diff --git a/src/Connection.ts b/src/Connection.ts
index cb55228469f..04329d1336b 100644
--- a/src/Connection.ts
+++ b/src/Connection.ts
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import helper = require('./helper');
-const {assert} = helper;
+import {assert} from './helper';
 
 import EventsModule = require('./Events');
 const {Events} = EventsModule;
diff --git a/src/Dialog.ts b/src/Dialog.ts
index 91204f25574..792c37700ce 100644
--- a/src/Dialog.ts
+++ b/src/Dialog.ts
@@ -14,11 +14,9 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import helpers = require('./helper');
+import {assert} from './helper';
 import {CDPSession} from './Connection';
 
-const {assert} = helpers;
-
 enum DialogType {
   Alert = 'alert',
   BeforeUnload = 'beforeunload',
diff --git a/src/PipeTransport.ts b/src/PipeTransport.ts
index d23ef096517..b997ee5dc06 100644
--- a/src/PipeTransport.ts
+++ b/src/PipeTransport.ts
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import helperUtils = require('./helper');
-const {helper, debugError} = helperUtils;
+import {helper, debugError, PuppeteerEventListener} from './helper';
 
 class PipeTransport implements Puppeteer.ConnectionTransport {
   _pipeWrite: NodeJS.WritableStream;
diff --git a/src/helper.ts b/src/helper.ts
index b3e9e8fe4b9..fb9fa265b3c 100644
--- a/src/helper.ts
+++ b/src/helper.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 import Errors = require('./Errors');
 
 import debug = require('debug');
-const debugError = debug('puppeteer:error');
 import fs = require('fs');
 import promisify = require('./promisify');
 import {CDPSession} from './Connection';
@@ -27,7 +26,9 @@ const openAsync = promisify(fs.open);
 const writeAsync = promisify(fs.write);
 const closeAsync = promisify(fs.close);
 
-function assert(value: unknown, message?: string): void {
+export const debugError = debug('puppeteer:error');
+
+export function assert(value: unknown, message?: string): void {
   if (!value)
     throw new Error(message);
 }
@@ -103,6 +104,11 @@ function installAsyncStackHooks(classType: AnyClass): void {
   }
 }
 
+export interface PuppeteerEventListener {
+  emitter: NodeJS.EventEmitter;
+  eventName: string | symbol;
+  handler: (...args: any[]) => void;
+}
 
 function addEventListener(emitter: NodeJS.EventEmitter, eventName: string|symbol, handler: (...args: any[]) => void): PuppeteerEventListener {
   emitter.on(eventName, handler);
@@ -212,22 +218,18 @@ async function readProtocolStream(client: CDPSession, handle: string, path?: str
 }
 
 
-export = {
-  helper: {
-    promisify,
-    evaluationString,
-    readProtocolStream,
-    waitWithTimeout,
-    waitForEvent,
-    isString,
-    isNumber,
-    addEventListener,
-    removeEventListeners,
-    valueFromRemoteObject,
-    installAsyncStackHooks,
-    getExceptionMessage,
-    releaseObject,
-  },
-  assert,
-  debugError
+export const helper = {
+  promisify,
+  evaluationString,
+  readProtocolStream,
+  waitWithTimeout,
+  waitForEvent,
+  isString,
+  isNumber,
+  addEventListener,
+  removeEventListeners,
+  valueFromRemoteObject,
+  installAsyncStackHooks,
+  getExceptionMessage,
+  releaseObject,
 };
diff --git a/src/types.d.ts b/src/types.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 8be41bae854..00000000000
--- a/src/types.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright 2020 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-/* These types exist here until we migrate over to ESM where we can
- * import / export them properly from modules - TS doesn't support
- * exposing interfaces in CommonJS land.
- */
-interface PuppeteerEventListener {
-  emitter: NodeJS.EventEmitter;
-  eventName: string | symbol;
-  handler: (...args: any[]) => void;
-}