diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/buffer_list.js b/lib/internal/streams/buffer_list.js
index 715d5d201d4df4..234ffbe51b3a52 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/buffer_list.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/buffer_list.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const { Buffer } = require('buffer');
-const { inspect } = require('internal/util/inspect');
+const { inspect } = require('util');
 
 module.exports = class BufferList {
   constructor() {
diff --git a/lib/stream.js b/lib/stream.js
index 4918434167c535..e6c59e2483410b 100644
--- a/lib/stream.js
+++ b/lib/stream.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Stream.Stream = Stream;
 
 // Internal utilities
 try {
-  const types = require('internal/util/types');
+  const types = require('util').types;
   if (types && typeof types.isUint8Array === 'function') {
     Stream._isUint8Array = types.isUint8Array;
   } else {