diff --git a/packages/js/src/utils/inline.ts b/packages/js/src/utils/inline.ts
index f6d0ba34881f3..7cc06a48fe1a5 100644
--- a/packages/js/src/utils/inline.ts
+++ b/packages/js/src/utils/inline.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export function handleInliningBuild(
 ): InlineProjectGraph {
   const tsConfigJson = readJsonFile(tsConfigPath);
   const pathAliases =
-    tsConfigJson['compilerOptions']['paths'] || readBasePathAliases(context);
+    tsConfigJson['compilerOptions']?.['paths'] || readBasePathAliases(context);
   const inlineGraph = createInlineGraph(context, options, pathAliases);
 
   if (isInlineGraphEmpty(inlineGraph)) {
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/plugins/js/index.ts b/packages/nx/src/plugins/js/index.ts
index 56dbfe4eefd3d..deb4a55aeab02 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/plugins/js/index.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/plugins/js/index.ts
@@ -23,24 +23,23 @@ export const processProjectGraph: ProjectGraphProcessor = async (
   context
 ) => {
   const builder = new ProjectGraphBuilder(graph);
+  const pluginConfig = jsPluginConfig(readNxJson());
 
-  // during the create-nx-workspace lock file might not exists yet
-  if (lockFileExists()) {
-    const lockHash = lockFileHash() ?? 'n/a';
-    if (lockFileNeedsReprocessing(lockHash)) {
-      removeNpmNodes(graph, builder);
-      parseLockFile(builder);
+  if (pluginConfig.analyzePackageJson) {
+    // during the create-nx-workspace lock file might not exists yet
+    if (lockFileExists()) {
+      const lockHash = lockFileHash() ?? 'n/a';
+      if (lockFileNeedsReprocessing(lockHash)) {
+        removeNpmNodes(graph, builder);
+        parseLockFile(builder);
+      }
+      writeLastProcessedLockfileHash(lockHash);
     }
-    writeLastProcessedLockfileHash(lockHash);
-  }
 
-  buildNpmPackageNodes(builder);
+    buildNpmPackageNodes(builder);
+  }
 
-  await buildExplicitDependencies(
-    jsPluginConfig(readNxJson()),
-    context,
-    builder
-  );
+  await buildExplicitDependencies(pluginConfig, context, builder);
 
   return builder.getUpdatedProjectGraph();
 };