diff --git a/emcc.py b/emcc.py
index 564a10468b747..e82f0860e6206 100644
--- a/emcc.py
+++ b/emcc.py
@@ -1853,6 +1853,16 @@ def phase_linker_setup(options, state, newargs):
     # Ignore -sMODULARIZE which could otherwise effect how we run the module
     # to generate the bindings.
     settings.MODULARIZE = False
+    # Don't include any custom user JS or files.
+    options.pre_js = []
+    options.post_js = []
+    options.extern_pre_js = []
+    options.extern_post_js = []
+    options.use_preload_cache = False
+    options.preload_files = []
+    options.embed_files = []
+    # Force node since that is where the tool runs.
+    settings.ENVIRONMENT = 'node'
 
   # options.output_file is the user-specified one, target is what we will generate
   if options.output_file:
diff --git a/test/test_other.py b/test/test_other.py
index d53f6c523e208..a54d8640e0c46 100644
--- a/test/test_other.py
+++ b/test/test_other.py
@@ -2919,13 +2919,22 @@ def test_jspi_add_function(self):
     self.do_runf(test_file('other/test_jspi_add_function.c'), 'done')
 
   def test_embind_tsgen(self):
+    create_file('fail.js', 'assert(false);')
     # These extra arguments are not related to TS binding generation but we want to
     # verify that they do not interfere with it.
     extra_args = ['-o',
                   'out.html',
                   '-sMODULARIZE',
                   '-sALLOW_MEMORY_GROWTH=1',
-                  '-sMAXIMUM_MEMORY=4GB']
+                  '-sMAXIMUM_MEMORY=4GB',
+                  '--pre-js', 'fail.js',
+                  '--post-js', 'fail.js',
+                  '--extern-pre-js', 'fail.js',
+                  '--extern-post-js', 'fail.js',
+                  '-sENVIRONMENT=worker',
+                  '--use-preload-cache',
+                  '--preload-file', 'fail.js',
+                  '--embed-file', 'fail.js']
     self.run_process([EMCC, test_file('other/embind_tsgen.cpp'),
                       '-lembind', '--embind-emit-tsd', 'embind_tsgen.d.ts'] + extra_args)
     actual = read_file('embind_tsgen.d.ts')