diff --git a/packages/build-info/src/detect-build-system.ts b/packages/build-info/src/detect-build-system.ts
index 04cf9d195f..494a32fd3b 100644
--- a/packages/build-info/src/detect-build-system.ts
+++ b/packages/build-info/src/detect-build-system.ts
@@ -169,5 +169,11 @@ const lookFor = (
 }
 
 const getPkgJson = (configPath: string): PackageJson => {
-  return JSON.parse(readFileSync(path.join(path.dirname(configPath), 'package.json'), 'utf-8'))
+  let pkgJson: PackageJson = {}
+  try {
+    pkgJson = JSON.parse(readFileSync(path.join(path.dirname(configPath), 'package.json'), 'utf-8'))
+  } catch {
+    // noop
+  }
+  return pkgJson
 }
diff --git a/packages/build-info/src/get-build-info.ts b/packages/build-info/src/get-build-info.ts
index 224d403a70..67a71dc64b 100644
--- a/packages/build-info/src/get-build-info.ts
+++ b/packages/build-info/src/get-build-info.ts
@@ -15,19 +15,23 @@ export type Info = {
 export const getBuildInfo = async (opts: ContextOptions) => {
   const context = await getContext(opts)
   let frameworks: any[] = []
-  let buildSystems: BuildSystem[] = []
 
   try {
-    // if the framework or buildSystem detection is crashing we should not crash the build info and package-manager
+    // if the framework  detection is crashing we should not crash the build info and package-manager
     // detection
     frameworks = await listFrameworks({ projectDir: context.projectDir })
-    buildSystems = await detectBuildSystems(context.projectDir, context.rootDir)
   } catch {
     // TODO: build reporting to buildbot see: https://github.com/netlify/pillar-workflow/issues/1001
     // noop
   }
 
-  const info: Info = { frameworks, buildSystems }
+  const info: Info = { frameworks }
+
+  try {
+    info.buildSystems = await detectBuildSystems(context.projectDir, context.rootDir)
+  } catch (error) {
+    // noop
+  }
 
   // only if we find a root package.json we know this is a javascript workspace
   if (Object.keys(context.rootPackageJson).length > 0) {
diff --git a/packages/build-info/tests/detect-build-systems.test.ts b/packages/build-info/tests/detect-build-systems.test.ts
index 69db367d21..cca0926d2b 100644
--- a/packages/build-info/tests/detect-build-systems.test.ts
+++ b/packages/build-info/tests/detect-build-systems.test.ts
@@ -125,3 +125,13 @@ test('detects multiple build systems in a monorepo setup', async () => {
   const buildSystems = await detectBuildSystems(path.join(cwd, 'packages/website'), cwd)
   expect(buildSystems).toEqual([{ name: 'lerna', version: '^2.5.3' }, { name: 'gradle' }])
 })
+
+test('invalid package json handled gracefully', async () => {
+  const cwd = mockFileSystem({
+    'package.json': "{ 'devDependencies': { moon: '^0.5.1' } }",
+    '.moon/toolchain.yml': '',
+  })
+
+  const buildSystems = await detectBuildSystems(cwd)
+  expect(buildSystems[0]).toEqual({ name: 'moon', version: undefined })
+})