diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4068f618f..6c8e590b0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,12 +30,13 @@
     "upload-docs": " node ./admin/cmds/upload-docs.js",
     "spell-check": "node ./misc/admin/lib/cmds/spell-check.js",
     "_reset-build": "node ./misc/admin/lib/cmds/set-build-option cjs",
-    "_esm-alias": "node ./misc/admin/lib/cmds/echo 'Bundling ESM elliptic (lib._esm/browser-elliptic.js)...' && rollup -c rollup-pre-alias.config.js && node misc/admin/lib/cmds/esm-alias",
+    "_esm-alias-nodesafe": "node ./misc/admin/lib/cmds/echo 'Bundling ESM elliptic (lib._esm/browser-elliptic.js)...' && rollup -c rollup-pre-alias.config.js && node misc/admin/lib/cmds/esm-alias",
+    "_esm-alias": "node ./misc/admin/lib/cmds/npm-skip-node8.js || npm run _esm-alias-nodesafe",
     "build-libs": "node ./misc/admin/lib/cmds/update-exports.js && node ./misc/admin/lib/cmds/bundle-testcases && npm run _build-cjs && npm run _build-esm && npm run _reset-build && node packages/asm/generate.js && npm run _esm-alias && chmod 755 packages/*/lib/bin/*.js",
     "build-dist-shims": "rollup -c rollup-shims.config.js && uglifyjs --compress --mangle --output ./packages/shims/dist/index.min.js -- ./packages/shims/dist/index.js",
     "build-dist-libs": "rollup -c rollup-dist.config.js && uglifyjs packages/ethers/dist/ethers.umd.js --output packages/ethers/dist/ethers.umd.min.js --source-map 'content=packages/ethers/dist/ethers.umd.js.map' && uglifyjs packages/ethers/dist/ethers.esm.js --output packages/ethers/dist/ethers.esm.min.js --source-map 'content=packages/ethers/dist/ethers.esm.js.map'",
-    "_build-dist": "node ./misc/admin/lib/cmds/echo 'Building dist files...' && npm run build-dist-libs && npm run build-dist-shims",
-    "build-dist": "node ./misc/admin/lib/cmds/npm-skip-node8.js || npm run _build-dist",
+    "_build-dist-nodesafe": "node ./misc/admin/lib/cmds/echo 'Building dist files...' && npm run build-dist-libs && npm run build-dist-shims",
+    "build-dist": "node ./misc/admin/lib/cmds/npm-skip-node8.js || npm run _build-dist-nodesafe",
     "build-all": "npm run build-libs && npm run build-dist",
     "update-versions": "npm run clean && npm install && npm run spell-check && npm run build-all && node ./misc/admin/lib/cmds/bump-versions && npm run build-all && node ./misc/admin/lib/cmds/update-hashes && node ./misc/admin/lib/cmds/update-changelog",
     "publish-all": "node ./misc/admin/lib/cmds/publish",