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diff --git a/‎lib/internal/modules/esm/loader.js
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+3-2Lines changed: 3 additions & 2 deletions b/‎lib/internal/modules/esm/loader.js
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+3-2Lines changed: 3 additions & 2 deletions
@@ -318,8 +318,6 @@ class ModuleLoader {
    * @returns {ModuleJobBase}
    */
   getModuleJobForRequire(specifier, parentURL, importAttributes) {
-    assert(getOptionValue('--experimental-require-module'));
-
     const parsed = URLParse(specifier);
     if (parsed != null) {
       const protocol = parsed.protocol;
@@ -338,6 +336,9 @@ class ModuleLoader {
     }
 
     const { url, format } = resolveResult;
+    if (!getOptionValue('--experimental-require-module')) {
+      throw new ERR_REQUIRE_ESM(url, true);
+    }
     const resolvedImportAttributes = resolveResult.importAttributes ?? importAttributes;
     let job = this.loadCache.get(url, resolvedImportAttributes.type);
     if (job !== undefined) {