diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/index.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/index.js
index 6c1aa6f871..08c6d90e87 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/index.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/index.js
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ function throw_error(error, template) {
 				e.tag_invalid_placement(pos, name, location);
 			}
 			if (what.startsWith('svelte:')) e.svelte_meta_invalid_placement(pos, what);
-			e.js_parse_error(range, message);
+			e.js_parse_error(pos, message);
 		}
 		// eslint-disable-next-line no-fallthrough
 		case 'redeclaration':
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ function throw_error(error, template) {
 			if (keyword && /(\bas|\bthen|\bcatch|,)\s*$/.test(template.slice(0, pos))) {
 				e.unexpected_reserved_word(pos, keyword[1]);
 			}
-			e.js_parse_error(range, message);
+			e.js_parse_error(pos, message);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/js.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/js.js
index f15b171df3..4892b7e7f7 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/js.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/js.js
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export function unsupported(kept) {
  */
 function handle_parse_error(err) {
 	if (err.code === 'unexpected_eof') e.unexpected_eof(err.pos);
-	e.js_parse_error({ start: err.pos, end: err.end }, err.message);
+	e.js_parse_error(err.pos, err.message);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/compiler-errors/samples/malformed-snippet-2/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/compiler-errors/samples/malformed-snippet-2/_config.js
index cc923455c7..05de749918 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/tests/compiler-errors/samples/malformed-snippet-2/_config.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/compiler-errors/samples/malformed-snippet-2/_config.js
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ export default test({
 	error: {
 		code: 'js_parse_error',
 		message: 'Unexpected token',
-		position: [21, 22]
+		position: [21, 21]
 	}
 });
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/each-block-invalid-context-destructured/errors.json b/packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/each-block-invalid-context-destructured/errors.json
index 83cf0eec4a..42c0eb3883 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/each-block-invalid-context-destructured/errors.json
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/each-block-invalid-context-destructured/errors.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 		},
 		"end": {
 			"line": 1,
-			"column": 21
+			"column": 17
 		}
 	}
 ]