diff --git a/.changeset/olive-cars-wonder.md b/.changeset/olive-cars-wonder.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..232ac0dea319
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/olive-cars-wonder.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte-migrate': patch
+---
+
+fix: correctly check for old load props
diff --git a/packages/migrate/migrations/routes/migrate_scripts/index.js b/packages/migrate/migrations/routes/migrate_scripts/index.js
index 3b1ac905cc4f..2950dae5df60 100644
--- a/packages/migrate/migrations/routes/migrate_scripts/index.js
+++ b/packages/migrate/migrations/routes/migrate_scripts/index.js
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ export function migrate_scripts(content, is_error, moved) {
 				return '';
 			}
 
-			if (!is_error && /export/.test(contents)) {
+			if (!is_error && /export let [\w]+[^"`'\w\s]/.test(contents)) {
 				contents = `\n${indent}${error('Add data prop', TASKS.PAGE_DATA_PROP)}\n${contents}`;
 				// Possible TODO: migrate props to data.prop, or suggest $: ({propX, propY, ...} = data);
 			}