diff --git a/src/Package/Fetch.zig b/src/Package/Fetch.zig
index 2746ba9c03..ba558d866c 100644
--- a/src/Package/Fetch.zig
+++ b/src/Package/Fetch.zig
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ fn queueJobsForDeps(f: *Fetch, hash: Manifest.MultiHashHexDigest) RunError!void
                 .prog_node = f.prog_node,
                 .job_queue = f.job_queue,
                 .omit_missing_hash_error = false,
-                .allow_missing_paths_field = false,
+                .allow_missing_paths_field = true,
 
                 .package_root = undefined,
                 .error_bundle = undefined,
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 433ae0e169..cd7cd80da4 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -4863,7 +4863,7 @@ pub fn cmdBuild(gpa: Allocator, arena: Allocator, args: []const []const u8) !voi
                 .prog_node = root_prog_node,
                 .job_queue = &job_queue,
                 .omit_missing_hash_error = true,
-                .allow_missing_paths_field = true,
+                .allow_missing_paths_field = false,
 
                 .package_root = undefined,
                 .error_bundle = undefined,