diff --git a/lib/import-export-visitor.js b/lib/import-export-visitor.js
index 04589bc..95272b1 100644
--- a/lib/import-export-visitor.js
+++ b/lib/import-export-visitor.js
@@ -390,12 +390,19 @@ class ImportExportVisitor extends Visitor {
   visitAwaitExpression(path) {
     if (!this.hasTopLevelAwait) {
       const parent = path.getParentNode(1);
-
+      const node = path.getNode();
       if (
         parent.type === 'ExpressionStatement' &&
         path.getParentNode(2).type === 'Program'
       ) {
         this.hasTopLevelAwait = true;
+      } else if (node.argument.type === "CallExpression" &&
+        node.argument.callee.type === "Identifier" &&
+        node.argument.callee.name === "__reifyWaitForDeps__"
+      ) {
+        // Do not treat the emitted "await __reifyWaitForDeps__()" as a TLA trigger
+        // This happens e.g. for the package refapp:meteor-typescript which subclasses
+        // BabelCompiler
       } else {
         this.hasTopLevelAwait = isTopLevelAwait(path.stack);
       }