diff --git a/babel.config.js b/babel.config.js
index 890f6c9a6e23..dc0216cda0f0 100644
--- a/babel.config.js
+++ b/babel.config.js
@@ -220,6 +220,15 @@ module.exports = function (api) {
           ],
         ],
       },
+      convertESM && {
+        test: ["./packages/babel-core/src"].map(normalize),
+        plugins: [
+          [
+            pluginInjectNodeReexportsHints,
+            { names: ["types", "tokTypes", "traverse", "template"] },
+          ],
+        ],
+      },
       convertESM && {
         test: sources.map(normalize),
         exclude: lazyRequireSources.map(normalize),
@@ -730,3 +739,43 @@ function pluginDynamicESLintVersionCheck({ template }) {
     },
   };
 }
+
+// Inject `0 && exports.foo = 0` hints for the specified exports,
+// to help the Node.js CJS-ESM interop. This is only
+// needed when compiling ESM re-exports to CJS in `lazy` mode.
+function pluginInjectNodeReexportsHints({ types: t, template }, { names }) {
+  return {
+    visitor: {
+      Program: {
+        exit(path) {
+          const seen = [];
+          for (const stmt of path.get("body")) {
+            if (!stmt.isExpressionStatement()) continue;
+            const expr = stmt.get("expression");
+            if (
+              !expr.isCallExpression() ||
+              !expr.get("callee").matchesPattern("Object.defineProperty") ||
+              expr.node.arguments.length !== 3 ||
+              !expr.get("arguments.0").isIdentifier({ name: "exports" }) ||
+              !expr.get("arguments.1").isStringLiteral() ||
+              !names.includes(expr.node.arguments[1].value)
+            ) {
+              continue;
+            }
+
+            expr
+              .get("arguments.0")
+              .replaceWith(template.expression.ast`(0, exports)`);
+            seen.push(expr.node.arguments[1].value);
+          }
+
+          const assign = seen.reduce(
+            (rhs, name) => template.expression.ast`exports.${name} = ${rhs}`,
+            t.numericLiteral(0)
+          );
+          path.pushContainer("body", template.statement.ast`0 && (${assign})`);
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/babel-core/src/index.ts b/packages/babel-core/src/index.ts
index 676662749ec5..3a05f67240ce 100644
--- a/packages/babel-core/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/babel-core/src/index.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ export { resolvePlugin, resolvePreset } from "./config/files";
 
 export { getEnv } from "./config/helpers/environment";
 
+// NOTE: Lazy re-exports aren't detected by the Node.js CJS-ESM interop.
+// These are handled by pluginInjectNodeReexportsHints in our babel.config.js
+// so that they can work well.
 export * as types from "@babel/types";
 export { tokTypes } from "@babel/parser";
-
 export { default as traverse } from "@babel/traverse";
 export { default as template } from "@babel/template";
 
diff --git a/packages/babel-core/test/api.js b/packages/babel-core/test/api.js
index 39ec12d2740e..6220f79258ac 100644
--- a/packages/babel-core/test/api.js
+++ b/packages/babel-core/test/api.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import babel from "../lib/index.js";
+import * as babel from "../lib/index.js";
 import { TraceMap, originalPositionFor } from "@jridgewell/trace-mapping";
 import path from "path";
 import generator from "@babel/generator";
diff --git a/packages/babel-core/test/config-chain.js b/packages/babel-core/test/config-chain.js
index 93872311b47d..fad83c08ad0b 100644
--- a/packages/babel-core/test/config-chain.js
+++ b/packages/babel-core/test/config-chain.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import fs from "fs";
 import os from "os";
 import path from "path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
-import babel from "../lib/index.js";
+import * as babel from "../lib/index.js";
 import rimraf from "rimraf";
 
 import _getTargets from "@babel/helper-compilation-targets";
diff --git a/packages/babel-core/test/fixtures/babel-compile-async.mjs b/packages/babel-core/test/fixtures/babel-compile-async.mjs
index 4f67829a74d0..2fc84903a22b 100755
--- a/packages/babel-core/test/fixtures/babel-compile-async.mjs
+++ b/packages/babel-core/test/fixtures/babel-compile-async.mjs
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@
 
 // Usage:
 // babel-compile-async.js [filename]
-import babel from "../../lib/index.js";
+import { transformAsync } from "../../lib/index.js";
 
 (async () => {
-  process.stdout.write(
-    JSON.stringify(await babel.transformAsync(""))
-  );
+  process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(await transformAsync("")));
 })();
diff --git a/packages/babel-core/test/fixtures/babel-compile-sync.mjs b/packages/babel-core/test/fixtures/babel-compile-sync.mjs
index dd4152602f39..278aae3f46c3 100755
--- a/packages/babel-core/test/fixtures/babel-compile-sync.mjs
+++ b/packages/babel-core/test/fixtures/babel-compile-sync.mjs
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 // Usage:
 // babel-compile-async.js [filename]
-import babel from "../../lib/index.js";
+import { transformSync } from "../../lib/index.js";
 
-process.stdout.write(
-  JSON.stringify(babel.transformSync(""))
-);
+process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(transformSync("")));
diff --git a/packages/babel-core/test/fixtures/babel-load-options-async.mjs b/packages/babel-core/test/fixtures/babel-load-options-async.mjs
index a932456329ae..311a0f9ac20d 100755
--- a/packages/babel-core/test/fixtures/babel-load-options-async.mjs
+++ b/packages/babel-core/test/fixtures/babel-load-options-async.mjs
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 // Usage:
 // babel-load-options-async.js [filename]
-import babel from "../../lib/index.js";
+import { loadOptionsAsync } from "../../lib/index.js";
 
 const [, , filename, cwd] = process.argv;
 
 (async () => {
   process.stdout.write(
-    JSON.stringify(await babel.loadOptionsAsync({ filename, cwd }))
+    JSON.stringify(await loadOptionsAsync({ filename, cwd }))
   );
 })();
diff --git a/packages/babel-helper-check-duplicate-nodes/test/index.js b/packages/babel-helper-check-duplicate-nodes/test/index.js
index 9f3158a8ebee..0e6117d80bb7 100644
--- a/packages/babel-helper-check-duplicate-nodes/test/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-helper-check-duplicate-nodes/test/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import _checkDuplicateNodes from "../lib/index.js";
-import babel from "@babel/core";
-const { parseSync, traverse, types: t } = babel;
+import { parseSync, traverse, types as t } from "@babel/core";
 const checkDuplicateNodes = _checkDuplicateNodes.default;
 
 describe("checkDuplicateNodes", () => {
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ describe("checkDuplicateNodes", () => {
   });
   it("should throw when more than one arguments are passed", () => {
     expect(() => {
-      checkDuplicateNodes(babel, {});
+      checkDuplicateNodes({}, {});
     }).toThrow("checkDuplicateNodes accepts only one argument: ast");
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-bugfix-safari-id-destructuring-collision-in-function-expression/test/util.skip-bundled.js b/packages/babel-plugin-bugfix-safari-id-destructuring-collision-in-function-expression/test/util.skip-bundled.js
index 9ac730f74a06..db8eb52d0f8a 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-bugfix-safari-id-destructuring-collision-in-function-expression/test/util.skip-bundled.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-bugfix-safari-id-destructuring-collision-in-function-expression/test/util.skip-bundled.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { shouldTransform } from "../lib/util.js";
-import babel from "@babel/core";
-const { parseSync, traverse } = babel;
+import { parseSync, traverse } from "@babel/core";
 
 function getPath(input, parserOpts = {}) {
   let targetPath;
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-bugfix-v8-spread-parameters-in-optional-chaining/test/util.skip-bundled.js b/packages/babel-plugin-bugfix-v8-spread-parameters-in-optional-chaining/test/util.skip-bundled.js
index a1241cbf1f4b..d23528ba18b1 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-bugfix-v8-spread-parameters-in-optional-chaining/test/util.skip-bundled.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-bugfix-v8-spread-parameters-in-optional-chaining/test/util.skip-bundled.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { shouldTransform } from "../lib/util.js";
-import babel from "@babel/core";
-const { parseSync, traverse } = babel;
+import { parseSync, traverse } from "@babel/core";
 
 function getPath(input, parserOpts = {}) {
   let targetPath;
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-destructuring-private/test/plugin-ordering.js b/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-destructuring-private/test/plugin-ordering.js
index 64ace639375e..9879497c8ee9 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-destructuring-private/test/plugin-ordering.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-destructuring-private/test/plugin-ordering.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import babel from "@babel/core";
+import { transformSync } from "@babel/core";
 import proposalDestructuringPrivate from "../lib/index.js";
 
 describe("plugin ordering", () => {
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ describe("plugin ordering", () => {
     `;
     expect(
       () =>
-        babel.transformSync(source, {
+        transformSync(source, {
           filename: "example.js",
           highlightCode: false,
           configFile: false,
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-destructuring-private/test/util.skip-bundled.js b/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-destructuring-private/test/util.skip-bundled.js
index 5e50a88acb64..3c2d6e11d9df 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-destructuring-private/test/util.skip-bundled.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-destructuring-private/test/util.skip-bundled.js
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-import babel from "@babel/core";
+import { parseSync, traverse, types as t } from "@babel/core";
 import { traversePattern, privateKeyPathIterator } from "../lib/util.js";
-const { isObjectProperty, isPrivateName } = babel.types;
-
-const { parseSync, traverse } = babel;
 
 function wrapSourceInClassEnvironment(input) {
   const usedPrivateNames = new Set();
@@ -44,9 +41,9 @@ describe("traversePattern", () => {
     );
     const keys = [
       ...traversePattern(patternPath.node, function* (node) {
-        if (isObjectProperty(node)) {
+        if (t.isObjectProperty(node)) {
           const propertyKey = node.key;
-          if (isPrivateName(propertyKey)) {
+          if (t.isPrivateName(propertyKey)) {
             yield propertyKey.id.name;
           }
         }
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-optional-chaining/test/util.skip-bundled.js b/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-optional-chaining/test/util.skip-bundled.js
index 4fb30bcfbd0d..ee3289dcc530 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-optional-chaining/test/util.skip-bundled.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-optional-chaining/test/util.skip-bundled.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { willPathCastToBoolean } from "../lib/util.js";
-import babel from "@babel/core";
-const { parseSync, traverse } = babel;
+import { parseSync, traverse } from "@babel/core";
 
 function getPath(input, parserOpts) {
   let targetPath;
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/scripts/build-dist.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/scripts/build-dist.js
index 61570a0ab7ff..1668717dd188 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/scripts/build-dist.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/scripts/build-dist.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import path from "path";
 import fs from "fs";
 import { createRequire } from "module";
 import helpers from "@babel/helpers";
-import babel from "@babel/core";
+import { transformFromAstSync, File } from "@babel/core";
 import template from "@babel/template";
 import t from "@babel/types";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ function buildHelper(
 
   if (!esm) {
     bindings = [];
-    helpers.ensure(helperName, babel.File);
+    helpers.ensure(helperName, File);
     for (const dep of helpers.getDependencies(helperName)) {
       const id = (dependencies[dep] = t.identifier(t.toIdentifier(dep)));
       tree.body.push(template.statement.ast`
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ function buildHelper(
   );
   tree.body.push(...helper.nodes);
 
-  return babel.transformFromAstSync(tree, null, {
+  return transformFromAstSync(tree, null, {
     filename: helperFilename,
     presets: [["@babel/preset-env", { modules: false }]],
     plugins: [