diff --git a/src/_loadurl.mjs b/src/_loadurl.mjs
index 8bb32e1c32..c2fd3353d8 100644
--- a/src/_loadurl.mjs
+++ b/src/_loadurl.mjs
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@
 // ctors). so we utilize `spawnSync` to spawn this program as a child process.
 // alternatively we could have use `curl` but this is more portable.
 
-import { http, https } from 'follow-redirects';
-import { parse } from 'url';
-import { lstatSync, createReadStream } from 'fs';
+import * as followRedirects from 'follow-redirects';
+import { parse } from 'node:url';
+import { lstatSync, createReadStream } from 'node:fs';
 import process from 'node:process'
 
+const { http, https } = followRedirects;
+
 const url = process.argv[2];
 if (!url) {
   console.error(`Usage: ${process.argv[1]} URL`);