diff --git a/packages/interface-compliance-tests/src/transport/listen-test.ts b/packages/interface-compliance-tests/src/transport/listen-test.ts
index 4f18a2ecde..ddc585506d 100644
--- a/packages/interface-compliance-tests/src/transport/listen-test.ts
+++ b/packages/interface-compliance-tests/src/transport/listen-test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint max-nested-callbacks: ["error", 8] */
-import { CustomEvent, TypedEventEmitter } from '@libp2p/interface'
+import { TypedEventEmitter } from '@libp2p/interface'
 import { expect } from 'aegir/chai'
 import drain from 'it-drain'
 import { pipe } from 'it-pipe'
diff --git a/packages/interface/src/event-target.ts b/packages/interface/src/event-target.ts
index de967c61ff..1771f42995 100644
--- a/packages/interface/src/event-target.ts
+++ b/packages/interface/src/event-target.ts
@@ -104,5 +104,3 @@ export class TypedEventEmitter<EventMap extends Record<string, any>> extends Eve
     return this.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent<Detail>(type as string, detail))
   }
 }
-
-export const CustomEvent = globalThis.CustomEvent
diff --git a/packages/kad-dht/src/kad-dht.ts b/packages/kad-dht/src/kad-dht.ts
index e6371d6db8..b5063d32e2 100644
--- a/packages/kad-dht/src/kad-dht.ts
+++ b/packages/kad-dht/src/kad-dht.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { CodeError, CustomEvent, TypedEventEmitter, contentRoutingSymbol, peerDiscoverySymbol, peerRoutingSymbol, serviceCapabilities, serviceDependencies, start, stop } from '@libp2p/interface'
+import { CodeError, TypedEventEmitter, contentRoutingSymbol, peerDiscoverySymbol, peerRoutingSymbol, serviceCapabilities, serviceDependencies, start, stop } from '@libp2p/interface'
 import drain from 'it-drain'
 import pDefer from 'p-defer'
 import { PROTOCOL } from './constants.js'
diff --git a/packages/kad-dht/src/query/events.ts b/packages/kad-dht/src/query/events.ts
index b1fe332d7c..548bcf75fc 100644
--- a/packages/kad-dht/src/query/events.ts
+++ b/packages/kad-dht/src/query/events.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { CustomEvent } from '@libp2p/interface'
 import type { MessageType, SendQueryEvent, PeerResponseEvent, DialPeerEvent, AddPeerEvent, ValueEvent, ProviderEvent, QueryErrorEvent, FinalPeerEvent } from '../index.js'
 import type { PeerId, PeerInfo } from '@libp2p/interface'
 import type { Libp2pRecord } from '@libp2p/record'
diff --git a/packages/kad-dht/src/topology-listener.ts b/packages/kad-dht/src/topology-listener.ts
index 2b24b3417b..a707298e87 100644
--- a/packages/kad-dht/src/topology-listener.ts
+++ b/packages/kad-dht/src/topology-listener.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { CustomEvent, TypedEventEmitter } from '@libp2p/interface'
+import { TypedEventEmitter } from '@libp2p/interface'
 import type { KadDHTComponents } from '.'
 import type { Logger, PeerId, Startable } from '@libp2p/interface'
 
diff --git a/packages/kad-dht/test/query-self.spec.ts b/packages/kad-dht/test/query-self.spec.ts
index 0520a4e7b7..80863dc858 100644
--- a/packages/kad-dht/test/query-self.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/kad-dht/test/query-self.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint-env mocha */
 
-import { CustomEvent } from '@libp2p/interface'
 import { defaultLogger } from '@libp2p/logger'
 import { createEd25519PeerId } from '@libp2p/peer-id-factory'
 import { expect } from 'aegir/chai'
diff --git a/packages/kad-dht/test/routing-table.spec.ts b/packages/kad-dht/test/routing-table.spec.ts
index 51b27a1dd7..49f0ee3463 100644
--- a/packages/kad-dht/test/routing-table.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/kad-dht/test/routing-table.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* eslint-env mocha */
 
-import { TypedEventEmitter, CustomEvent, stop, start } from '@libp2p/interface'
+import { TypedEventEmitter, stop, start } from '@libp2p/interface'
 import { mockConnectionManager } from '@libp2p/interface-compliance-tests/mocks'
 import { defaultLogger } from '@libp2p/logger'
 import { PeerSet } from '@libp2p/peer-collections'
diff --git a/packages/libp2p/src/libp2p.ts b/packages/libp2p/src/libp2p.ts
index af6981f091..de11a09fff 100644
--- a/packages/libp2p/src/libp2p.ts
+++ b/packages/libp2p/src/libp2p.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { unmarshalPrivateKey, unmarshalPublicKey } from '@libp2p/crypto/keys'
-import { contentRoutingSymbol, CodeError, TypedEventEmitter, CustomEvent, setMaxListeners, peerDiscoverySymbol, peerRoutingSymbol } from '@libp2p/interface'
+import { contentRoutingSymbol, CodeError, TypedEventEmitter, setMaxListeners, peerDiscoverySymbol, peerRoutingSymbol } from '@libp2p/interface'
 import { defaultLogger } from '@libp2p/logger'
 import { PeerSet } from '@libp2p/peer-collections'
 import { peerIdFromString } from '@libp2p/peer-id'
diff --git a/packages/peer-discovery-mdns/src/mdns.ts b/packages/peer-discovery-mdns/src/mdns.ts
index a7a56e4f80..db4444bf29 100644
--- a/packages/peer-discovery-mdns/src/mdns.ts
+++ b/packages/peer-discovery-mdns/src/mdns.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { CustomEvent, TypedEventEmitter, peerDiscoverySymbol, serviceCapabilities } from '@libp2p/interface'
+import { TypedEventEmitter, peerDiscoverySymbol, serviceCapabilities } from '@libp2p/interface'
 import multicastDNS from 'multicast-dns'
 import * as query from './query.js'
 import { stringGen } from './utils.js'
diff --git a/packages/peer-discovery-mdns/test/compliance.spec.ts b/packages/peer-discovery-mdns/test/compliance.spec.ts
index 6c9e3ee5af..b6b8b81f27 100644
--- a/packages/peer-discovery-mdns/test/compliance.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/peer-discovery-mdns/test/compliance.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint-env mocha */
 
-import { CustomEvent } from '@libp2p/interface'
 import tests from '@libp2p/interface-compliance-tests/peer-discovery'
 import { defaultLogger } from '@libp2p/logger'
 import { createEd25519PeerId } from '@libp2p/peer-id-factory'
diff --git a/packages/pubsub/src/index.ts b/packages/pubsub/src/index.ts
index 6afa9a07e5..536f3fc206 100644
--- a/packages/pubsub/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/pubsub/src/index.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
  * ```
  */
 
-import { CodeError, TypedEventEmitter, CustomEvent, TopicValidatorResult } from '@libp2p/interface'
+import { CodeError, TypedEventEmitter, TopicValidatorResult } from '@libp2p/interface'
 import { PeerMap, PeerSet } from '@libp2p/peer-collections'
 import { pipe } from 'it-pipe'
 import Queue from 'p-queue'
diff --git a/packages/pubsub/src/peer-streams.ts b/packages/pubsub/src/peer-streams.ts
index d9cd9cfa9c..3dfb15515f 100644
--- a/packages/pubsub/src/peer-streams.ts
+++ b/packages/pubsub/src/peer-streams.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { TypedEventEmitter, CustomEvent } from '@libp2p/interface'
+import { TypedEventEmitter } from '@libp2p/interface'
 import { closeSource } from '@libp2p/utils/close-source'
 import * as lp from 'it-length-prefixed'
 import { pipe } from 'it-pipe'