diff --git a/scalajslib/src/mill/scalajslib/ScalaJSModule.scala b/scalajslib/src/mill/scalajslib/ScalaJSModule.scala
index a8da94709a9..6ecd5dc2253 100644
--- a/scalajslib/src/mill/scalajslib/ScalaJSModule.scala
+++ b/scalajslib/src/mill/scalajslib/ScalaJSModule.scala
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ trait ScalaJSModule extends scalalib.ScalaModule { outer =>
   def scalaJSOutputPatterns: T[OutputPatterns] = Task { OutputPatterns.Defaults }
 
   /**
-   * Apply Scala.js-specific minification of the produced .js files.
+   * Apply Scala.js-specific minification of the produced .js files in fullLinkJS.
    *
    *  When enabled, the linker more aggressively reduces the size of the
    *  generated code, at the cost of readability and debuggability. It does
diff --git a/scalajslib/worker/1/src/mill/scalajslib/worker/ScalaJSWorkerImpl.scala b/scalajslib/worker/1/src/mill/scalajslib/worker/ScalaJSWorkerImpl.scala
index f1022fae005..e024ac1c9ff 100644
--- a/scalajslib/worker/1/src/mill/scalajslib/worker/ScalaJSWorkerImpl.scala
+++ b/scalajslib/worker/1/src/mill/scalajslib/worker/ScalaJSWorkerImpl.scala
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ class ScalaJSWorkerImpl extends ScalaJSWorkerApi {
         else withModuleSplitStyle
 
       val withMinify =
-        if (minorIsGreaterThanOrEqual(16)) withOutputPatterns.withMinify(input.minify)
+        if (minorIsGreaterThanOrEqual(16))
+          withOutputPatterns.withMinify(input.minify && input.isFullLinkJS)
         else withOutputPatterns
 
       val withWasm =