diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/jit/module.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/jit/module.ts
index a5cac93fcaa85..d0a4a194ace70 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/jit/module.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/jit/module.ts
@@ -427,25 +427,19 @@ export function patchComponentDefWithScope<C>(
 /**
  * Compute the pair of transitive scopes (compilation scope and exported scope) for a given module.
  *
- * By default this operation is memoized and the result is cached on the module's definition. You
- * can avoid memoization and previously stored results (if available) by providing the second
- * argument with the `true` value (forcing transitive scopes recalculation).
- *
- * This function can be called on modules with components that have not fully compiled yet, but the
- * result should not be used until they have.
+ * This operation is memoized and the result is cached on the module's definition. This function can
+ * be called on modules with components that have not fully compiled yet, but the result should not
+ * be used until they have.
  *
  * @param moduleType module that transitive scope should be calculated for.
- * @param forceRecalc flag that indicates whether previously calculated and memoized values should
- * be ignored and transitive scope to be fully recalculated.
  */
-export function transitiveScopesFor<T>(
-    moduleType: Type<T>, forceRecalc: boolean = false): NgModuleTransitiveScopes {
+export function transitiveScopesFor<T>(moduleType: Type<T>): NgModuleTransitiveScopes {
   if (!isNgModule(moduleType)) {
     throw new Error(`${moduleType.name} does not have a module def (ɵmod property)`);
   }
   const def = getNgModuleDef(moduleType) !;
 
-  if (!forceRecalc && def.transitiveCompileScopes !== null) {
+  if (def.transitiveCompileScopes !== null) {
     return def.transitiveCompileScopes;
   }
 
@@ -486,7 +480,7 @@ export function transitiveScopesFor<T>(
 
     // When this module imports another, the imported module's exported directives and pipes are
     // added to the compilation scope of this module.
-    const importedScope = transitiveScopesFor(importedType, forceRecalc);
+    const importedScope = transitiveScopesFor(importedType);
     importedScope.exported.directives.forEach(entry => scopes.compilation.directives.add(entry));
     importedScope.exported.pipes.forEach(entry => scopes.compilation.pipes.add(entry));
   });
@@ -505,7 +499,7 @@ export function transitiveScopesFor<T>(
     if (isNgModule(exportedType)) {
       // When this module exports another, the exported module's exported directives and pipes are
       // added to both the compilation and exported scopes of this module.
-      const exportedScope = transitiveScopesFor(exportedType, forceRecalc);
+      const exportedScope = transitiveScopesFor(exportedType);
       exportedScope.exported.directives.forEach(entry => {
         scopes.compilation.directives.add(entry);
         scopes.exported.directives.add(entry);
@@ -521,9 +515,7 @@ export function transitiveScopesFor<T>(
     }
   });
 
-  if (!forceRecalc) {
-    def.transitiveCompileScopes = scopes;
-  }
+  def.transitiveCompileScopes = scopes;
   return scopes;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/test/test_bed_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/test_bed_spec.ts
index 1f064d18334e0..cc3248e80dc16 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/test_bed_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/test_bed_spec.ts
@@ -889,15 +889,23 @@ describe('TestBed', () => {
               {set: {template: `<span someDirective>{{'hello' | somePipe}}</span>`}});
           TestBed.createComponent(SomeComponent);
 
-          const defBeforeReset = (SomeComponent as any).ɵcmp;
-          expect(defBeforeReset.pipeDefs().length).toEqual(1);
-          expect(defBeforeReset.directiveDefs().length).toEqual(2);  // directive + component
+          const cmpDefBeforeReset = (SomeComponent as any).ɵcmp;
+          expect(cmpDefBeforeReset.pipeDefs().length).toEqual(1);
+          expect(cmpDefBeforeReset.directiveDefs().length).toEqual(2);  // directive + component
+
+          const modDefBeforeReset = (SomeModule as any).ɵmod;
+          const transitiveScope = modDefBeforeReset.transitiveCompileScopes.compilation;
+          expect(transitiveScope.pipes.size).toEqual(1);
+          expect(transitiveScope.directives.size).toEqual(2);
 
           TestBed.resetTestingModule();
 
-          const defAfterReset = (SomeComponent as any).ɵcmp;
-          expect(defAfterReset.pipeDefs).toBe(null);
-          expect(defAfterReset.directiveDefs).toBe(null);
+          const cmpDefAfterReset = (SomeComponent as any).ɵcmp;
+          expect(cmpDefAfterReset.pipeDefs).toBe(null);
+          expect(cmpDefAfterReset.directiveDefs).toBe(null);
+
+          const modDefAfterReset = (SomeModule as any).ɵmod;
+          expect(modDefAfterReset.transitiveCompileScopes).toBe(null);
         });
 
         it('should cleanup ng defs for classes with no ng annotations (in case of inheritance)',
diff --git a/packages/core/testing/src/r3_test_bed_compiler.ts b/packages/core/testing/src/r3_test_bed_compiler.ts
index c4028b9ec11f7..5a46e92403f9f 100644
--- a/packages/core/testing/src/r3_test_bed_compiler.ts
+++ b/packages/core/testing/src/r3_test_bed_compiler.ts
@@ -355,8 +355,11 @@ export class R3TestBedCompiler {
             // are present, always re-calculate transitive scopes to have the most up-to-date
             // information available. The `moduleToScope` map avoids repeated re-calculation of
             // scopes for the same module.
-            const forceRecalc = !isTestingModule && this.hasModuleOverrides;
-            moduleToScope.set(moduleType, transitiveScopesFor(realType, forceRecalc));
+            if (!isTestingModule && this.hasModuleOverrides) {
+              this.storeFieldOfDefOnType(moduleType as any, NG_MOD_DEF, 'transitiveCompileScopes');
+              (moduleType as any)[NG_MOD_DEF].transitiveCompileScopes = null;
+            }
+            moduleToScope.set(moduleType, transitiveScopesFor(realType));
           }
           return moduleToScope.get(moduleType) !;
         };