diff --git a/doc/api/child_process.md b/doc/api/child_process.md
index 27bfac5609b10c..1801bc54575112 100755
--- a/doc/api/child_process.md
+++ b/doc/api/child_process.md
@@ -1136,8 +1136,9 @@ socket to the child process. The example below spawns two children that each
 handle connections with "normal" or "special" priority:
 
 ```js
-const normal = require('child_process').fork('child.js', ['normal']);
-const special = require('child_process').fork('child.js', ['special']);
+const { fork } = require('child_process');
+const normal = fork('child.js', ['normal']);
+const special = fork('child.js', ['special']);
 
 // Open up the server and send sockets to child. Use pauseOnConnect to prevent
 // the sockets from being read before they are sent to the child process.
diff --git a/lib/_tls_legacy.js b/lib/_tls_legacy.js
index 44f67de4e5adaa..b25be2d6a3b444 100644
--- a/lib/_tls_legacy.js
+++ b/lib/_tls_legacy.js
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-require('internal/util').assertCrypto();
+const internalUtil = require('internal/util');
+internalUtil.assertCrypto();
 
 const assert = require('assert');
 const Buffer = require('buffer').Buffer;
 const common = require('_tls_common');
 const Connection = process.binding('crypto').Connection;
 const EventEmitter = require('events');
-const internalUtil = require('internal/util');
 const stream = require('stream');
 const Timer = process.binding('timer_wrap').Timer;
 const tls = require('tls');
diff --git a/lib/internal/process.js b/lib/internal/process.js
index 31c502756682bc..4935fcb2643235 100644
--- a/lib/internal/process.js
+++ b/lib/internal/process.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const errors = require('internal/errors');
+const util = require('util');
 const constants = process.binding('constants').os.signals;
 
 const assert = process.assert = function(x, msg) {
@@ -178,10 +179,8 @@ function setupKillAndExit() {
       }
     }
 
-    if (err) {
-      const errnoException = require('util')._errnoException;
-      throw errnoException(err, 'kill');
-    }
+    if (err)
+      throw util._errnoException(err, 'kill');
 
     return true;
   };
@@ -212,8 +211,7 @@ function setupSignalHandlers() {
       const err = wrap.start(signum);
       if (err) {
         wrap.close();
-        const errnoException = require('util')._errnoException;
-        throw errnoException(err, 'uv_signal_start');
+        throw util._errnoException(err, 'uv_signal_start');
       }
 
       signalWraps[type] = wrap;
@@ -253,10 +251,9 @@ function setupChannel() {
 
 
 function setupRawDebug() {
-  const format = require('util').format;
   const rawDebug = process._rawDebug;
   process._rawDebug = function() {
-    rawDebug(format.apply(null, arguments));
+    rawDebug(util.format.apply(null, arguments));
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/repl.js b/lib/repl.js
index 4efe02e94e9c44..0b621ac4a2bd36 100644
--- a/lib/repl.js
+++ b/lib/repl.js
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ try {
 }
 
 // hack for repl require to work properly with node_modules folders
-module.paths = require('module')._nodeModulePaths(module.filename);
+module.paths = Module._nodeModulePaths(module.filename);
 
 // If obj.hasOwnProperty has been overridden, then calling
 // obj.hasOwnProperty(prop) will break.
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ function complete(line, callback) {
     filter = match[1];
     var dir, files, f, name, base, ext, abs, subfiles, s;
     group = [];
-    var paths = module.paths.concat(require('module').globalPaths);
+    var paths = module.paths.concat(Module.globalPaths);
     for (i = 0; i < paths.length; i++) {
       dir = path.resolve(paths[i], subdir);
       try {
diff --git a/test/common/index.js b/test/common/index.js
index 63e94adae5a99f..0537cd784e9ab2 100644
--- a/test/common/index.js
+++ b/test/common/index.js
@@ -25,11 +25,10 @@ const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const os = require('os');
-const child_process = require('child_process');
+const { exec, execSync, spawn, spawnSync } = require('child_process');
 const stream = require('stream');
 const util = require('util');
 const Timer = process.binding('timer_wrap').Timer;
-const execSync = require('child_process').execSync;
 
 const testRoot = process.env.NODE_TEST_DIR ?
   fs.realpathSync(process.env.NODE_TEST_DIR) : path.resolve(__dirname, '..');
@@ -186,7 +185,7 @@ Object.defineProperty(exports, 'inFreeBSDJail', {
     if (inFreeBSDJail !== null) return inFreeBSDJail;
 
     if (exports.isFreeBSD &&
-      child_process.execSync('sysctl -n security.jail.jailed').toString() ===
+      execSync('sysctl -n security.jail.jailed').toString() ===
       '1\n') {
       inFreeBSDJail = true;
     } else {
@@ -233,7 +232,7 @@ Object.defineProperty(exports, 'opensslCli', {get: function() {
 
   if (exports.isWindows) opensslCli += '.exe';
 
-  const opensslCmd = child_process.spawnSync(opensslCli, ['version']);
+  const opensslCmd = spawnSync(opensslCli, ['version']);
   if (opensslCmd.status !== 0 || opensslCmd.error !== undefined) {
     // openssl command cannot be executed
     opensslCli = false;
@@ -283,7 +282,7 @@ exports.childShouldThrowAndAbort = function() {
   }
   testCmd += `"${process.argv[0]}" --abort-on-uncaught-exception `;
   testCmd += `"${process.argv[1]}" child`;
-  const child = child_process.exec(testCmd);
+  const child = exec(testCmd);
   child.on('exit', function onExit(exitCode, signal) {
     const errMsg = 'Test should have aborted ' +
                    `but instead exited with exit code ${exitCode}` +
@@ -303,8 +302,6 @@ exports.ddCommand = function(filename, kilobytes) {
 
 
 exports.spawnPwd = function(options) {
-  const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
-
   if (exports.isWindows) {
     return spawn('cmd.exe', ['/d', '/c', 'cd'], options);
   } else {
@@ -314,8 +311,6 @@ exports.spawnPwd = function(options) {
 
 
 exports.spawnSyncPwd = function(options) {
-  const spawnSync = require('child_process').spawnSync;
-
   if (exports.isWindows) {
     return spawnSync('cmd.exe', ['/d', '/c', 'cd'], options);
   } else {
@@ -789,7 +784,7 @@ exports.getTTYfd = function getTTYfd() {
   else if (!tty.isatty(tty_fd)) tty_fd++;
   else {
     try {
-      tty_fd = require('fs').openSync('/dev/tty');
+      tty_fd = fs.openSync('/dev/tty');
     } catch (e) {
       // There aren't any tty fd's available to use.
       return -1;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-assert-typedarray-deepequal.js b/test/parallel/test-assert-typedarray-deepequal.js
index f5ecb274a86a32..7eed19cc539466 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-assert-typedarray-deepequal.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-assert-typedarray-deepequal.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
-const a = require('assert');
 
 function makeBlock(f) {
   const args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1);
@@ -51,7 +50,8 @@ equalArrayPairs.forEach((arrayPair) => {
 
 notEqualArrayPairs.forEach((arrayPair) => {
   assert.throws(
-    makeBlock(a.deepEqual, arrayPair[0], arrayPair[1]),
-    a.AssertionError
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-properties
+    makeBlock(assert.deepEqual, arrayPair[0], arrayPair[1]),
+    assert.AssertionError
   );
 });
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-assert.js b/test/parallel/test-assert.js
index 348927cd5c6a1b..a79da93d828348 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-assert.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-assert.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 'use strict';
 const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
-const a = require('assert');
+const a = assert;
 
 function makeBlock(f) {
   const args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-child-process-fork-and-spawn.js b/test/parallel/test-child-process-fork-and-spawn.js
index 5d4446d98a3489..88e634ba8b0522 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-child-process-fork-and-spawn.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-child-process-fork-and-spawn.js
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 'use strict';
 const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
-const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
-const fork = require('child_process').fork;
+const { fork, spawn } = require('child_process');
 
 // Fork, then spawn. The spawned process should not hang.
 switch (process.argv[2] || '') {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-child-process-send-returns-boolean.js b/test/parallel/test-child-process-send-returns-boolean.js
index 379f76a67390b9..d986b633d4140b 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-child-process-send-returns-boolean.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-child-process-send-returns-boolean.js
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const path = require('path');
 const net = require('net');
-const fork = require('child_process').fork;
-const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
+const { fork, spawn } = require('child_process');
 
 const emptyFile = path.join(common.fixturesDir, 'empty.js');
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-crypto-random.js b/test/parallel/test-crypto-random.js
index 6d1e40b87fe7f3..d9fa7efd9b6a4a 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-crypto-random.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-crypto-random.js
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ const expectedErrorRegexp = /^TypeError: size must be a number >= 0$/;
     bufferTooSmall: /^RangeError: buffer too small$/,
   };
 
+  const max = require('buffer').kMaxLength + 1;
+
   for (const buf of bufs) {
     const len = Buffer.byteLength(buf);
     assert.strictEqual(len, 10, `Expected byteLength of 10, got ${len}`);
@@ -168,8 +170,6 @@ const expectedErrorRegexp = /^TypeError: size must be a number >= 0$/;
       crypto.randomFill(buf, NaN, common.mustNotCall());
     }, errMessages.offsetNotNumber);
 
-    const max = require('buffer').kMaxLength + 1;
-
     assert.throws(() => {
       crypto.randomFillSync(buf, 11);
     }, errMessages.offsetOutOfRange);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-domain-exit-dispose.js b/test/parallel/test-domain-exit-dispose.js
index be56f4dfbb2b49..0bc8adae828437 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-domain-exit-dispose.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-domain-exit-dispose.js
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 // USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 'use strict';
-require('../common');
 const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const domain = require('domain');
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-handle-wrap-isrefed.js b/test/parallel/test-handle-wrap-isrefed.js
index 66353fcc0362b3..3fc115fdc2bab0 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-handle-wrap-isrefed.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-handle-wrap-isrefed.js
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ const strictEqual = require('assert').strictEqual;
 }
 
 
+const dgram = require('dgram');
+
 // dgram ipv4
 {
-  const dgram = require('dgram');
   const sock4 = dgram.createSocket('udp4');
   strictEqual(Object.getPrototypeOf(sock4._handle).hasOwnProperty('hasRef'),
               true, 'udp_wrap: ipv4: hasRef() missing');
@@ -46,7 +47,6 @@ const strictEqual = require('assert').strictEqual;
 
 // dgram ipv6
 {
-  const dgram = require('dgram');
   const sock6 = dgram.createSocket('udp6');
   strictEqual(Object.getPrototypeOf(sock6._handle).hasOwnProperty('hasRef'),
               true, 'udp_wrap: ipv6: hasRef() missing');
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-invalidheaderfield2.js b/test/parallel/test-http-invalidheaderfield2.js
index 2267c8565cb634..40415d9c368891 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-invalidheaderfield2.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-invalidheaderfield2.js
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const inspect = require('util').inspect;
-const checkIsHttpToken = require('_http_common')._checkIsHttpToken;
-const checkInvalidHeaderChar = require('_http_common')._checkInvalidHeaderChar;
+const { _checkIsHttpToken, _checkInvalidHeaderChar } = require('_http_common');
 
 // Good header field names
 [
@@ -29,8 +28,8 @@ const checkInvalidHeaderChar = require('_http_common')._checkInvalidHeaderChar;
   '3.14159265359'
 ].forEach(function(str) {
   assert.strictEqual(
-    checkIsHttpToken(str), true,
-    `checkIsHttpToken(${inspect(str)}) unexpectedly failed`);
+    _checkIsHttpToken(str), true,
+    `_checkIsHttpToken(${inspect(str)}) unexpectedly failed`);
 });
 // Bad header field names
 [
@@ -55,8 +54,8 @@ const checkInvalidHeaderChar = require('_http_common')._checkInvalidHeaderChar;
   'This,That'
 ].forEach(function(str) {
   assert.strictEqual(
-    checkIsHttpToken(str), false,
-    `checkIsHttpToken(${inspect(str)}) unexpectedly succeeded`);
+    _checkIsHttpToken(str), false,
+    `_checkIsHttpToken(${inspect(str)}) unexpectedly succeeded`);
 });
 
 
@@ -68,8 +67,8 @@ const checkInvalidHeaderChar = require('_http_common')._checkInvalidHeaderChar;
   '!@#$%^&*()-_=+\\;\':"[]{}<>,./?|~`'
 ].forEach(function(str) {
   assert.strictEqual(
-    checkInvalidHeaderChar(str), false,
-    `checkInvalidHeaderChar(${inspect(str)}) unexpectedly failed`);
+    _checkInvalidHeaderChar(str), false,
+    `_checkInvalidHeaderChar(${inspect(str)}) unexpectedly failed`);
 });
 
 // Bad header field values
@@ -84,6 +83,6 @@ const checkInvalidHeaderChar = require('_http_common')._checkInvalidHeaderChar;
   'Ding!\x07'
 ].forEach(function(str) {
   assert.strictEqual(
-    checkInvalidHeaderChar(str), true,
-    `checkInvalidHeaderChar(${inspect(str)}) unexpectedly succeeded`);
+    _checkInvalidHeaderChar(str), true,
+    `_checkInvalidHeaderChar(${inspect(str)}) unexpectedly succeeded`);
 });
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-listen-fd-detached.js b/test/parallel/test-listen-fd-detached.js
index cc9cb6471e408b..b2b9c74a9a2da1 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-listen-fd-detached.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-listen-fd-detached.js
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ function parent() {
   }).listen(0, function() {
     console.error('server listening on %d', this.address().port);
 
-    const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
     const child = spawn(process.execPath, [__filename, 'child'], {
       stdio: [ 'ignore', 'ignore', 'ignore', server._handle ],
       detached: true
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-net-pause-resume-connecting.js b/test/parallel/test-net-pause-resume-connecting.js
index 39d83159920f09..920522b7604556 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-net-pause-resume-connecting.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-net-pause-resume-connecting.js
@@ -40,27 +40,27 @@ const server = net.createServer(function(conn) {
 
 server.listen(0, function() {
   // Client 1
-  conn = require('net').createConnection(this.address().port, 'localhost');
+  conn = net.createConnection(this.address().port, 'localhost');
   conn.resume();
   conn.on('data', onDataOk);
 
 
   // Client 2
-  conn = require('net').createConnection(this.address().port, 'localhost');
+  conn = net.createConnection(this.address().port, 'localhost');
   conn.pause();
   conn.resume();
   conn.on('data', onDataOk);
 
 
   // Client 3
-  conn = require('net').createConnection(this.address().port, 'localhost');
+  conn = net.createConnection(this.address().port, 'localhost');
   conn.pause();
   conn.on('data', common.mustNotCall());
   scheduleTearDown(conn);
 
 
   // Client 4
-  conn = require('net').createConnection(this.address().port, 'localhost');
+  conn = net.createConnection(this.address().port, 'localhost');
   conn.resume();
   conn.pause();
   conn.resume();
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ server.listen(0, function() {
 
 
   // Client 5
-  conn = require('net').createConnection(this.address().port, 'localhost');
+  conn = net.createConnection(this.address().port, 'localhost');
   conn.resume();
   conn.resume();
   conn.pause();
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-process-exit-code.js b/test/parallel/test-process-exit-code.js
index e84be0aeadc05f..4deebb54a10784 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-process-exit-code.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-process-exit-code.js
@@ -83,22 +83,23 @@ function child5() {
 }
 
 function parent() {
+  const { spawn } = require('child_process');
+  const node = process.execPath;
+  const f = __filename;
+  const option = { stdio: [ 0, 1, 'ignore' ] };
+
+  const test = (arg, exit) => {
+    spawn(node, [f, arg], option).on('exit', (code) => {
+      assert.strictEqual(
+        code, exit,
+        `wrong exit for ${arg}\nexpected:${exit} but got:${code}`);
+      console.log('ok - %s exited with %d', arg, exit);
+    });
+  };
+
   test('child1', 42);
   test('child2', 42);
   test('child3', 0);
   test('child4', 1);
   test('child5', 99);
 }
-
-function test(arg, exit) {
-  const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
-  const node = process.execPath;
-  const f = __filename;
-  const option = { stdio: [ 0, 1, 'ignore' ] };
-  spawn(node, [f, arg], option).on('exit', function(code) {
-    assert.strictEqual(
-      code, exit,
-      `wrong exit for ${arg}\nexpected:${exit} but got:${code}`);
-    console.log('ok - %s exited with %d', arg, exit);
-  });
-}
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-readline-interface.js b/test/parallel/test-readline-interface.js
index 9acfb5421d0de7..25cd738bf2148c 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-readline-interface.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-readline-interface.js
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ const readline = require('readline');
 const internalReadline = require('internal/readline');
 const EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 const inherits = require('util').inherits;
-const Writable = require('stream').Writable;
-const Readable = require('stream').Readable;
+const { Writable, Readable } = require('stream');
 
 function FakeInput() {
   EventEmitter.call(this);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-require-symlink.js b/test/parallel/test-require-symlink.js
index d5dc03e49dfc37..5608df4eaf4823 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-require-symlink.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-require-symlink.js
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
-const exec = require('child_process').exec;
-const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
+const { exec, spawn } = require('child_process');
 const util = require('util');
 
 common.refreshTmpDir();
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-stream2-push.js b/test/parallel/test-stream2-push.js
index 88531d9e3dc58e..21dc303695a110 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-stream2-push.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-stream2-push.js
@@ -21,9 +21,8 @@
 
 'use strict';
 require('../common');
-const Readable = require('stream').Readable;
-const Writable = require('stream').Writable;
 const assert = require('assert');
+const { Readable, Writable } = require('stream');
 
 const EE = require('events').EventEmitter;
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tls-session-cache.js b/test/parallel/test-tls-session-cache.js
index 805c21b3ade248..a6d00d2c07b97d 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-tls-session-cache.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-tls-session-cache.js
@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@ if (!common.opensslCli)
 if (!common.hasCrypto)
   common.skip('missing crypto');
 
+const assert = require('assert');
+const tls = require('tls');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const { join } = require('path');
+const { spawn } = require('child_process');
+
+const keyFile = join(common.fixturesDir, 'agent.key');
+const certFile = join(common.fixturesDir, 'agent.crt');
+
 doTest({ tickets: false }, function() {
   doTest({ tickets: true }, function() {
     doTest({ tickets: false, invalidSession: true }, function() {
@@ -37,14 +46,6 @@ doTest({ tickets: false }, function() {
 });
 
 function doTest(testOptions, callback) {
-  const assert = require('assert');
-  const tls = require('tls');
-  const fs = require('fs');
-  const join = require('path').join;
-  const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
-
-  const keyFile = join(common.fixturesDir, 'agent.key');
-  const certFile = join(common.fixturesDir, 'agent.crt');
   const key = fs.readFileSync(keyFile);
   const cert = fs.readFileSync(certFile);
   const options = {
diff --git a/test/pummel/test-vm-memleak.js b/test/pummel/test-vm-memleak.js
index 79c22f030f57b1..601781fec2a5d6 100644
--- a/test/pummel/test-vm-memleak.js
+++ b/test/pummel/test-vm-memleak.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
+const vm = require('vm');
 
 const start = Date.now();
 let maxMem = 0;
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ assert(ok, 'Run this test with --max_old_space_size=32.');
 
 const interval = setInterval(function() {
   try {
-    require('vm').runInNewContext('throw 1;');
+    vm.runInNewContext('throw 1;');
   } catch (e) {
   }
 
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ const interval = setInterval(function() {
 
 function testContextLeak() {
   for (let i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
-    require('vm').createContext({});
+    vm.createContext({});
 }
 
 process.on('exit', function() {
diff --git a/test/sequential/test-child-process-execsync.js b/test/sequential/test-child-process-execsync.js
index 4dc11253c9a790..4fb2915010ef8d 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-child-process-execsync.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-child-process-execsync.js
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@
 const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 
-const execSync = require('child_process').execSync;
-const execFileSync = require('child_process').execFileSync;
+const { execFileSync, execSync } = require('child_process');
 
 const TIMER = 200;
 const SLEEP = 2000;
diff --git a/test/sequential/test-module-loading.js b/test/sequential/test-module-loading.js
index 8a7bfe15c43338..b117555a22cb2b 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-module-loading.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-module-loading.js
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ try {
   assert.strictEqual(e.message, 'blah');
 }
 
-assert.strictEqual(require('path').dirname(__filename), __dirname);
+assert.strictEqual(path.dirname(__filename), __dirname);
 
 console.error('load custom file types with extensions');
 require.extensions['.test'] = function(module, filename) {