An example video coding device is configured to compare an inter-view predicted motion vector candidate (IPMVC) to a motion vector inheritance (MVI) candidate, where the IPMVC and the MVI candidate are each associated with a block of video data in a dependent depth view, and where the IPMVC is generated from a corresponding block of video data in a base depth view. The video coding device may be further configured to perform one of adding the IPMVC to a merge candidate list based on the IPMVC being different from the MVI candidate, or omitting the IPMVC from the merge candidate list based on the IPMVC being identical to the MVI candidate.