diff --git a/src/cli/task-generate.ts b/src/cli/task-generate.ts
index e2ee18748f2..f6bdea45880 100644
--- a/src/cli/task-generate.ts
+++ b/src/cli/task-generate.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { Config } from '../declarations';
 import type { CoreCompiler } from './load-compiler';
-import { IS_NODE_ENV, validateComponentTag } from '@utils';
+import { IS_NODE_ENV } from '../compiler/sys/environment';
+import { validateComponentTag } from '@utils';
 
 /**
  * Task to generate component boilerplate.
diff --git a/src/cli/task-test.ts b/src/cli/task-test.ts
index ff6f0a38bad..bf610c6e8ca 100644
--- a/src/cli/task-test.ts
+++ b/src/cli/task-test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { Config, TestingRunOptions } from '../declarations';
-import { IS_NODE_ENV } from '@utils';
+import { IS_NODE_ENV } from '../compiler/sys/environment';
 
 export const taskTest = async (config: Config) => {
   if (!IS_NODE_ENV) {
diff --git a/src/compiler/build/build-finish.ts b/src/compiler/build/build-finish.ts
index 5ca7add66c8..f9dbb127c23 100644
--- a/src/compiler/build/build-finish.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/build/build-finish.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type * as d from '../../declarations';
 import { generateBuildResults } from './build-results';
-import { IS_NODE_ENV, isFunction, isRemoteUrl } from '@utils';
+import { isFunction, isRemoteUrl } from '@utils';
+import { IS_NODE_ENV } from '../sys/environment';
 import { relative } from 'path';
 
 export const buildFinish = async (buildCtx: d.BuildCtx) => {
diff --git a/src/compiler/config/load-config.ts b/src/compiler/config/load-config.ts
index c8539124d78..104012df14d 100644
--- a/src/compiler/config/load-config.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/config/load-config.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import type { CompilerSystem, Config, Diagnostic, LoadConfigInit, LoadConfigResults } from '../../declarations';
-import { buildError, catchError, isString, normalizePath, hasError, IS_NODE_ENV } from '@utils';
+import { buildError, catchError, isString, normalizePath, hasError } from '@utils';
 import { createLogger } from '../sys/logger/console-logger';
 import { createSystem } from '../sys/stencil-sys';
 import { dirname, resolve } from 'path';
+import { IS_NODE_ENV } from '../sys/environment';
 import { validateConfig } from './validate-config';
 import { validateTsConfig } from '../sys/typescript/typescript-config';
 import ts from 'typescript';
diff --git a/src/compiler/config/transpile-options.ts b/src/compiler/config/transpile-options.ts
index 2ea51df31ee..2ef89392a4b 100644
--- a/src/compiler/config/transpile-options.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/config/transpile-options.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { TranspileOptions, TranspileResults, Config, TransformOptions, TransformCssToEsmInput, ImportData, CompilerSystem } from '../../declarations';
 import { createSystem } from '../sys/stencil-sys';
-import { isString, IS_NODE_ENV, requireFunc, IS_DENO_ENV } from '@utils';
+import { IS_DENO_ENV, IS_NODE_ENV, requireFunc } from '../sys/environment';
+import { isString } from '@utils';
 import { parseImportPath } from '../transformers/stencil-import-path';
 import { STENCIL_INTERNAL_CLIENT_ID } from '../bundle/entry-alias-ids';
 import type { CompilerOptions } from 'typescript';
diff --git a/src/compiler/index.ts b/src/compiler/index.ts
index 13ff4d4522c..83e00b5b973 100644
--- a/src/compiler/index.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { IS_WEB_WORKER_ENV } from '@utils';
 import { createSystem } from './sys/stencil-sys';
 import { createWorkerMessageHandler } from './worker/worker-thread';
 import { initWebWorkerThread } from './sys/worker/web-worker-thread';
+import { IS_WEB_WORKER_ENV } from './sys/environment';
 import ts from 'typescript';
 
 if (IS_WEB_WORKER_ENV) {
diff --git a/src/compiler/optimize/autoprefixer.ts b/src/compiler/optimize/autoprefixer.ts
index de58cb110ae..f1c7ac47320 100644
--- a/src/compiler/optimize/autoprefixer.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/optimize/autoprefixer.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type * as d from '../../declarations';
-import { IS_NODE_ENV, requireFunc } from '@utils';
+import { IS_NODE_ENV, requireFunc } from '../sys/environment';
 
 let cssProcessor: any;
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/prerender/prerender-config.ts b/src/compiler/prerender/prerender-config.ts
index 78abd511a28..d5120c16275 100644
--- a/src/compiler/prerender/prerender-config.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/prerender/prerender-config.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type * as d from '../../declarations';
-import { catchError, requireFunc, loadTypeScriptDiagnostics, IS_NODE_ENV } from '@utils';
+import { catchError, loadTypeScriptDiagnostics } from '@utils';
+import { IS_NODE_ENV, requireFunc } from '../sys/environment';
 import { resolve } from 'path';
 
 export const getPrerenderConfig = (diagnostics: d.Diagnostic[], prerenderConfigPath: string) => {
diff --git a/src/compiler/prerender/prerender-worker.ts b/src/compiler/prerender/prerender-worker.ts
index 22ccf1afc1f..ee9b82ec9e6 100644
--- a/src/compiler/prerender/prerender-worker.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/prerender/prerender-worker.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import type * as d from '../../declarations';
 import { addModulePreloads, excludeStaticComponents, minifyScriptElements, minifyStyleElements, removeModulePreloads, removeStencilScripts } from './prerender-optimize';
-import { catchError, isPromise, isRootPath, normalizePath, requireFunc, isFunction } from '@utils';
+import { catchError, isPromise, isRootPath, normalizePath, isFunction } from '@utils';
 import { crawlAnchorsForNextUrls } from './crawl-urls';
 import { getHydrateOptions } from './prerender-hydrate-options';
 import { getPrerenderConfig } from './prerender-config';
+import { requireFunc } from '../sys/environment';
 
 const prerenderCtx = {
   componentGraph: null as Map<string, string[]>,
diff --git a/src/utils/environment.ts b/src/compiler/sys/environment.ts
similarity index 92%
rename from src/utils/environment.ts
rename to src/compiler/sys/environment.ts
index 5fd4264a84d..03319a531b0 100644
--- a/src/utils/environment.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/sys/environment.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import { noop } from './helpers';
-
 export const IS_DENO_ENV = typeof Deno !== 'undefined';
 
 export const IS_NODE_ENV =
@@ -24,7 +22,7 @@ export const HAS_WEB_WORKER = IS_BROWSER_ENV && typeof Worker === 'function';
 
 export const IS_FETCH_ENV = typeof fetch === 'function';
 
-export const requireFunc = IS_NODE_ENV ? require : noop;
+export const requireFunc = IS_NODE_ENV ? require : () => {};
 
 export const getCurrentDirectory: () => string = IS_NODE_ENV ? process.cwd : IS_DENO_ENV ? Deno.cwd : () => '/';
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/sys/logger/console-logger.ts b/src/compiler/sys/logger/console-logger.ts
index 2a1af85c7aa..edc9cb9ca26 100644
--- a/src/compiler/sys/logger/console-logger.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/sys/logger/console-logger.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type * as d from '../../../declarations';
-import { IS_BROWSER_ENV } from '@utils';
+import { IS_BROWSER_ENV } from '../environment';
 
 export const createLogger = () => {
   let useColors = IS_BROWSER_ENV;
diff --git a/src/compiler/sys/modules/os.ts b/src/compiler/sys/modules/os.ts
index 24366703ca4..2c2341e484c 100644
--- a/src/compiler/sys/modules/os.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/sys/modules/os.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { OS_PLATFORM } from '@utils';
+import { OS_PLATFORM } from '../environment';
 
 export const EOL = '\n';
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/sys/modules/path.ts b/src/compiler/sys/modules/path.ts
index 88e3d970011..065ee08b4a5 100644
--- a/src/compiler/sys/modules/path.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/sys/modules/path.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type * as d from '../../../declarations';
-import { normalizePath, IS_NODE_ENV, requireFunc } from '@utils';
+import { IS_NODE_ENV, requireFunc } from '../environment';
+import { normalizePath } from '@utils';
 import pathBrowserify from 'path-browserify';
 
 export let basename: any;
diff --git a/src/compiler/sys/resolve/resolve-module-sync.ts b/src/compiler/sys/resolve/resolve-module-sync.ts
index d32353269a5..3a7e6a86f82 100644
--- a/src/compiler/sys/resolve/resolve-module-sync.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/sys/resolve/resolve-module-sync.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ import type * as d from '../../../declarations';
 import { COMMON_DIR_FILENAMES, getCommonDirName, isCommonDirModuleFile, shouldFetchModule } from './resolve-utils';
 import { fetchModuleSync } from '../fetch/fetch-module-sync';
 import { getCommonDirUrl, getNodeModuleFetchUrl, packageVersions } from '../fetch/fetch-utils';
-import { isString, IS_WEB_WORKER_ENV, normalizeFsPath, normalizePath } from '@utils';
+import { isString, normalizeFsPath, normalizePath } from '@utils';
+import { IS_WEB_WORKER_ENV } from '../environment';
 import { basename, dirname } from 'path';
 import resolve, { SyncOpts } from 'resolve';
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/sys/resolve/resolve-utils.ts b/src/compiler/sys/resolve/resolve-utils.ts
index 1411623c54a..73eb716bfaf 100644
--- a/src/compiler/sys/resolve/resolve-utils.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/sys/resolve/resolve-utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type * as d from '../../../declarations';
-import { IS_BROWSER_ENV, IS_FETCH_ENV, normalizePath } from '@utils';
+import { IS_BROWSER_ENV, IS_FETCH_ENV } from '../environment';
+import { normalizePath } from '@utils';
 
 const COMMON_DIR_MODULE_EXTS = ['.tsx', '.ts', '.mjs', '.js', '.jsx', '.json', '.md'];
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/sys/stencil-sys.ts b/src/compiler/sys/stencil-sys.ts
index ad2f6fe675a..dae9e5618a7 100644
--- a/src/compiler/sys/stencil-sys.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/sys/stencil-sys.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ import { basename, dirname, join } from 'path';
 import { buildEvents } from '../events';
 import { createLogger } from './logger/console-logger';
 import { createWebWorkerMainController } from './worker/web-worker-main';
-import { HAS_WEB_WORKER, IS_BROWSER_ENV, IS_WEB_WORKER_ENV, isRootPath, normalizePath } from '@utils';
+import { HAS_WEB_WORKER, IS_BROWSER_ENV, IS_WEB_WORKER_ENV } from './environment';
+import { isRootPath, normalizePath } from '@utils';
 import { resolveModuleIdAsync } from './resolve/resolve-module-async';
 import { version } from '../../version';
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/sys/typescript/typescript-resolve-module.ts b/src/compiler/sys/typescript/typescript-resolve-module.ts
index baa9575116d..5edebd704e1 100644
--- a/src/compiler/sys/typescript/typescript-resolve-module.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/sys/typescript/typescript-resolve-module.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import type * as d from '../../../declarations';
 import { basename, dirname, isAbsolute, join, resolve } from 'path';
 import { isDtsFile, isJsFile, isJsxFile, isLocalModule, isStencilCoreImport, isTsxFile, isTsFile, isJsonFile } from '../resolve/resolve-utils';
-import { isRemoteUrl, isString, IS_BROWSER_ENV, IS_NODE_ENV, normalizePath } from '@utils';
+import { IS_BROWSER_ENV, IS_NODE_ENV } from '../environment';
+import { isRemoteUrl, isString, normalizePath } from '@utils';
 import { patchTsSystemFileSystem } from './typescript-sys';
 import { resolveRemoteModuleIdSync } from '../resolve/resolve-module-sync';
 import { version } from '../../../version';
diff --git a/src/compiler/sys/typescript/typescript-sys.ts b/src/compiler/sys/typescript/typescript-sys.ts
index f3150f74cca..1644b511a09 100644
--- a/src/compiler/sys/typescript/typescript-sys.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/sys/typescript/typescript-sys.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import type * as d from '../../../declarations';
 import { basename, resolve } from 'path';
-import { getCurrentDirectory, IS_CASE_SENSITIVE_FILE_NAMES, IS_WEB_WORKER_ENV, isRemoteUrl, isString, normalizePath, noop } from '@utils';
+import { isRemoteUrl, isString, normalizePath, noop } from '@utils';
 import { fetchUrlSync } from '../fetch/fetch-module-sync';
+import { getCurrentDirectory, IS_CASE_SENSITIVE_FILE_NAMES, IS_WEB_WORKER_ENV } from '../environment';
 import { patchTypeScriptResolveModule } from './typescript-resolve-module';
 import ts from 'typescript';
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/transpile/transpile-module.ts b/src/compiler/transpile/transpile-module.ts
index c0c831e8c21..0deb4f81e70 100644
--- a/src/compiler/transpile/transpile-module.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/transpile/transpile-module.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ import { CompilerContext } from '../build/compiler-ctx';
 import { convertDecoratorsToStatic } from '../transformers/decorators-to-static/convert-decorators';
 import { convertStaticToMeta } from '../transformers/static-to-meta/visitor';
 import { createLogger } from '../sys/logger/console-logger';
-import { isNumber, isString, loadTypeScriptDiagnostics, normalizePath, getCurrentDirectory } from '@utils';
+import { getCurrentDirectory } from '../sys/environment';
+import { isNumber, isString, loadTypeScriptDiagnostics, normalizePath } from '@utils';
 import { lazyComponentTransform } from '../transformers/component-lazy/transform-lazy-component';
 import { nativeComponentTransform } from '../transformers/component-native/tranform-to-native-component';
 import { updateStencilCoreImports } from '../transformers/update-stencil-core-import';
diff --git a/src/utils/index.ts b/src/utils/index.ts
index b4fe0903de2..56ad68c91ba 100644
--- a/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 export * from './constants';
-export * from './environment';
 export * from './format-component-runtime-meta';
 export * from './helpers';
 export * from './is-glob';