diff --git a/crates/cli-support/src/js/mod.rs b/crates/cli-support/src/js/mod.rs
index 653bea21fa1..b5437a19fc5 100644
--- a/crates/cli-support/src/js/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/cli-support/src/js/mod.rs
@@ -3013,10 +3013,10 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
     }
 
     fn process_package_json(&mut self, path: &Path) -> Result<(), Error> {
-        if !self.config.mode.nodejs() && !self.config.mode.bundler() {
+        if self.config.mode.no_modules() {
             bail!(
                 "NPM dependencies have been specified in `{}` but \
-                 this is only compatible with the `bundler` and `nodejs` targets",
+                 this is incompatible with the `no-modules` target",
                 path.display(),
             );
         }
diff --git a/crates/cli/tests/wasm-bindgen/npm.rs b/crates/cli/tests/wasm-bindgen/npm.rs
index bc356a49cb9..a727345bfef 100644
--- a/crates/cli/tests/wasm-bindgen/npm.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/tests/wasm-bindgen/npm.rs
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ fn no_modules_rejects_npm() {
         .stderr(
             str::is_match(
                 "\
-error: NPM dependencies have been specified in `.*` but this is only \
-compatible with the `bundler` and `nodejs` targets
+error: NPM dependencies have been specified in `.*` but \
+this is incompatible with the `no-modules` target
 ",
             )
             .unwrap(),