diff --git a/__fixtures__/simple-project/.esbuild-jestrc.js b/__fixtures__/simple-project/.esbuild-jestrc.js
index fee9738..072d16e 100644
--- a/__fixtures__/simple-project/.esbuild-jestrc.js
+++ b/__fixtures__/simple-project/.esbuild-jestrc.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module.exports = {
     "outExtension": {
       ".js": ".mjs"
     },
-    "external": ["chalk", "jest-allure2-reporter"],
+    "external": ["chalk", "dtrace-provider"],
   },
   "preTransform": (path, contents) => {
     if (path.includes('lodash/noop')) {
diff --git a/__fixtures__/simple-project/jest.config.js b/__fixtures__/simple-project/jest.config.js
index 50f6f55..88a43ae 100644
--- a/__fixtures__/simple-project/jest.config.js
+++ b/__fixtures__/simple-project/jest.config.js
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@ module.exports = {
   setupFilesAfterEnv: ['lodash/noop'],
   reporters: [
     'default',
-    'jest-allure2-reporter',
     '<rootDir>/customReporter.js',
   ],
   testMatch: [
     '<rootDir>/src/**/*.test.js',
   ],
-  testEnvironment: 'jest-allure2-reporter/environment-node',
+  testEnvironment: 'jest-environment-emit/node',
 };
diff --git a/__fixtures__/simple-project/package.json b/__fixtures__/simple-project/package.json
index e9e329f..4e0ec04 100644
--- a/__fixtures__/simple-project/package.json
+++ b/__fixtures__/simple-project/package.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     "esbuild": "^0.19.8",
     "esbuild-jest-cli": "../..",
     "jest": "^29.5.0",
+    "jest-environment-emit": "^1.0.3",
     "jest-allure2-reporter": "^2.0.0-beta.1",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21"
   }
diff --git a/index.mjs b/index.mjs
index 5fb23f8..20f3b6b 100644
--- a/index.mjs
+++ b/index.mjs
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ export async function build(esbuildJestConfig = {}) {
     bundle: true,
     splitting: true,
     metafile: true,
+    external: externalModules,
     outbase: rootDir,
     banner: {
       js: ESM_REQUIRE_SHIM,
@@ -88,7 +89,6 @@ export async function build(esbuildJestConfig = {}) {
         package: wrapPackageMiddleware(esbuildJestConfig.package),
         preTransform: esbuildJestConfig.preTransform,
         postTransform: esbuildJestConfig.postTransform,
-        ...(esbuildBaseConfig.external || []),
       }),
       ...(esbuildBaseConfig.plugins || []),
     ],
diff --git a/plugin.mjs b/plugin.mjs
index a785925..2853ec0 100644
--- a/plugin.mjs
+++ b/plugin.mjs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { lstat, readdir, readFile, rm, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { readFile, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { sep, join, resolve } from 'node:path';
 import importFrom from 'import-from';
 import { convertPathToImport } from "./utils/resolve-module.mjs";
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { isBuiltinReporter } from "./utils/is-builtin-reporter.mjs";
 import { mapSourceToOutputFiles } from "./utils/map-inputs-outputs.mjs";
 import { moveJsFile } from "./utils/move-js-file.mjs";
 import { pruneDirectory } from "./utils/prune-directory.mjs";
+import { JEST_DEPENDENCIES } from "./utils/jest-dependencies.mjs";
 
 const passThrough = (filePath, fileContents) => fileContents;
 
@@ -127,10 +128,16 @@ export default ({
       });
 
       build.onEnd(async (result) => {
-        const externalDependencies = Object.fromEntries(['jest', ...external].map(dep => {
-          const packageJson = importFrom.silent(rootDir, dep + '/package.json');
-          return packageJson ? [dep, packageJson.version] : null;
-        }).filter(Boolean));
+        const externalDependencies = Object.fromEntries(
+          ['jest', ...external]
+            .map(dep => {
+              if (JEST_DEPENDENCIES.includes(dep)) {
+                return null;
+              }
+
+              const packageJson = importFrom.silent(rootDir, dep + '/package.json');
+              return packageJson ? [dep, packageJson.version] : null;
+            }).filter(Boolean));
 
         await writeFile(join(outdir, 'package.json'), JSON.stringify(packageMiddleware({
           name: 'bundled-tests',
diff --git a/utils/jest-dependencies.mjs b/utils/jest-dependencies.mjs
index 0eb3809..4bd004d 100644
--- a/utils/jest-dependencies.mjs
+++ b/utils/jest-dependencies.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 export const JEST_DEPENDENCIES = [
-  'jest',
   'jest-changed-files',
   'jest-circus',
   'jest-cli',