diff --git a/lib/internal/util.js b/lib/internal/util.js
index 543ebbaf6d6fa6..1eacb95f2ce902 100644
--- a/lib/internal/util.js
+++ b/lib/internal/util.js
@@ -202,10 +202,8 @@ const kCustomPromisifiedSymbol = Symbol('util.promisify.custom');
 const kCustomPromisifyArgsSymbol = Symbol('customPromisifyArgs');
 
 function promisify(orig) {
-  if (typeof orig !== 'function') {
-    const errors = require('internal/errors');
+  if (typeof orig !== 'function')
     throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE', 'original', 'function');
-  }
 
   if (orig[kCustomPromisifiedSymbol]) {
     const fn = orig[kCustomPromisifiedSymbol];