diff --git a/internal/css_lexer/css_lexer.go b/internal/css_lexer/css_lexer.go
index 0a6152c7b7c..1f24d514aa9 100644
--- a/internal/css_lexer/css_lexer.go
+++ b/internal/css_lexer/css_lexer.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"unicode/utf8"
 
-	"github.com/evanw/esbuild/internal/helpers"
 	"github.com/evanw/esbuild/internal/logger"
 )
 
@@ -505,7 +504,7 @@ func (lexer *lexer) consumeToEndOfMultiLineComment(startRange logger.Range) {
 
 				// Record legal comments
 				if text := lexer.source.Contents[startRange.Loc.Start:commentEnd]; isLegalComment || containsAtPreserveOrAtLicense(text) {
-					text = helpers.RemoveMultiLineCommentIndent(lexer.source.Contents[:startRange.Loc.Start], text)
+					text = lexer.source.CommentTextWithoutIndent(logger.Range{Loc: startRange.Loc, Len: int32(commentEnd) - startRange.Loc.Start})
 					lexer.legalCommentsBefore = append(lexer.legalCommentsBefore, Comment{Loc: startRange.Loc, Text: text})
 				}
 				return
diff --git a/internal/helpers/comment.go b/internal/helpers/comment.go
index 6cb02e620e9..95b86845c21 100644
--- a/internal/helpers/comment.go
+++ b/internal/helpers/comment.go
@@ -2,71 +2,8 @@ package helpers
 
 import (
 	"strings"
-	"unicode/utf8"
 )
 
-func RemoveMultiLineCommentIndent(prefix string, text string) string {
-	// Figure out the initial indent
-	indent := 0
-seekBackwardToNewline:
-	for len(prefix) > 0 {
-		c, size := utf8.DecodeLastRuneInString(prefix)
-		switch c {
-		case '\r', '\n', '\u2028', '\u2029':
-			break seekBackwardToNewline
-		}
-		prefix = prefix[:len(prefix)-size]
-		indent++
-	}
-
-	// Split the comment into lines
-	var lines []string
-	start := 0
-	for i, c := range text {
-		switch c {
-		case '\r', '\n':
-			// Don't double-append for Windows style "\r\n" newlines
-			if start <= i {
-				lines = append(lines, text[start:i])
-			}
-
-			start = i + 1
-
-			// Ignore the second part of Windows style "\r\n" newlines
-			if c == '\r' && start < len(text) && text[start] == '\n' {
-				start++
-			}
-
-		case '\u2028', '\u2029':
-			lines = append(lines, text[start:i])
-			start = i + 3
-		}
-	}
-	lines = append(lines, text[start:])
-
-	// Find the minimum indent over all lines after the first line
-	for _, line := range lines[1:] {
-		lineIndent := 0
-		for _, c := range line {
-			if c != ' ' && c != '\t' {
-				break
-			}
-			lineIndent++
-		}
-		if indent > lineIndent {
-			indent = lineIndent
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Trim the indent off of all lines after the first line
-	for i, line := range lines {
-		if i > 0 {
-			lines[i] = line[indent:]
-		}
-	}
-	return strings.Join(lines, "\n")
-}
-
 func EscapeClosingTag(text string, slashTag string) string {
 	if slashTag == "" {
 		return text
diff --git a/internal/js_lexer/js_lexer.go b/internal/js_lexer/js_lexer.go
index 3fc7ac093f3..637a828138a 100644
--- a/internal/js_lexer/js_lexer.go
+++ b/internal/js_lexer/js_lexer.go
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ type MaybeSubstring struct {
 }
 
 type Lexer struct {
-	LegalCommentsBeforeToken     []js_ast.Comment
+	LegalCommentsBeforeToken     []logger.Range
 	WebpackComments              *[]js_ast.Comment
 	AllOriginalComments          []logger.Range
 	Identifier                   MaybeSubstring
@@ -2648,21 +2648,14 @@ func (lexer *Lexer) scanCommentText() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if isMultiLineComment && (hasLegalAnnotation || isWebpackComment) {
-		text = helpers.RemoveMultiLineCommentIndent(lexer.source.Contents[:lexer.start], text)
-	}
-
 	if hasLegalAnnotation {
-		lexer.LegalCommentsBeforeToken = append(lexer.LegalCommentsBeforeToken, js_ast.Comment{
-			Loc:  logger.Loc{Start: int32(lexer.start)},
-			Text: text,
-		})
+		lexer.LegalCommentsBeforeToken = append(lexer.LegalCommentsBeforeToken, lexer.Range())
 	}
 
 	if isWebpackComment {
 		*lexer.WebpackComments = append(*lexer.WebpackComments, js_ast.Comment{
 			Loc:  logger.Loc{Start: int32(lexer.start)},
-			Text: text,
+			Text: lexer.source.CommentTextWithoutIndent(lexer.Range()),
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/js_parser/js_parser.go b/internal/js_parser/js_parser.go
index 3626317bf56..5b883404c2b 100644
--- a/internal/js_parser/js_parser.go
+++ b/internal/js_parser/js_parser.go
@@ -7368,7 +7368,7 @@ func (p *parser) parseStmtsUpTo(end js_lexer.T, opts parseStmtOpts) []js_ast.Stm
 				stmts = append(stmts, js_ast.Stmt{
 					Loc: comment.Loc,
 					Data: &js_ast.SComment{
-						Text:           comment.Text,
+						Text:           p.source.CommentTextWithoutIndent(comment),
 						IsLegalComment: true,
 					},
 				})
diff --git a/internal/logger/logger.go b/internal/logger/logger.go
index b861c7e7827..b77d58255cc 100644
--- a/internal/logger/logger.go
+++ b/internal/logger/logger.go
@@ -455,6 +455,74 @@ func (s *Source) RangeOfLegacyOctalEscape(loc Loc) (r Range) {
 	return
 }
 
+func (s *Source) CommentTextWithoutIndent(r Range) string {
+	text := s.Contents[r.Loc.Start:r.End()]
+	if len(text) < 2 || !strings.HasPrefix(text, "/*") {
+		return text
+	}
+	prefix := s.Contents[:r.Loc.Start]
+
+	// Figure out the initial indent
+	indent := 0
+seekBackwardToNewline:
+	for len(prefix) > 0 {
+		c, size := utf8.DecodeLastRuneInString(prefix)
+		switch c {
+		case '\r', '\n', '\u2028', '\u2029':
+			break seekBackwardToNewline
+		}
+		prefix = prefix[:len(prefix)-size]
+		indent++
+	}
+
+	// Split the comment into lines
+	var lines []string
+	start := 0
+	for i, c := range text {
+		switch c {
+		case '\r', '\n':
+			// Don't double-append for Windows style "\r\n" newlines
+			if start <= i {
+				lines = append(lines, text[start:i])
+			}
+
+			start = i + 1
+
+			// Ignore the second part of Windows style "\r\n" newlines
+			if c == '\r' && start < len(text) && text[start] == '\n' {
+				start++
+			}
+
+		case '\u2028', '\u2029':
+			lines = append(lines, text[start:i])
+			start = i + 3
+		}
+	}
+	lines = append(lines, text[start:])
+
+	// Find the minimum indent over all lines after the first line
+	for _, line := range lines[1:] {
+		lineIndent := 0
+		for _, c := range line {
+			if c != ' ' && c != '\t' {
+				break
+			}
+			lineIndent++
+		}
+		if indent > lineIndent {
+			indent = lineIndent
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Trim the indent off of all lines after the first line
+	for i, line := range lines {
+		if i > 0 {
+			lines[i] = line[indent:]
+		}
+	}
+	return strings.Join(lines, "\n")
+}
+
 func plural(prefix string, count int, shown int, someAreMissing bool) string {
 	var text string
 	if count == 1 {