diff --git a/dvc/dependency/base.py b/dvc/dependency/base.py
index 239c1bcb15..57a11a67ee 100644
--- a/dvc/dependency/base.py
+++ b/dvc/dependency/base.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def update(self, rev=None):
             self.fs_path = self.fs.version_path(self.fs_path, self.meta.version_id)
 
     def download(self, to, jobs=None):
-        fs_download(self.fs, self.fs_path, to.fs_path, jobs=jobs)
+        return fs_download(self.fs, self.fs_path, to.fs_path, jobs=jobs)
 
     def save(self):
         super().save()
diff --git a/dvc/dependency/repo.py b/dvc/dependency/repo.py
index 058891b786..c229c780df 100644
--- a/dvc/dependency/repo.py
+++ b/dvc/dependency/repo.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 import voluptuous as vol
 
-from dvc.prompt import confirm
 from dvc.utils import as_posix
 
 from .base import Dependency
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@
     from dvc.fs import DVCFileSystem
     from dvc.output import Output
     from dvc.stage import Stage
+    from dvc_data.hashfile.hash_info import HashInfo
 
 
 class RepoDependency(Dependency):
@@ -94,29 +94,25 @@ def dumpd(self, **kwargs) -> dict[str, Union[str, dict[str, str]]]:
         }
 
     def download(self, to: "Output", jobs: Optional[int] = None):
-        from dvc_data.hashfile.build import build
-        from dvc_data.hashfile.checkout import CheckoutError, checkout
-
-        try:
-            repo = self._make_fs(locked=True).repo
-
-            _, _, obj = build(
-                repo.cache.local,
-                self.fs_path,
-                repo.dvcfs,
-                repo.cache.local.fs.PARAM_CHECKSUM,
-            )
-            checkout(
-                to.fs_path,
-                to.fs,
-                obj,
-                self.repo.cache.local,
-                ignore=None,
-                state=self.repo.state,
-                prompt=confirm,
-            )
-        except (CheckoutError, FileNotFoundError):
-            super().download(to=to, jobs=jobs)
+        from dvc.fs import LocalFileSystem
+
+        files = super().download(to=to, jobs=jobs)
+        if not isinstance(to.fs, LocalFileSystem):
+            return files
+
+        hashes: list[tuple[str, HashInfo, dict[str, Any]]] = []
+        for src_path, dest_path in files:
+            try:
+                hash_info = self.fs.info(src_path)["dvc_info"]["entry"].hash_info
+                dest_info = to.fs.info(dest_path)
+            except (OSError, KeyError, AttributeError):
+                # If no hash info found, just keep going and output will be hashed later
+                continue
+            if hash_info:
+                hashes.append((dest_path, hash_info, dest_info))
+        cache = to.cache if to.use_cache else to.local_cache
+        cache.state.save_many(hashes, to.fs)
+        return files
 
     def update(self, rev: Optional[str] = None):
         if rev:
diff --git a/dvc/fs/__init__.py b/dvc/fs/__init__.py
index f5d36f3148..0c9cf567ac 100644
--- a/dvc/fs/__init__.py
+++ b/dvc/fs/__init__.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
 def download(
     fs: "FileSystem", fs_path: str, to: str, jobs: Optional[int] = None
-) -> int:
+) -> list[tuple[str, str]]:
     from dvc.scm import lfs_prefetch
 
     from .callbacks import TqdmCallback
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def download(
             ]
             if not from_infos:
                 localfs.makedirs(to, exist_ok=True)
-                return 0
+                return []
             to_infos = [
                 localfs.join(to, *fs.relparts(info, fs_path)) for info in from_infos
             ]
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def download(
         cb.set_size(len(from_infos))
         jobs = jobs or fs.jobs
         generic.copy(fs, from_infos, localfs, to_infos, callback=cb, batch_size=jobs)
-        return len(to_infos)
+        return list(zip(from_infos, to_infos))
 
 
 def parse_external_url(url, fs_config=None, config=None):
diff --git a/dvc/repo/artifacts.py b/dvc/repo/artifacts.py
index e61cdaaaa2..78658542b3 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/artifacts.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/artifacts.py
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ def download(
 
             out = resolve_output(path, out, force=force)
             fs = self.repo.dvcfs
-            count = fs_download(fs, path, os.path.abspath(out), jobs=jobs)
+            count = len(fs_download(fs, path, os.path.abspath(out), jobs=jobs))
         return count, out
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/tests/func/test_import.py b/tests/func/test_import.py
index 86e8b3b967..df78e7a699 100644
--- a/tests/func/test_import.py
+++ b/tests/func/test_import.py
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 
 from dvc.cachemgr import CacheManager
 from dvc.config import NoRemoteError
-from dvc.dependency import base
 from dvc.dvcfile import load_file
 from dvc.fs import system
 from dvc.scm import Git
 from dvc.stage.exceptions import StagePathNotFoundError
 from dvc.testing.tmp_dir import make_subrepo
 from dvc.utils.fs import remove
+from dvc_data.hashfile import hash
 from dvc_data.index.index import DataIndexDirError
 
 
@@ -725,14 +725,12 @@ def test_import_invalid_configs(tmp_dir, scm, dvc, erepo_dir):
         )
 
 
-def test_reimport(tmp_dir, scm, dvc, erepo_dir, mocker):
+def test_import_no_hash(tmp_dir, scm, dvc, erepo_dir, mocker):
     with erepo_dir.chdir():
         erepo_dir.dvc_gen("foo", "foo content", commit="create foo")
 
-    spy = mocker.spy(base, "fs_download")
-    dvc.imp(os.fspath(erepo_dir), "foo", "foo_imported")
-    assert spy.called
-
-    spy.reset_mock()
-    dvc.imp(os.fspath(erepo_dir), "foo", "foo_imported", force=True)
-    assert not spy.called
+    spy = mocker.spy(hash, "file_md5")
+    stage = dvc.imp(os.fspath(erepo_dir), "foo", "foo_imported")
+    assert spy.call_count == 1
+    for call in spy.call_args_list:
+        assert stage.outs[0].fs_path != call.args[0]