diff --git a/lib/normalize.js b/lib/normalize.js
index c1436a3..cf03e8d 100644
--- a/lib/normalize.js
+++ b/lib/normalize.js
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ const normalize = async (pkg, { strict, steps, root, changes, allowLegacyCase })
   const scripts = data.scripts || {}
   const pkgId = `${data.name ?? ''}@${data.version ?? ''}`
 
-  legacyFixer.warn = function () {
-    changes?.push(legacyMakeWarning.apply(null, arguments))
-  }
-
   // name and version are load bearing so we have to clean them up first
   if (steps.includes('fixNameField') || steps.includes('normalizeData')) {
     if (!data.name && !strict) {
@@ -107,6 +103,7 @@ const normalize = async (pkg, { strict, steps, root, changes, allowLegacyCase })
   }
 
   // fix bundledDependencies typo
+  // normalize bundleDependencies
   if (steps.includes('bundledDependencies')) {
     if (data.bundleDependencies === undefined && data.bundledDependencies !== undefined) {
       data.bundleDependencies = data.bundledDependencies
@@ -128,7 +125,7 @@ const normalize = async (pkg, { strict, steps, root, changes, allowLegacyCase })
         changes?.push(`"bundleDependencies" was changed from an object to an array`)
         data.bundleDependencies = Object.keys(bd)
       }
-    } else {
+    } else if ('bundleDependencies' in data) {
       changes?.push(`"bundleDependencies" was removed`)
       delete data.bundleDependencies
     }
@@ -465,6 +462,10 @@ const normalize = async (pkg, { strict, steps, root, changes, allowLegacyCase })
   }
 
   if (steps.includes('normalizeData')) {
+    legacyFixer.warn = function () {
+      changes?.push(legacyMakeWarning.apply(null, arguments))
+    }
+
     const legacySteps = [
       'fixDescriptionField',
       'fixModulesField',
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/fix.js.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/fix.js.test.cjs
index e7a5014..1e6ddd3 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/fix.js.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/fix.js.test.cjs
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
  */
 'use strict'
 exports[`test/fix.js TAP with changes binRefs scoped name > must match snapshot 1`] = `
+Array []
+`
+
+exports[`test/fix.js TAP with changes bundleDependencies null > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 Array [
   "\\"bundleDependencies\\" was removed",
 ]
@@ -13,35 +17,30 @@ Array [
 
 exports[`test/fix.js TAP with changes fixDependencies array dependencies > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 Array [
-  "\\"bundleDependencies\\" was removed",
   "\\"dependencies\\" was converted from an array into an object",
 ]
 `
 
 exports[`test/fix.js TAP with changes fixDependencies false dependencies > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 Array [
-  "\\"bundleDependencies\\" was removed",
   "Removed invalid \\"dependencies\\"",
 ]
 `
 
 exports[`test/fix.js TAP with changes fixDependencies git dependency > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 Array [
-  "\\"bundleDependencies\\" was removed",
   "Normalized git reference to \\"dependencies.npm\\"",
 ]
 `
 
 exports[`test/fix.js TAP with changes fixDependencies non-string dependency > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 Array [
-  "\\"bundleDependencies\\" was removed",
   "Removed invalid \\"dependencies.npm\\"",
 ]
 `
 
 exports[`test/fix.js TAP with changes fixDependencies string dependencies > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 Array [
-  "\\"bundleDependencies\\" was removed",
   "\\"dependencies\\" was converted from a string into an object",
 ]
 `
@@ -49,34 +48,28 @@ Array [
 exports[`test/fix.js TAP with changes fixNameField scoped whitespace > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 Array [
   "Whitespace was trimmed from \\"name\\"",
-  "\\"bundleDependencies\\" was removed",
 ]
 `
 
 exports[`test/fix.js TAP with changes fixNameField unscoped whitespace > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 Array [
   "Whitespace was trimmed from \\"name\\"",
-  "\\"bundleDependencies\\" was removed",
 ]
 `
 
 exports[`test/fix.js TAP with changes fixRepositoryField full > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 Array [
-  "\\"bundleDependencies\\" was removed",
   "\\"repository\\" was changed from a string to an object",
   "\\"repository.url\\" was normalized to \\"git+https://github.com/npm/cli.git\\"",
 ]
 `
 
 exports[`test/fix.js TAP with changes fixRepositoryField object no url > must match snapshot 1`] = `
-Array [
-  "\\"bundleDependencies\\" was removed",
-]
+Array []
 `
 
 exports[`test/fix.js TAP with changes fixRepositoryField repositories array > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 Array [
-  "\\"bundleDependencies\\" was removed",
   "\\"repository\\" was set to the first entry in \\"repositories\\" ([object Object])",
   "\\"repository\\" was changed from a string to an object",
 ]
@@ -84,35 +77,29 @@ Array [
 
 exports[`test/fix.js TAP with changes fixRepositoryField shortcut > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 Array [
-  "\\"bundleDependencies\\" was removed",
   "\\"repository\\" was changed from a string to an object",
   "\\"repository.url\\" was normalized to \\"git+https://github.com/npm/cli.git\\"",
 ]
 `
 
 exports[`test/fix.js TAP with changes fixVersionField none > must match snapshot 1`] = `
-Array [
-  "\\"bundleDependencies\\" was removed",
-]
+Array []
 `
 
 exports[`test/fix.js TAP with changes fixVersionField unclean > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 Array [
   "\\"version\\" was cleaned and set to \\"1.0.0\\"",
-  "\\"bundleDependencies\\" was removed",
 ]
 `
 
 exports[`test/fix.js TAP with changes scriptpath non-object script entry > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 Array [
-  "\\"bundleDependencies\\" was removed",
   "Invalid scripts.\\"test\\" was removed",
 ]
 `
 
 exports[`test/fix.js TAP with changes scriptpath non-object scripts > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 Array [
-  "\\"bundleDependencies\\" was removed",
   "Removed invalid \\"scripts\\"",
 ]
 `
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/normalize.js.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/normalize.js.test.cjs
index e0faf97..2fb73b1 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/normalize.js.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/normalize.js.test.cjs
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ Array [
 exports[`test/normalize.js TAP @npmcli/package-json - with changes clean up scripts delete non-object scripts > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 Array [
   "Deleted incorrect \\"bundledDependencies\\"",
-  "\\"bundleDependencies\\" was removed",
   "Removed invalid \\"scripts\\"",
 ]
 `
@@ -70,7 +69,6 @@ Array [
 exports[`test/normalize.js TAP @npmcli/package-json - with changes clean up scripts delete non-string script targets > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 Array [
   "Deleted incorrect \\"bundledDependencies\\"",
-  "\\"bundleDependencies\\" was removed",
   "Invalid scripts.\\"bar\\" was removed",
   "Invalid scripts.\\"baz\\" was removed",
 ]
@@ -79,7 +77,6 @@ Array [
 exports[`test/normalize.js TAP @npmcli/package-json - with changes cleanup bins delete string bin when no name > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 Array [
   "Deleted incorrect \\"bundledDependencies\\"",
-  "\\"bundleDependencies\\" was removed",
   "Removed invalid \\"scripts\\"",
 ]
 `
@@ -87,7 +84,6 @@ Array [
 exports[`test/normalize.js TAP @npmcli/package-json - with changes cleanup bins handle string when a name is set > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 Array [
   "Deleted incorrect \\"bundledDependencies\\"",
-  "\\"bundleDependencies\\" was removed",
   "Removed invalid \\"scripts\\"",
 ]
 `
@@ -95,7 +91,6 @@ Array [
 exports[`test/normalize.js TAP @npmcli/package-json - with changes cleanup bins remove non-object bin > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 Array [
   "Deleted incorrect \\"bundledDependencies\\"",
-  "\\"bundleDependencies\\" was removed",
   "Removed invalid \\"scripts\\"",
 ]
 `
@@ -103,7 +98,6 @@ Array [
 exports[`test/normalize.js TAP @npmcli/package-json - with changes cleanup bins remove non-string bin values > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 Array [
   "Deleted incorrect \\"bundledDependencies\\"",
-  "\\"bundleDependencies\\" was removed",
   "Removed invalid \\"scripts\\"",
 ]
 `
@@ -111,7 +105,6 @@ Array [
 exports[`test/normalize.js TAP @npmcli/package-json - with changes convert funding string to object > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 Array [
   "Deleted incorrect \\"bundledDependencies\\"",
-  "\\"bundleDependencies\\" was removed",
   "Removed invalid \\"scripts\\"",
   "\\"funding\\" was changed to an object with a url attribute",
 ]
@@ -120,7 +113,6 @@ Array [
 exports[`test/normalize.js TAP @npmcli/package-json - with changes dedupe optional deps out of regular deps choose optional deps in conflict, leaving populated dependencies > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 Array [
   "Deleted incorrect \\"bundledDependencies\\"",
-  "\\"bundleDependencies\\" was removed",
   "optionalDependencies.\\"whowins\\" was removed",
   "Removed invalid \\"scripts\\"",
 ]
@@ -129,7 +121,6 @@ Array [
 exports[`test/normalize.js TAP @npmcli/package-json - with changes dedupe optional deps out of regular deps choose optional deps in conflict, removing empty dependencies > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 Array [
   "Deleted incorrect \\"bundledDependencies\\"",
-  "\\"bundleDependencies\\" was removed",
   "optionalDependencies.\\"whowins\\" was removed",
   "Empty \\"optionalDependencies\\" was removed",
   "Removed invalid \\"scripts\\"",
@@ -139,7 +130,6 @@ Array [
 exports[`test/normalize.js TAP @npmcli/package-json - with changes dedupe optional deps out of regular deps do not create regular deps if only optional specified > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 Array [
   "Deleted incorrect \\"bundledDependencies\\"",
-  "\\"bundleDependencies\\" was removed",
   "Removed invalid \\"scripts\\"",
 ]
 `
@@ -147,7 +137,6 @@ Array [
 exports[`test/normalize.js TAP @npmcli/package-json - with changes normalize bin > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 Array [
   "Deleted incorrect \\"bundledDependencies\\"",
-  "\\"bundleDependencies\\" was removed",
   "Removed invalid \\"scripts\\"",
 ]
 `
@@ -156,7 +145,6 @@ exports[`test/normalize.js TAP @npmcli/package-json - with changes set _id if na
 Array [
   "\\"_id\\" was set to a@1.2.3",
   "Deleted incorrect \\"bundledDependencies\\"",
-  "\\"bundleDependencies\\" was removed",
   "Removed invalid \\"scripts\\"",
 ]
 `
@@ -170,7 +158,6 @@ Array [
   "\\"_lodash\\" was removed",
   "\\"_id\\" was set to underscore@1.2.3",
   "Deleted incorrect \\"bundledDependencies\\"",
-  "\\"bundleDependencies\\" was removed",
   "Removed invalid \\"scripts\\"",
 ]
 `
diff --git a/test/fix.js b/test/fix.js
index 5148927..c42b991 100644
--- a/test/fix.js
+++ b/test/fix.js
@@ -182,6 +182,15 @@ for (const [name, testFix] of Object.entries(testMethods)) {
         t.strictSame(content.scripts, {})
       })
     })
+    t.test('bundleDependencies', async t => {
+      t.test('null', async t => {
+        const testdir = {
+          'package.json': pkg({ bundleDependencies: null }),
+        }
+        const { content } = await testFix(t, testdir)
+        t.notHas(content, 'bundleDependencies')
+      })
+    })
     t.test('binRefs', async t => {
       t.test('scoped name', async t => {
         const testdir = {