diff --git a/core/dbt/graph/graph.py b/core/dbt/graph/graph.py
index 2dda596e073..673f6c2471e 100644
--- a/core/dbt/graph/graph.py
+++ b/core/dbt/graph/graph.py
@@ -65,6 +65,26 @@ def select_successors(self, selected: Set[UniqueId]) -> Set[UniqueId]:
             successors.update(self.graph.successors(node))
         return successors
 
+    def trim_graph(self, trimgraph: nx.DiGraph, lookup_node, all_nodes: set, selected_nodes: set):
+        """introduced to boost performance in selecting nodes for dbt build,
+        this process untangles unnecessary nodes from lookup node without effecting selected nodes
+        """
+        ancestors_set = set(nx.ancestors(trimgraph,lookup_node))
+        predecessors_set = set(nx.predecessor(trimgraph,lookup_node)).difference({lookup_node}) # make sure to remove self node
+
+        upflow_common_list = selected_nodes.intersection(ancestors_set)
+        downflow_common_list = selected_nodes.intersection(predecessors_set)
+
+        if not upflow_common_list:
+            trimgraph.remove_nodes_from(ancestors_set)
+        if not downflow_common_list:
+            trimgraph.remove_nodes_from(predecessors_set)
+        
+        touched_nodes = ancestors_set.union(predecessors_set).union(selected_nodes)
+        untouched_nodes = all_nodes.difference(touched_nodes)
+        if untouched_nodes:
+            trimgraph.remove_nodes_from(untouched_nodes)
+    
     def get_subset_graph(self, selected: Iterable[UniqueId]) -> "Graph":
         """Create and return a new graph that is a shallow copy of the graph,
         but with only the nodes in include_nodes. Transitive edges across
@@ -73,19 +93,35 @@ def get_subset_graph(self, selected: Iterable[UniqueId]) -> "Graph":
 
         new_graph = self.graph.copy()
         include_nodes = set(selected)
+        all_nodes = set(new_graph.nodes)
+
+        for singlenode in include_nodes:
+            self.trim_graph(new_graph,singlenode,set(all_nodes),set(include_nodes))
+        
+        all_nodes = set(new_graph.nodes) # reset all_nodes after trim graph
+        remove_nodes = all_nodes - include_nodes # consider all remaining nodes to exclude
+
+        for singlenode in remove_nodes:
+            product_list = list(product(new_graph.predecessors(singlenode),new_graph.successors(singlenode)))
+            non_cyclic_new_edges = [
+                (source, target) for source, target in product_list if source != target
+            ]  # removes cyclic refs
+            new_graph.remove_node(singlenode)
+            if non_cyclic_new_edges:
+                new_graph.add_edges_from(non_cyclic_new_edges)
 
-        for node in self:
-            if node not in include_nodes:
-                source_nodes = [x for x, _ in new_graph.in_edges(node)]
-                target_nodes = [x for _, x in new_graph.out_edges(node)]
+        # for node in self:
+        #     if node not in include_nodes:
+        #         source_nodes = [x for x, _ in new_graph.in_edges(node)]
+        #         target_nodes = [x for _, x in new_graph.out_edges(node)]
 
-                new_edges = product(source_nodes, target_nodes)
-                non_cyclic_new_edges = [
-                    (source, target) for source, target in new_edges if source != target
-                ]  # removes cyclic refs
+        #         new_edges = product(source_nodes, target_nodes)
+        #         non_cyclic_new_edges = [
+        #             (source, target) for source, target in new_edges if source != target
+        #         ]  # removes cyclic refs
 
-                new_graph.add_edges_from(non_cyclic_new_edges)
-                new_graph.remove_node(node)
+        #         new_graph.add_edges_from(non_cyclic_new_edges)
+        #         new_graph.remove_node(node)
 
         for node in include_nodes:
             if node not in new_graph: