diff --git a/src/compiler/checker.ts b/src/compiler/checker.ts
index e52570b6f41b0..fae8f5a495505 100644
--- a/src/compiler/checker.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/checker.ts
@@ -547,7 +547,6 @@ import {
     isInitializedProperty,
     isInJSDoc,
     isInJSFile,
-    isInJsonFile,
     isInterfaceDeclaration,
     isInternalModuleImportEqualsDeclaration,
     isInTopLevelContext,
@@ -29879,8 +29878,8 @@ export function createTypeChecker(host: TypeCheckerHost): TypeChecker {
             (contextualType.pattern.kind === SyntaxKind.ObjectBindingPattern || contextualType.pattern.kind === SyntaxKind.ObjectLiteralExpression);
         const inConstContext = isConstContext(node);
         const checkFlags = inConstContext ? CheckFlags.Readonly : 0;
-        const isInJavascript = isInJSFile(node) && !isInJsonFile(node);
-        const enumTag = getJSDocEnumTag(node);
+        const isInJavascript = isInJSFile(node);
+        const enumTag = isInJavascript ? getJSDocEnumTag(node) : undefined;
         const isJSObjectLiteral = !contextualType && isInJavascript && !enumTag;
         let objectFlags: ObjectFlags = freshObjectLiteralFlag;
         let patternWithComputedProperties = false;
diff --git a/src/compiler/parser.ts b/src/compiler/parser.ts
index be81d789c57d0..80c7e7fad3af4 100644
--- a/src/compiler/parser.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/parser.ts
@@ -1715,7 +1715,7 @@ namespace Parser {
                 contextFlags = NodeFlags.JavaScriptFile;
                 break;
             case ScriptKind.JSON:
-                contextFlags = NodeFlags.JavaScriptFile | NodeFlags.JsonFile;
+                contextFlags = NodeFlags.JsonFile;
                 break;
             default:
                 contextFlags = NodeFlags.None;