client correctly :).

I can add the client project as a reference in Visual Studio instead of a nuget package, that works fine.

Surely it is not by design that I need to add these packages?
If I add Microsoft.Kiota.Abstractions...I am then asked for several other packages.