diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/get_format.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/get_format.js
index c029b6c614384f..5959d476e13bd9 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/get_format.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/get_format.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const {
 const experimentalNetworkImports =
   getOptionValue('--experimental-network-imports');
 const { containsModuleSyntax } = internalBinding('contextify');
-const { getPackageType } = require('internal/modules/esm/package_config');
+const { getPackageType } = require('internal/modules/package_json_reader');
 const { fileURLToPath } = require('internal/url');
 const { ERR_UNKNOWN_FILE_EXTENSION } = require('internal/errors').codes;
 
diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/module_job.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/module_job.js
index 2f04070327f10b..05db7f3867efe2 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/module_job.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/module_job.js
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ class ModuleJob {
         const packageConfig =
           StringPrototypeStartsWith(this.module.url, 'file://') &&
             RegExpPrototypeExec(/\.js(\?[^#]*)?(#.*)?$/, this.module.url) !== null &&
-            require('internal/modules/esm/package_config')
+            require('internal/modules/package_json_reader')
               .getPackageScopeConfig(this.module.url);
         if (packageConfig.type === 'module') {
           e.message +=
diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/package_config.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/package_config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b3847966cb1d3..00000000000000
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/package_config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-const { ArrayIsArray } = primordials;
-const modulesBinding = internalBinding('modules');
-const { deserializePackageJSON } = require('internal/modules/package_json_reader');
-
-// TODO(@anonrig): Merge this file with internal/esm/package_json_reader.js
-
-/**
- * Returns the package configuration for the given resolved URL.
- * @param {URL | string} resolved - The resolved URL.
- * @returns {import('typings/internalBinding/modules').PackageConfig} - The package configuration.
- */
-function getPackageScopeConfig(resolved) {
-  const result = modulesBinding.getPackageScopeConfig(`${resolved}`);
-
-  if (ArrayIsArray(result)) {
-    return deserializePackageJSON(`${resolved}`, result, false /* checkIntegrity */);
-  }
-
-  // This means that the response is a string
-  // and it is the path to the package.json file
-  return {
-    __proto__: null,
-    pjsonPath: result,
-    exists: false,
-    type: 'none',
-  };
-}
-
-/**
- * Returns the package type for a given URL.
- * @param {URL} url - The URL to get the package type for.
- */
-function getPackageType(url) {
-  // TODO(@anonrig): Write a C++ function that returns only "type".
-  return getPackageScopeConfig(url).type;
-}
-
-
-module.exports = {
-  getPackageScopeConfig,
-  getPackageType,
-};
diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js
index f4485e6fb38b9c..bbbaed87479289 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ const {
 } = require('internal/errors').codes;
 
 const { Module: CJSModule } = require('internal/modules/cjs/loader');
-const { getPackageScopeConfig } = require('internal/modules/esm/package_config');
 const { getConditionsSet } = require('internal/modules/esm/utils');
 const packageJsonReader = require('internal/modules/package_json_reader');
 const { internalModuleStat } = internalBinding('fs');
@@ -688,7 +687,7 @@ function packageImportsResolve(name, base, conditions) {
     throw new ERR_INVALID_MODULE_SPECIFIER(name, reason, fileURLToPath(base));
   }
   let packageJSONUrl;
-  const packageConfig = getPackageScopeConfig(base);
+  const packageConfig = packageJsonReader.getPackageScopeConfig(base);
   if (packageConfig.exists) {
     packageJSONUrl = pathToFileURL(packageConfig.pjsonPath);
     const imports = packageConfig.imports;
@@ -797,7 +796,7 @@ function packageResolve(specifier, base, conditions) {
     parsePackageName(specifier, base);
 
   // ResolveSelf
-  const packageConfig = getPackageScopeConfig(base);
+  const packageConfig = packageJsonReader.getPackageScopeConfig(base);
   if (packageConfig.exists) {
     const packageJSONUrl = pathToFileURL(packageConfig.pjsonPath);
     if (packageConfig.exports != null && packageConfig.name === packageName) {
diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/package_json_reader.js b/lib/internal/modules/package_json_reader.js
index 232ed35528c5c5..0842d543862c33 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/package_json_reader.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/package_json_reader.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const {
+  ArrayIsArray,
   JSONParse,
   StringPrototypeSlice,
   StringPrototypeLastIndexOf,
@@ -149,11 +150,42 @@ function getNearestParentPackageJSON(checkPath) {
   return { data, path };
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns the package configuration for the given resolved URL.
+ * @param {URL | string} resolved - The resolved URL.
+ * @returns {import('typings/internalBinding/modules').PackageConfig} - The package configuration.
+ */
+function getPackageScopeConfig(resolved) {
+  const result = modulesBinding.getPackageScopeConfig(`${resolved}`);
+
+  if (ArrayIsArray(result)) {
+    return deserializePackageJSON(`${resolved}`, result, false /* checkIntegrity */);
+  }
+
+  // This means that the response is a string
+  // and it is the path to the package.json file
+  return {
+    __proto__: null,
+    pjsonPath: result,
+    exists: false,
+    type: 'none',
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the package type for a given URL.
+ * @param {URL} url - The URL to get the package type for.
+ */
+function getPackageType(url) {
+  // TODO(@anonrig): Write a C++ function that returns only "type".
+  return getPackageScopeConfig(url).type;
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   checkPackageJSONIntegrity,
   read,
   readPackage,
   getNearestParentPackageJSON,
-
-  deserializePackageJSON,
+  getPackageScopeConfig,
+  getPackageType,
 };
diff --git a/test/sequential/test-module-loading.js b/test/sequential/test-module-loading.js
index ebbbcbb6c937ef..3bfd1090fe91fd 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-module-loading.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-module-loading.js
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ assert.throws(
 
 assert.throws(
   function() { require('../fixtures/packages/unparseable'); },
-  /^SyntaxError: Error parsing/
+  /^Error: Invalid package config/
 );
 
 {