diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/load.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/load.js
index 9661bc716bfa76..9521f508124a6a 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/load.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/load.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const {
 
 const { defaultGetFormat } = require('internal/modules/esm/get_format');
 const { validateAttributes, emitImportAssertionWarning } = require('internal/modules/esm/assert');
-const { readFileSync } = require('fs');
+const fs = require('fs');
 
 const { Buffer: { from: BufferFrom } } = require('buffer');
 
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ async function getSource(url, context) {
   const responseURL = href;
   let source;
   if (protocol === 'file:') {
-    const { readFile: readFileAsync } = require('internal/fs/promises').exports;
-    source = await readFileAsync(url);
+    source = await fs.promises.readFile(url);
   } else if (protocol === 'data:') {
     const result = dataURLProcessor(url);
     if (result === 'failure') {
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ function getSourceSync(url, context) {
   const responseURL = href;
   let source;
   if (protocol === 'file:') {
-    source = readFileSync(url);
+    source = fs.readFileSync(url);
   } else if (protocol === 'data:') {
     const result = dataURLProcessor(url);
     if (result === 'failure') {
diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js
index bfd9bd3d127404..7645550ee1abac 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const {
 const assert = require('internal/assert');
 const internalFS = require('internal/fs/utils');
 const { BuiltinModule } = require('internal/bootstrap/realm');
-const { realpathSync } = require('fs');
+const fs = require('fs');
 const { getOptionValue } = require('internal/options');
 // Do not eagerly grab .manifest, it may be in TDZ
 const { sep, posix: { relative: relativePosixPath }, resolve } = require('path');
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ function finalizeResolution(resolved, base, preserveSymlinks) {
   }
 
   if (!preserveSymlinks) {
-    const real = realpathSync(path, {
+    const real = fs.realpathSync(path, {
       [internalFS.realpathCacheKey]: realpathCache,
     });
     const { search, hash } = resolved;
diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/translators.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/translators.js
index 0a8e4c9e5d3af5..215b68d37aa120 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/translators.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/translators.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const {
 
 const { BuiltinModule } = require('internal/bootstrap/realm');
 const assert = require('internal/assert');
-const { readFileSync } = require('fs');
+const fs = require('fs');
 const { dirname, extname } = require('path');
 const {
   assertBufferSource,
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ translators.set('commonjs', function commonjsStrategy(url, source, isMain) {
 
   try {
     // We still need to read the FS to detect the exports.
-    source ??= readFileSync(new URL(url), 'utf8');
+    source ??= fs.readFileSync(new URL(url), 'utf8');
   } catch {
     // Continue regardless of error.
   }