diff --git a/benchmark/eslint.config_partial.mjs b/benchmark/eslint.config_partial.mjs
index 174d8848c99..7f10460f719 100644
--- a/benchmark/eslint.config_partial.mjs
+++ b/benchmark/eslint.config_partial.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-import { requireEslintTool } from '../tools/eslint/eslint.config_utils.mjs';
-
-const globals = requireEslintTool('globals');
+import { globals } from '../tools/eslint/eslint.config_utils.mjs';
 
 export default [
   {
diff --git a/doc/eslint.config_partial.mjs b/doc/eslint.config_partial.mjs
index 609c38c26e9..ce914fbad1e 100644
--- a/doc/eslint.config_partial.mjs
+++ b/doc/eslint.config_partial.mjs
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 import {
+  globals,
   noRestrictedSyntaxCommonAll,
   noRestrictedSyntaxCommonLib,
-  requireEslintTool,
 } from '../tools/eslint/eslint.config_utils.mjs';
 import { builtinModules } from 'node:module';
 
 const builtin = builtinModules.filter((name) => !name.startsWith('node:'));
 
-const globals = requireEslintTool('globals');
-
 export default [
   {
     files: ['doc/**/*.md/*.{js,mjs,cjs}'],
diff --git a/eslint.config.mjs b/eslint.config.mjs
index 912d3265572..085f86174ff 100644
--- a/eslint.config.mjs
+++ b/eslint.config.mjs
@@ -7,20 +7,20 @@ import libConfig from './lib/eslint.config_partial.mjs';
 import testConfig from './test/eslint.config_partial.mjs';
 import toolsConfig from './tools/eslint/eslint.config_partial.mjs';
 import {
+  importEslintTool,
   noRestrictedSyntaxCommonAll,
   noRestrictedSyntaxCommonLib,
-  requireEslintTool,
   resolveEslintTool,
 } from './tools/eslint/eslint.config_utils.mjs';
 import nodeCore from './tools/eslint/eslint-plugin-node-core.js';
 
-const js = requireEslintTool('@eslint/js');
-const babelEslintParser = requireEslintTool('@babel/eslint-parser');
+const { default: js } = await importEslintTool('@eslint/js');
+const { default: babelEslintParser } = await importEslintTool('@babel/eslint-parser');
 const babelPluginSyntaxImportAttributes = resolveEslintTool('@babel/plugin-syntax-import-attributes');
 const babelPluginSyntaxImportSource = resolveEslintTool('@babel/plugin-syntax-import-source');
-const jsdoc = requireEslintTool('eslint-plugin-jsdoc');
-const markdown = requireEslintTool('eslint-plugin-markdown');
-const stylisticJs = requireEslintTool('@stylistic/eslint-plugin-js');
+const { default: jsdoc } = await importEslintTool('eslint-plugin-jsdoc');
+const { default: markdown } = await importEslintTool('eslint-plugin-markdown');
+const { default: stylisticJs } = await importEslintTool('@stylistic/eslint-plugin-js');
 
 nodeCore.RULES_DIR = fileURLToPath(new URL('./tools/eslint-rules', import.meta.url));
 
diff --git a/test/eslint.config_partial.mjs b/test/eslint.config_partial.mjs
index 8d9693d8872..417007ef68d 100644
--- a/test/eslint.config_partial.mjs
+++ b/test/eslint.config_partial.mjs
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 /* eslint-disable @stylistic/js/max-len */
 
 import {
+  globals,
   noRestrictedSyntaxCommonAll,
-  requireEslintTool,
 } from '../tools/eslint/eslint.config_utils.mjs';
 
-const globals = requireEslintTool('globals');
-
 export default [
   {
     files: ['test/**/*.{js,mjs,cjs}'],
diff --git a/tools/eslint/eslint.config_partial.mjs b/tools/eslint/eslint.config_partial.mjs
index c1f3087066a..0398d73a019 100644
--- a/tools/eslint/eslint.config_partial.mjs
+++ b/tools/eslint/eslint.config_partial.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-import { requireEslintTool } from './eslint.config_utils.mjs';
-
-const globals = requireEslintTool('globals');
+import { globals } from './eslint.config_utils.mjs';
 
 export default [
   {
diff --git a/tools/eslint/eslint.config_utils.mjs b/tools/eslint/eslint.config_utils.mjs
index 98d00b1ba1c..3e2b7d7c52e 100644
--- a/tools/eslint/eslint.config_utils.mjs
+++ b/tools/eslint/eslint.config_utils.mjs
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
 
-export const requireEslintTool = createRequire(new URL(import.meta.url));
-export const resolveEslintTool = (request) => requireEslintTool.resolve(request);
+export { default as globals } from 'globals';
+
+export const importEslintTool = (specifier) => import(specifier);
+
+const localRequire = createRequire(new URL(import.meta.url));
+export const resolveEslintTool = (request) => localRequire.resolve(request);
 
 export const noRestrictedSyntaxCommonAll = [
   {