diff --git a/packages/brick-container/serve/getProxy.js b/packages/brick-container/serve/getProxy.js
index a6209d8ef8..5be9c3b9e0 100644
--- a/packages/brick-container/serve/getProxy.js
+++ b/packages/brick-container/serve/getProxy.js
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ export default function getProxy(env, getRawIndexHtml) {
                       /\bw\.PUBLIC_DEPS\s*=\s*(\[[^;]*\])\s*;/
                     )?.[1];
 
-                    if (publicDeps && localBricks?.length) {
+                    if (publicDeps) {
                       publicDeps = getProcessedPublicDeps(
                         publicDeps,
                         localBricks
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ export default function getProxy(env, getRawIndexHtml) {
                     /\bw\.PUBLIC_DEPS\s*=\s*(\[[^;]*\])\s*;/
                   )?.[1];
 
-                  if (publicDeps && localBricks?.length) {
+                  if (publicDeps) {
                     htmlContent = htmlContent.replace(
                       /\bw\.PUBLIC_DEPS\s*=\s*\[[^;]*\]\s*;/,
                       `w.PUBLIC_DEPS=${getProcessedPublicDeps(
diff --git a/packages/brick-container/serve/utils/getProcessedPublicDeps.js b/packages/brick-container/serve/utils/getProcessedPublicDeps.js
index a8f6715655..aa1fb22947 100644
--- a/packages/brick-container/serve/utils/getProcessedPublicDeps.js
+++ b/packages/brick-container/serve/utils/getProcessedPublicDeps.js
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 export function getProcessedPublicDeps(publicDepsStr, localBrickPackages) {
   try {
     const parsedPublicDeps = JSON.parse(publicDepsStr).filter(
-      (item) => !localBrickPackages.includes(item.filePath.split("/")[1])
+      (item) =>
+        localBrickPackages &&
+        !localBrickPackages.includes(item.filePath.split("/")[1])
     );
 
     return JSON.stringify(parsedPublicDeps);