diff --git a/packages/rspack/src/plugins/utils/apply-web-config.ts b/packages/rspack/src/plugins/utils/apply-web-config.ts
index fce9de94706b3..7d92391c79ec2 100644
--- a/packages/rspack/src/plugins/utils/apply-web-config.ts
+++ b/packages/rspack/src/plugins/utils/apply-web-config.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export function applyWebConfig(
     useNormalizedEntry?: boolean;
   } = {}
 ): void {
-  if (!process.env['NX_TASK_TARGET_PROJECT']) return;
+  if (!process.env['NX_GRAPH_CREATION']) return;
 
   // Defaults that was applied from executor schema previously.
   options.runtimeChunk ??= true; // need this for HMR and other things to work
diff --git a/packages/webpack/src/plugins/nx-webpack-plugin/lib/apply-web-config.ts b/packages/webpack/src/plugins/nx-webpack-plugin/lib/apply-web-config.ts
index 56af4f17b6ab9..27a094d9ea3e0 100644
--- a/packages/webpack/src/plugins/nx-webpack-plugin/lib/apply-web-config.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack/src/plugins/nx-webpack-plugin/lib/apply-web-config.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export function applyWebConfig(
     useNormalizedEntry?: boolean;
   } = {}
 ): void {
-  if (!process.env['NX_TASK_TARGET_PROJECT']) return;
+  if (!process.env['NX_GRAPH_CREATION']) return;
 
   // Defaults that was applied from executor schema previously.
   options.runtimeChunk ??= true; // need this for HMR and other things to work