diff --git a/packages/js/src/utils/buildable-libs-utils.ts b/packages/js/src/utils/buildable-libs-utils.ts
index a272a44cd91e8..454b0c3813357 100644
--- a/packages/js/src/utils/buildable-libs-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/js/src/utils/buildable-libs-utils.ts
@@ -445,6 +445,9 @@ export function createTmpTsConfig(
     process.env.NX_TASK_TARGET_TARGET ?? 'build',
     'tsconfig.generated.json'
   );
+  if (tsconfigPath === tmpTsConfigPath) {
+    return tsconfigPath;
+  }
   const parsedTSConfig = readTsConfigWithRemappedPaths(
     tsconfigPath,
     tmpTsConfigPath,