diff --git a/lib/FileSystemInfo.js b/lib/FileSystemInfo.js
index b98215d1b9e..f3337a00713 100644
--- a/lib/FileSystemInfo.js
+++ b/lib/FileSystemInfo.js
@@ -692,6 +692,11 @@ class SnapshotOptimization {
 	}
 }
 
+const parseString = str => {
+	if (str[0] === "'") str = `"${str.slice(1, -1).replace(/"/g, '\\"')}"`;
+	return JSON.parse(str);
+};
+
 /* istanbul ignore next */
 /**
  * @param {number} mtime mtime
@@ -1657,17 +1662,13 @@ class FileSystemInfo {
 												let dependency;
 												if (imp.d === -1) {
 													// import ... from "..."
-													dependency = JSON.parse(
+													dependency = parseString(
 														source.substring(imp.s - 1, imp.e + 1)
 													);
 												} else if (imp.d > -1) {
 													// import()
 													let expr = source.substring(imp.s, imp.e).trim();
-													if (expr[0] === "'")
-														expr = `"${expr
-															.slice(1, -1)
-															.replace(/"/g, '\\"')}"`;
-													dependency = JSON.parse(expr);
+													dependency = parseString(expr);
 												} else {
 													// e.g. import.meta
 													continue;
diff --git a/test/fixtures/buildDependencies/esm.mjs b/test/fixtures/buildDependencies/esm.mjs
index cd233797b08..6b8775cc057 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/buildDependencies/esm.mjs
+++ b/test/fixtures/buildDependencies/esm.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 export { default } from "./esm-dep.mjs";
+// prettier-ignore
+import './esm-dep.mjs';
 
 export const asyncDep = (
 	await import("../../js/buildDepsInput/esm-async-dependency.mjs")
 ).default;
+// prettier-ignore
+await import('../../js/buildDepsInput/esm-async-dependency.mjs')