diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/module_job.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/module_job.js
index 9f3131b7dfc136..bf4788d1855881 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/module_job.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/module_job.js
@@ -178,18 +178,17 @@ class ModuleJob {
           e.message += ', you can use import instead';
         }
 
-        const packageJSONUrl =
+        const packageConfig =
           StringPrototypeStartsWith(this.module.url, 'file://') &&
             RegExpPrototypeTest(/\.js(\?[^#]*)?(#.*)?$/, this.module.url) &&
             require('internal/modules/esm/resolve')
-              .getCachedPackageScopeURL(this.module.url);
-        if (packageJSONUrl) {
+              .getPackageScopeConfig(this.module.url);
+        if (packageConfig.type === 'module') {
           e.message +=
-            `\n'${this.module.url}' cannot be parsed as an ES module, but ` +
-            'it is being treated as an ES module because it has a \'.js\' ' +
-            `file extension and '${packageJSONUrl}' contains "type": ` +
-            '"module". To treat it as a CommonJS script, rename it to use ' +
-            'the \'.cjs\' file extension.';
+            '\nThis file is being treated as an ES module because it has a ' +
+            `'.js' file extension and '${packageConfig.pjsonPath}' contains ` +
+            '"type": "module". To treat it as a CommonJS script, rename it ' +
+            'to use the \'.cjs\' file extension.';
         }
       }
       throw e;
diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js
index 720fc536d1a75b..7b503376af0950 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js
@@ -173,22 +173,6 @@ function getPackageConfig(path, specifier, base) {
   return packageConfig;
 }
 
-function getCachedPackageScopeURL(url) {
-  let packageJSONUrl = new URL('./package.json', url);
-  while (true) {
-    const path = fileURLToPath(packageJSONUrl);
-    if (packageJSONCache.get(path)?.exists) {
-      return packageJSONUrl;
-    }
-    const previousPathname = packageJSONUrl.pathname;
-    packageJSONUrl = new URL('../package.json', packageJSONUrl);
-
-    // Terminates at root where ../package.json equals ../../package.json
-    // (can't just check "/package.json" for Windows support).
-    if (previousPathname === packageJSONUrl.pathname) return;
-  }
-}
-
 function getPackageScopeConfig(resolved) {
   let packageJSONUrl = new URL('./package.json', resolved);
   while (true) {
@@ -909,7 +893,7 @@ module.exports = {
   DEFAULT_CONDITIONS,
   defaultResolve,
   encodedSepRegEx,
-  getCachedPackageScopeURL,
+  getPackageScopeConfig,
   getPackageType,
   packageExportsResolve,
   packageImportsResolve