diff --git a/core/cli/src/fetch.ts b/core/cli/src/fetch.ts
index 3b0039036..30937ae2a 100644
--- a/core/cli/src/fetch.ts
+++ b/core/cli/src/fetch.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,5 @@ export const shouldDisableNativeFetch = (options: RootOptions): boolean => {
   // disable Node 18's native fetch if the Node runtime supports it (older
   // runtimes don't support the flag, implying they also don't use native
   // fetch) and the user hasn't opted out of the behaviour
-  return (
-    options.allowNativeFetch &&
-    process.allowedNodeEnvironmentFlags.has('--no-experimental-fetch')
-  )
+  return !options.allowNativeFetch && process.allowedNodeEnvironmentFlags.has('--no-experimental-fetch')
 }