diff --git a/scripts/build/bundler.mjs b/scripts/build/bundler.mjs
index 63246e362..78eba011a 100644
--- a/scripts/build/bundler.mjs
+++ b/scripts/build/bundler.mjs
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@ import esbuildPluginUmd from "./esbuild-plugins/umd.mjs";
 import esbuildPluginVisualizer from "./esbuild-plugins/visualizer.mjs";
 import bundles from "./config.mjs";
 
-const { __dirname, json } = createEsmUtils(import.meta);
+const { __dirname, json, require } = createEsmUtils(import.meta);
 const packageJson = json.loadSync("../../package.json");
 
 const umdTarget = browserslistToEsbuild(packageJson.browserslist);
+const EMPTY_MODULE_REPLACEMENT = { contents: "" };
 
 function getBabelConfig(bundle) {
   const config = {
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ function getBabelConfig(bundle) {
   return config;
 }
 
-async function* getEsbuildOptions(bundle, buildOptions) {
+function* getEsbuildOptions(bundle, buildOptions) {
   const replaceStrings = {
     // `tslib` exports global variables
     "createExporter(root": "createExporter({}",
@@ -113,9 +114,8 @@ async function* getEsbuildOptions(bundle, buildOptions) {
     // Universal bundle only use version info from package.json
     // Replace package.json with `{version: "{VERSION}"}`
     replaceModule[path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, "package.json")] = {
-      contents: `module.exports = ${JSON.stringify({
-        version: packageJson.version,
-      })};`,
+      contents: JSON.stringify({ version: packageJson.version }),
+      loader: "json",
     };
 
     // Replace parser getters with `undefined`
@@ -128,13 +128,11 @@ async function* getEsbuildOptions(bundle, buildOptions) {
       "src/language-markdown/parsers.js",
       "src/language-yaml/parsers.js",
     ]) {
-      replaceModule[path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, file)] = { contents: "" };
+      replaceModule[path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, file)] = EMPTY_MODULE_REPLACEMENT;
     }
 
     // Prevent `esbuildPluginNodeModulePolyfills` include shim for this module
-    replaceModule.assert = {
-      contents: await fs.readFile(path.join(__dirname, "./shims/assert.cjs")),
-    };
+    replaceModule.assert = require.resolve("./shims/assert.cjs");
   }
 
   let shouldMinify = buildOptions.minify;
@@ -246,7 +244,7 @@ async function runBuild(bundle, esbuildOptions, buildOptions) {
 }
 
 async function* createBundle(bundle, buildOptions) {
-  for await (const esbuildOptions of getEsbuildOptions(bundle, buildOptions)) {
+  for (const esbuildOptions of getEsbuildOptions(bundle, buildOptions)) {
     const { outfile: file } = esbuildOptions;
 
     if (
diff --git a/scripts/build/esbuild-plugins/replace-module.mjs b/scripts/build/esbuild-plugins/replace-module.mjs
index 2b1147f56..7f166f6d8 100644
--- a/scripts/build/esbuild-plugins/replace-module.mjs
+++ b/scripts/build/esbuild-plugins/replace-module.mjs
@@ -1,40 +1,55 @@
+import { dirname } from "node:path";
+
 export default function esbuildPluginReplaceModule(replacements = {}) {
   return {
     name: "replace-module",
     setup(build) {
-      build.onLoad({ filter: /./ }, ({ path }) => {
-        if (!Reflect.has(replacements, path)) {
+      build.onLoad({ filter: /./ }, ({ path, namespace }) => {
+        let options = replacements[path];
+
+        if (!options) {
           return;
         }
 
-        let replacement = replacements[path];
+        options =
+          typeof options === "string" ? { path: options } : { ...options };
 
-        if (typeof replacement === "string") {
-          replacement = { path: replacement };
+        let {
+          path: file,
+          resolveDir,
+          contents,
+          loader = "js",
+          external: isExternal,
+        } = options;
+
+        // Make this work with `@esbuild-plugins/node-modules-polyfill` plugin
+        if (
+          !resolveDir &&
+          namespace === "node-modules-polyfills-commonjs" &&
+          file
+        ) {
+          resolveDir = dirname(file);
         }
 
-        if (replacement.external) {
+        if (isExternal) {
+          if (!file) {
+            throw new Error("Missing external module path.");
+          }
+
           // Prevent `esbuild` to resolve
-          return {
-            contents: `
-              module.exports = require.call(undefined, ${JSON.stringify(
-                `${replacement.path}`
-              )});
-            `,
-          };
+          contents = `
+            const entry = ${JSON.stringify(`${file}`)};
+            module.exports = require(entry);
+          `;
+        } else {
+          if (file) {
+            contents = `
+              module.exports = require(${JSON.stringify(`${file}`)});
+            `;
+          }
         }
 
-        if (replacement.path) {
-          replacement = {
-            contents: `
-              module.exports = require(${JSON.stringify(
-                `${replacement.path}`
-              )});
-            `,
-          };
-        }
-
-        return replacement;
+        return { contents, loader, resolveDir };
       });
     },
   };