diff --git a/.changeset/pretty-terms-fix.md b/.changeset/pretty-terms-fix.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3f0b06e5578
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/pretty-terms-fix.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+"@apollo/client": patch
+---
+
+Remove newly exported response iterator helpers that caused problems on some installs where `@types/node` was not available.
+
+**IMPORTANT**
+
+The following exports were added in version 3.8.0 that are removed with this patch.
+
+- `isAsyncIterableIterator`
+- `isBlob`
+- `isNodeReadableStream`
+- `isNodeResponse`
+- `isReadableStream`
+- `isStreamableBlob`
diff --git a/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/exports.ts.snap b/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/exports.ts.snap
index e0dea8d0ba5..a26810bd632 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/exports.ts.snap
+++ b/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/exports.ts.snap
@@ -427,8 +427,6 @@ Array [
   "hasDirectives",
   "isApolloPayloadResult",
   "isArray",
-  "isAsyncIterableIterator",
-  "isBlob",
   "isDocumentNode",
   "isExecutionPatchIncrementalResult",
   "isExecutionPatchInitialResult",
@@ -436,16 +434,12 @@ Array [
   "isField",
   "isInlineFragment",
   "isMutationOperation",
-  "isNodeReadableStream",
-  "isNodeResponse",
   "isNonEmptyArray",
   "isNonNullObject",
   "isPlainObject",
   "isQueryOperation",
-  "isReadableStream",
   "isReference",
   "isStatefulPromise",
-  "isStreamableBlob",
   "isSubscriptionOperation",
   "iterateObserversSafely",
   "makeReference",
diff --git a/src/link/http/__tests__/responseIteratorNoAsyncIterator.ts b/src/link/http/__tests__/responseIteratorNoAsyncIterator.ts
index bab9a6024d5..2224b3c2cbe 100644
--- a/src/link/http/__tests__/responseIteratorNoAsyncIterator.ts
+++ b/src/link/http/__tests__/responseIteratorNoAsyncIterator.ts
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ import { Readable } from "stream";
 // which do not execute when isAsyncIterableIterator is true
 // See: https://github.com/facebook/jest/issues/2582#issuecomment-655110424
 
-jest.mock("../../../utilities/common/responseIterator", () => ({
+jest.mock("../../../utilities/index.js", () => ({
   __esModule: true,
-  ...jest.requireActual("../../../utilities/common/responseIterator"),
-  isAsyncIterableIterator: jest.fn(() => false),
+  ...jest.requireActual("../../../utilities/index.js"),
+  canUseAsyncIteratorSymbol: false,
 }));
 
 const sampleDeferredQuery = gql`
diff --git a/src/link/http/responseIterator.ts b/src/link/http/responseIterator.ts
index 3bcea8a863c..d629c99e7e7 100644
--- a/src/link/http/responseIterator.ts
+++ b/src/link/http/responseIterator.ts
@@ -4,20 +4,43 @@
  */
 
 import type { Response as NodeResponse } from "node-fetch";
-import {
-  isAsyncIterableIterator,
-  isBlob,
-  isNodeResponse,
-  isNodeReadableStream,
-  isReadableStream,
-  isStreamableBlob,
-} from "../../utilities/index.js";
+import type { Readable as NodeReadableStream } from "stream";
+import { canUseAsyncIteratorSymbol } from "../../utilities/index.js";
 
 import asyncIterator from "./iterators/async.js";
 import nodeStreamIterator from "./iterators/nodeStream.js";
 import promiseIterator from "./iterators/promise.js";
 import readerIterator from "./iterators/reader.js";
 
+function isNodeResponse(value: any): value is NodeResponse {
+  return !!(value as NodeResponse).body;
+}
+
+function isReadableStream(value: any): value is ReadableStream<any> {
+  return !!(value as ReadableStream<any>).getReader;
+}
+
+function isAsyncIterableIterator(
+  value: any
+): value is AsyncIterableIterator<any> {
+  return !!(
+    canUseAsyncIteratorSymbol &&
+    (value as AsyncIterableIterator<any>)[Symbol.asyncIterator]
+  );
+}
+
+function isStreamableBlob(value: any): value is Blob {
+  return !!(value as Blob).stream;
+}
+
+function isBlob(value: any): value is Blob {
+  return !!(value as Blob).arrayBuffer;
+}
+
+function isNodeReadableStream(value: any): value is NodeReadableStream {
+  return !!(value as NodeReadableStream).pipe;
+}
+
 export function responseIterator<T>(
   response: Response | NodeResponse
 ): AsyncIterableIterator<T> {
diff --git a/src/utilities/common/responseIterator.ts b/src/utilities/common/responseIterator.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e552816f94..00000000000
--- a/src/utilities/common/responseIterator.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-import type { Response as NodeResponse } from "node-fetch";
-import type { Readable as NodeReadableStream } from "stream";
-import { canUseAsyncIteratorSymbol } from "./canUse.js";
-
-export function isNodeResponse(value: any): value is NodeResponse {
-  return !!(value as NodeResponse).body;
-}
-
-export function isReadableStream(value: any): value is ReadableStream<any> {
-  return !!(value as ReadableStream<any>).getReader;
-}
-
-export function isAsyncIterableIterator(
-  value: any
-): value is AsyncIterableIterator<any> {
-  return !!(
-    canUseAsyncIteratorSymbol &&
-    (value as AsyncIterableIterator<any>)[Symbol.asyncIterator]
-  );
-}
-
-export function isStreamableBlob(value: any): value is Blob {
-  return !!(value as Blob).stream;
-}
-
-export function isBlob(value: any): value is Blob {
-  return !!(value as Blob).arrayBuffer;
-}
-
-export function isNodeReadableStream(value: any): value is NodeReadableStream {
-  return !!(value as NodeReadableStream).pipe;
-}
diff --git a/src/utilities/index.ts b/src/utilities/index.ts
index de8cc10e99f..6462f639fea 100644
--- a/src/utilities/index.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/index.ts
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ export * from "./common/compact.js";
 export * from "./common/makeUniqueId.js";
 export * from "./common/stringifyForDisplay.js";
 export * from "./common/mergeOptions.js";
-export * from "./common/responseIterator.js";
 export * from "./common/incrementalResult.js";
 
 export { omitDeep } from "./common/omitDeep.js";