diff --git a/.dprint.json b/.dprint.json
index dfaed6314b..73204979ae 100644
--- a/.dprint.json
+++ b/.dprint.json
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     "cli/tests/testdata/badly_formatted.json",
     "cli/tests/testdata/byte_order_mark.ts",
     "cli/tests/testdata/fmt/*",
+    "cli/tests/testdata/import_assertions/json_with_shebang.json",
     "cli/tests/testdata/test/markdown_windows.md",
     "cli/tsc/*typescript.js",
     "test_util/std",
diff --git a/cli/file_fetcher.rs b/cli/file_fetcher.rs
index 2a7b867277..1ca04ed9a6 100644
--- a/cli/file_fetcher.rs
+++ b/cli/file_fetcher.rs
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ fn fetch_local(specifier: &ModuleSpecifier) -> Result<File, AnyError> {
   })?;
   let bytes = fs::read(local.clone())?;
   let charset = text_encoding::detect_charset(&bytes).to_string();
-  let source = strip_shebang(get_source_from_bytes(bytes, Some(charset))?);
+  let source = get_source_from_bytes(bytes, Some(charset))?;
   let media_type = MediaType::from(specifier);
 
   Ok(File {
@@ -173,10 +173,7 @@ pub fn get_source_from_data_url(
   let (bytes, _) = data_url
     .decode_to_vec()
     .map_err(|e| uri_error(format!("{:?}", e)))?;
-  Ok((
-    strip_shebang(get_source_from_bytes(bytes, charset)?),
-    format!("{}", mime),
-  ))
+  Ok((get_source_from_bytes(bytes, charset)?, format!("{}", mime)))
 }
 
 /// Given a vector of bytes and optionally a charset, decode the bytes to a
@@ -230,19 +227,6 @@ pub fn map_content_type(
   }
 }
 
-/// Remove shebangs from the start of source code strings
-fn strip_shebang(mut value: String) -> String {
-  if value.starts_with("#!") {
-    if let Some(mid) = value.find('\n') {
-      let (_, rest) = value.split_at(mid);
-      value = rest.to_string()
-    } else {
-      value.clear()
-    }
-  }
-  value
-}
-
 /// A structure for resolving, fetching and caching source files.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct FileFetcher {
@@ -306,7 +290,7 @@ impl FileFetcher {
     let maybe_content_type = headers.get("content-type").cloned();
     let (media_type, maybe_charset) =
       map_content_type(specifier, maybe_content_type);
-    let source = strip_shebang(get_source_from_bytes(bytes, maybe_charset)?);
+    let source = get_source_from_bytes(bytes, maybe_charset)?;
     let maybe_types = match media_type {
       MediaType::JavaScript
       | MediaType::Cjs
@@ -450,7 +434,7 @@ impl FileFetcher {
 
     let (media_type, maybe_charset) =
       map_content_type(specifier, Some(content_type.clone()));
-    let source = strip_shebang(get_source_from_bytes(bytes, maybe_charset)?);
+    let source = get_source_from_bytes(bytes, maybe_charset)?;
 
     let local =
       self
@@ -786,13 +770,6 @@ mod tests {
     }
   }
 
-  #[test]
-  fn test_strip_shebang() {
-    let value =
-      "#!/usr/bin/env deno\n\nconsole.log(\"hello deno!\");\n".to_string();
-    assert_eq!(strip_shebang(value), "\n\nconsole.log(\"hello deno!\");\n");
-  }
-
   #[test]
   fn test_map_content_type() {
     let fixtures = vec![
diff --git a/cli/tests/integration/run_tests.rs b/cli/tests/integration/run_tests.rs
index f4793a9690..bc137a7fd6 100644
--- a/cli/tests/integration/run_tests.rs
+++ b/cli/tests/integration/run_tests.rs
@@ -1600,6 +1600,28 @@ itest!(jsx_import_source_error {
   exit_code: 1,
 });
 
+itest!(shebang_tsc {
+  args: "run --quiet shebang.ts",
+  output: "shebang.ts.out",
+});
+
+itest!(shebang_swc {
+  args: "run --quiet --no-check shebang.ts",
+  output: "shebang.ts.out",
+});
+
+itest!(shebang_with_json_imports_tsc {
+  args: "run --quiet import_assertions/json_with_shebang.ts",
+  output: "import_assertions/json_with_shebang.ts.out",
+  exit_code: 1,
+});
+
+itest!(shebang_with_json_imports_swc {
+  args: "run --quiet --no-check import_assertions/json_with_shebang.ts",
+  output: "import_assertions/json_with_shebang.ts.out",
+  exit_code: 1,
+});
+
 #[test]
 fn no_validate_asm() {
   let output = util::deno_cmd()
diff --git a/cli/tests/testdata/import_assertions/json_with_shebang.json b/cli/tests/testdata/import_assertions/json_with_shebang.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b695e44571
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tests/testdata/import_assertions/json_with_shebang.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/env -S deno run
+{
+  "test": null
+}
diff --git a/cli/tests/testdata/import_assertions/json_with_shebang.ts b/cli/tests/testdata/import_assertions/json_with_shebang.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..523bf87729
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tests/testdata/import_assertions/json_with_shebang.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import json from "./json_with_shebang.json" assert { type: "json" };
+
+console.log(json);
diff --git a/cli/tests/testdata/import_assertions/json_with_shebang.ts.out b/cli/tests/testdata/import_assertions/json_with_shebang.ts.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae5f3a65ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tests/testdata/import_assertions/json_with_shebang.ts.out
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+error: Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token # in JSON at position 0
diff --git a/cli/tests/testdata/shebang.ts b/cli/tests/testdata/shebang.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..00feb2da0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tests/testdata/shebang.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env -S deno run
+
+import test from "./shebang2.ts";
+
+console.log(test as number);
diff --git a/cli/tests/testdata/shebang.ts.out b/cli/tests/testdata/shebang.ts.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d81cc0710e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tests/testdata/shebang.ts.out
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+42
diff --git a/cli/tests/testdata/shebang2.ts b/cli/tests/testdata/shebang2.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da0d7bf0c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tests/testdata/shebang2.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env -S deno run
+
+export default 42;