diff --git a/lib/binding_web/binding.js b/lib/binding_web/binding.js
index bbe3fe81..6ed93f57 100644
--- a/lib/binding_web/binding.js
+++ b/lib/binding_web/binding.js
@@ -567,8 +567,9 @@ class Language {
   static load(url) {
     let bytes;
     if (
-      typeof require === 'function' &&
-      require('url').parse(url).protocol == null
+      typeof process !== 'undefined' &&
+      process.versions &&
+      process.versions.node
     ) {
       const fs = require('fs');
       bytes = Promise.resolve(fs.readFileSync(url));