diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index 009b0d942b..ff9901f2dd 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -415,7 +415,14 @@ function requestToExternal(request) {
   if (wcDepMap[request]) {
     return wcDepMap[request];
   }
-  return undefined;
+  // DependencyExtractionWebpackPlugin has native handling for @wordpress/*
+  // packages, for that handling to kick in, we must not return anything from
+  // function.
+  /* eslint-disable consistent-return */
+  /* eslint-disable no-useless-return */
+  return;
+  /* eslint-enable consistent-return */
+  /* eslint-enable no-useless-return */
 }
 
 function requestToHandle(request) {
@@ -426,7 +433,14 @@ function requestToHandle(request) {
   if (wcHandleMap[request]) {
     return wcHandleMap[request];
   }
-  return undefined;
+  // DependencyExtractionWebpackPlugin has native handling for @wordpress/*
+  // packages, for that handling to kick in, we must not return anything from
+  // function.
+  /* eslint-disable consistent-return */
+  /* eslint-disable no-useless-return */
+  return;
+  /* eslint-enable consistent-return */
+  /* eslint-enable no-useless-return */
 }
 
 const marketingOptinBlock = Object.assign({}, wpScriptConfig, {