diff --git a/external/builder/babel-plugin-pdfjs-preprocessor.mjs b/external/builder/babel-plugin-pdfjs-preprocessor.mjs
index 653c459fa..87b024bab 100644
--- a/external/builder/babel-plugin-pdfjs-preprocessor.mjs
+++ b/external/builder/babel-plugin-pdfjs-preprocessor.mjs
@@ -172,6 +172,22 @@ function babelPluginPDFJSPreprocessor(babel, ctx) {
           );
           path.replaceWith(t.inherits(t.valueToNode(result), path.node));
         }
+
+        if (t.isIdentifier(node.callee, { name: "__non_webpack_import__" })) {
+          if (node.arguments.length !== 1) {
+            throw new Error("Invalid `__non_webpack_import__` usage.");
+          }
+          // Replace it with a standard `import`-call and
+          // ensure that Webpack will leave it alone.
+          const source = node.arguments[0];
+          source.leadingComments = [
+            {
+              type: "CommentBlock",
+              value: "webpackIgnore: true",
+            },
+          ];
+          path.replaceWith(t.importExpression(source));
+        }
       },
       BlockStatement: {
         // Visit node in post-order so that recursive flattening
diff --git a/external/builder/fixtures_esprima/importalias-expected.js b/external/builder/fixtures_esprima/importalias-expected.js
index cbf824b82..e869ed044 100644
--- a/external/builder/fixtures_esprima/importalias-expected.js
+++ b/external/builder/fixtures_esprima/importalias-expected.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 import { Test } from "import-name";
 import { Test2 } from './non-alias';
 export { Test3 } from "import-name";
+await import( /*webpackIgnore: true*/"./non-alias");
diff --git a/external/builder/fixtures_esprima/importalias.js b/external/builder/fixtures_esprima/importalias.js
index 4e6d79e8a..955b67e6e 100644
--- a/external/builder/fixtures_esprima/importalias.js
+++ b/external/builder/fixtures_esprima/importalias.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 import { Test } from 'import-alias';
 import { Test2 } from './non-alias';
 export { Test3 } from 'import-alias';
+await __non_webpack_import__("./non-alias");
diff --git a/gulpfile.mjs b/gulpfile.mjs
index df641c746..2babd3d82 100644
--- a/gulpfile.mjs
+++ b/gulpfile.mjs
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ function checkChromePreferencesFile(chromePrefsPath, webPrefs) {
 }
 
 function tweakWebpackOutput(jsName) {
-  const replacer = ["__non_webpack_import__\\("];
+  const replacer = [];
 
   if (jsName) {
     replacer.push(
@@ -431,8 +431,6 @@ function tweakWebpackOutput(jsName) {
 
   return replace(regex, match => {
     switch (match) {
-      case "__non_webpack_import__(":
-        return "import(/* webpackIgnore: true */ ";
       case " __webpack_exports__ = {};":
         return ` __webpack_exports__ = globalThis.${jsName} = {};`;
       case " __webpack_exports__ = await __webpack_exports__;":
@@ -1572,17 +1570,6 @@ gulp.task("types", function (done) {
 });
 
 function buildLibHelper(bundleDefines, inputStream, outputDir) {
-  function babelPluginReplaceNonWebpackImport(b) {
-    return {
-      visitor: {
-        Identifier(curPath, state) {
-          if (curPath.node.name === "__non_webpack_import__") {
-            curPath.replaceWith(b.types.identifier("import"));
-          }
-        },
-      },
-    };
-  }
   function preprocessLib(content) {
     const skipBabel = bundleDefines.SKIP_BABEL;
     content = babel.transform(content, {
@@ -1590,10 +1577,7 @@ function buildLibHelper(bundleDefines, inputStream, outputDir) {
       presets: skipBabel
         ? undefined
         : [["@babel/preset-env", { loose: false, modules: false }]],
-      plugins: [
-        babelPluginReplaceNonWebpackImport,
-        [babelPluginPDFJSPreprocessor, ctx],
-      ],
+      plugins: [[babelPluginPDFJSPreprocessor, ctx]],
       targets: BABEL_TARGETS,
     }).code;
     content = content.replaceAll(