diff --git a/src/lib/plugin.ts b/src/lib/plugin.ts
index cb8fffa..2675216 100644
--- a/src/lib/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/lib/plugin.ts
@@ -125,7 +125,20 @@ export const nodeModulesPolyfillPlugin = (options: NodePolyfillsOptions = {}): P
 				if (initialOptions.platform === 'browser') {
 					const packageJson = await loadPackageJSON(args.resolveDir);
 					const browserFieldValue = packageJson?.browser?.[args.path];
-					if (browserFieldValue !== undefined) return;
+
+					// This is here to support consumers who have used the
+					// "external" option to exclude all Node builtins (e.g.
+					// Remix v1 does this), otherwise the import/require is left
+					// in the output and throws an error at runtime. Ideally we
+					// would just return undefined for any browser field value,
+					// and we can safely switch to this in a major version.
+					if (browserFieldValue === false) {
+						return emptyResult;
+					}
+
+					if (browserFieldValue !== undefined) {
+						return;
+					}
 				}
 
 				const moduleName = normalizeNodeBuiltinPath(args.path);
diff --git a/tests/scenarios/__snapshots__/browserFieldFalse.test.ts.snap b/tests/scenarios/__snapshots__/browserFieldFalse.test.ts.snap
index 1e428e9..6053bcc 100644
--- a/tests/scenarios/__snapshots__/browserFieldFalse.test.ts.snap
+++ b/tests/scenarios/__snapshots__/browserFieldFalse.test.ts.snap
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ exports[`Browser Field False Test > GIVEN a file in a browser target build that
     mod
   ));
 
-  // (disabled):constants
+  // node-modules-polyfills-empty:constants
   var require_constants = __commonJS({
-    \\"(disabled):constants\\"() {
+    \\"node-modules-polyfills-empty:constants\\"(exports, module) {
+      module.exports = {};
     }
   });