diff --git a/afterburner/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/afterburner/AfterburnerModule.java b/afterburner/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/afterburner/AfterburnerModule.java
index 2c3496fd..c4c6f705 100644
--- a/afterburner/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/afterburner/AfterburnerModule.java
+++ b/afterburner/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/afterburner/AfterburnerModule.java
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 public class AfterburnerModule extends Module
     implements java.io.Serializable // is this necessary?
 {
+    // TODO: replace with jackson-databind/NativeImageUtil.RUNNING_IN_SVM
+    private static final boolean RUNNING_IN_SVM = System.getProperty("org.graalvm.nativeimage.imagecode") != null;
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
     /*
@@ -49,6 +51,10 @@ public AfterburnerModule() { }
     @Override
     public void setupModule(SetupContext context)
     {
+        if (RUNNING_IN_SVM)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
         ClassLoader cl = _cfgUseValueClassLoader ? null : getClass().getClassLoader();
         context.addBeanDeserializerModifier(new DeserializerModifier(cl,
                 _cfgUseOptimizedBeanDeserializer));
diff --git a/blackbird/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/blackbird/BlackbirdModule.java b/blackbird/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/blackbird/BlackbirdModule.java
index a912ab73..26402e1c 100644
--- a/blackbird/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/blackbird/BlackbirdModule.java
+++ b/blackbird/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/blackbird/BlackbirdModule.java
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 public class BlackbirdModule extends Module
 {
+    // TODO: replace with jackson-databind/NativeImageUtil.RUNNING_IN_SVM
+    private static final boolean RUNNING_IN_SVM = System.getProperty("org.graalvm.nativeimage.imagecode") != null;
     private Function<Class<?>, Lookup> _lookups;
 
     public BlackbirdModule() {
@@ -35,6 +37,10 @@ public BlackbirdModule(Supplier<MethodHandles.Lookup> lookup) {
     @Override
     public void setupModule(SetupContext context)
     {
+        if (RUNNING_IN_SVM)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
         CrossLoaderAccess openSesame = new CrossLoaderAccess();
         context.addBeanDeserializerModifier(new BBDeserializerModifier(_lookups, openSesame));
         context.addBeanSerializerModifier(new BBSerializerModifier(_lookups, openSesame));