diff --git a/cli/args/mod.rs b/cli/args/mod.rs
index 04a0111961..e0eff6171d 100644
--- a/cli/args/mod.rs
+++ b/cli/args/mod.rs
@@ -1301,9 +1301,7 @@ impl CliOptions {
     self.maybe_lockfile.clone()
   }
 
-  /// Return any imports that should be brought into the scope of the module
-  /// graph.
-  pub fn to_maybe_imports(
+  pub fn to_compiler_option_types(
     &self,
   ) -> Result<Vec<deno_graph::ReferrerImports>, AnyError> {
     self.workspace.to_maybe_imports().map(|maybe_imports| {
diff --git a/cli/graph_util.rs b/cli/graph_util.rs
index 2f9ee8d93d..7f664420c5 100644
--- a/cli/graph_util.rs
+++ b/cli/graph_util.rs
@@ -481,7 +481,11 @@ impl ModuleGraphBuilder {
       }
     }
 
-    let maybe_imports = self.options.to_maybe_imports()?;
+    let maybe_imports = if options.graph_kind.include_types() {
+      self.options.to_compiler_option_types()?
+    } else {
+      Vec::new()
+    };
     let analyzer = self
       .module_info_cache
       .as_module_analyzer(&self.parsed_source_cache);
diff --git a/tests/specs/run/skips_compiler_option_types/__test__.jsonc b/tests/specs/run/skips_compiler_option_types/__test__.jsonc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd2d5aaa2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/specs/run/skips_compiler_option_types/__test__.jsonc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  // this was previously downloading the "types" from the compilerOptions
+  // even for deno run with no type checking
+  "args": "run main.ts",
+  "output": "main.out"
+}
diff --git a/tests/specs/run/skips_compiler_option_types/deno.json b/tests/specs/run/skips_compiler_option_types/deno.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..92d0923b99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/specs/run/skips_compiler_option_types/deno.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "lock": false,
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "types": [
+      "https://localhost@4545/non-existent/@types/react@18.0.28"
+    ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/specs/run/skips_compiler_option_types/main.out b/tests/specs/run/skips_compiler_option_types/main.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..45b983be36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/specs/run/skips_compiler_option_types/main.out
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hi
diff --git a/tests/specs/run/skips_compiler_option_types/main.ts b/tests/specs/run/skips_compiler_option_types/main.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d914c6066c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/specs/run/skips_compiler_option_types/main.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+console.log("hi");