diff --git a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/addTopLevelComments.ts b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/addTopLevelComments.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a347c4510
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/addTopLevelComments.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { isDeepStrictEqual } from "util";
+import { CommentKind } from "ast-types/gen/kinds";
+import { Collection, JSCodeshift } from "jscodeshift";
+
+export const addTopLevelComments = (
+  j: JSCodeshift,
+  source: Collection<unknown>,
+  comments?: CommentKind[] | null
+) => {
+  if (!comments || comments.length === 0) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const firstNode = source.find(j.Program).get("body", 0);
+  const newComments = firstNode.node.comments;
+  if (!isDeepStrictEqual(comments, newComments)) {
+    firstNode.insertBefore(j.emptyStatement.from({ comments }));
+  }
+};
diff --git a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/getRequireDeclaratorsWithObjectPattern.ts b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/getRequireDeclaratorsWithObjectPattern.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 0eac500a8..000000000
--- a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/getRequireDeclaratorsWithObjectPattern.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-import { Collection, JSCodeshift, ObjectProperty, Property } from "jscodeshift";
-
-import { OBJECT_PROPERTY_TYPE_LIST } from "../config";
-import { getRequireDeclarators } from "./getRequireDeclarators";
-
-export interface GetRequireDeclaratorsWithObjectPattern {
-  identifierName: string;
-  sourceValue: string;
-}
-
-export const getRequireDeclaratorsWithObjectPattern = (
-  j: JSCodeshift,
-  source: Collection<unknown>,
-  { identifierName, sourceValue }: GetRequireDeclaratorsWithObjectPattern
-) =>
-  getRequireDeclarators(j, source, sourceValue).filter((declarator) => {
-    if (declarator.value.id.type !== "ObjectPattern") {
-      return false;
-    }
-    const { properties } = declarator.value.id;
-    return properties.some((property) => {
-      if (!OBJECT_PROPERTY_TYPE_LIST.includes(property.type)) return false;
-      const propertyValue = (property as Property | ObjectProperty).value;
-      return propertyValue.type === "Identifier" && propertyValue.name === identifierName;
-    });
-  });
diff --git a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/getRequireObjectPatternProperty.ts b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/getRequireObjectPatternProperty.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e59e4968
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/getRequireObjectPatternProperty.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { Collection, JSCodeshift, Literal } from "jscodeshift";
+import { STRING_LITERAL_TYPE_LIST } from "../config";
+
+export interface GetRequireObjectPatternPropertyOptions {
+  identifierName: string;
+  sourceValue: string;
+}
+
+export const getRequireObjectPatternProperty = (
+  j: JSCodeshift,
+  source: Collection<unknown>,
+  { identifierName, sourceValue }: GetRequireObjectPatternPropertyOptions
+) => {
+  const filter = {
+    key: {
+      type: "Identifier",
+      name: identifierName,
+    },
+    value: {
+      type: "Identifier",
+    },
+  } as const;
+
+  const propertyCollection = source.find(j.Property, filter);
+  const objectPropertyCollection = source.find(j.ObjectProperty, filter);
+  const collection = propertyCollection.size() ? propertyCollection : objectPropertyCollection;
+
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
+  // @ts-ignore This expression is not callable.
+  return collection.filter((path) => {
+    const pathValueName = path.value.name;
+    if (pathValueName && pathValueName !== sourceValue) return false;
+
+    const varDeclarator = j(path).closest(j.VariableDeclarator);
+    const init = varDeclarator.nodes()[0].init;
+    if (!init || init.type !== "CallExpression") return false;
+
+    const initCallee = init.callee;
+    if (initCallee.type !== "Identifier" || initCallee.name !== "require") return false;
+
+    const initArguments = init.arguments;
+    if (initArguments.length !== 1) return false;
+    const arg = initArguments[0];
+    if (!STRING_LITERAL_TYPE_LIST.includes(arg.type)) return false;
+    return (arg as Literal).value === sourceValue;
+  });
+};
diff --git a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/removeRequireIdentifier.ts b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/removeRequireIdentifier.ts
index a40513167..cdbdfbcc4 100644
--- a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/removeRequireIdentifier.ts
+++ b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/removeRequireIdentifier.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-import { Collection, Identifier, JSCodeshift, Literal, VariableDeclarator } from "jscodeshift";
+import { Collection, JSCodeshift } from "jscodeshift";
 
-import { STRING_LITERAL_TYPE_LIST } from "../config";
+import { addTopLevelComments } from "./addTopLevelComments";
 import { getRequireDeclaratorsWithIdentifier } from "./getRequireDeclaratorsWithIdentifier";
-import { removeDeclaration } from "./removeDeclaration";
 
 export interface RemoveRequireIdentifierOptions {
   localName: string;
@@ -19,40 +18,7 @@ export const removeRequireIdentifier = (
     sourceValue,
   });
 
-  requireDeclarators.forEach((varDeclarator) => {
-    const varDeclaration = varDeclarator.parentPath.parentPath;
-
-    // Removes variable declarator from the declarations.
-    varDeclaration.value.declarations = varDeclaration.value.declarations.filter(
-      (declaration: VariableDeclarator | Identifier) => {
-        if (declaration.type === "Identifier") return true;
-
-        const id = declaration.id;
-        if (id.type !== "Identifier") return true;
-        if (id.name !== localName) return true;
-
-        const init = declaration.init;
-        if (!init) return true;
-        if (init.type !== "CallExpression") return true;
-
-        const callee = init.callee;
-        if (!callee) return true;
-        if (callee.type !== "Identifier") return true;
-        if (callee.name !== "require") return true;
-
-        const args = init.arguments;
-        if (!args) return true;
-        if (args.length !== 1) return true;
-        if (!STRING_LITERAL_TYPE_LIST.includes(args[0].type)) return true;
-        if ((args[0] as Literal).value !== sourceValue) return true;
-
-        return false;
-      }
-    );
-
-    // Remove VariableDeclaration if there are no declarations.
-    if (varDeclaration.value.declarations?.length === 0) {
-      removeDeclaration(j, source, varDeclaration);
-    }
-  });
+  const comments = source.find(j.Program).get("body", 0).node.comments;
+  requireDeclarators.remove();
+  addTopLevelComments(j, source, comments);
 };
diff --git a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/removeRequireObjectPattern.ts b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/removeRequireObjectPattern.ts
index 631b6e92f..7e9009d1c 100644
--- a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/removeRequireObjectPattern.ts
+++ b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/removeRequireObjectPattern.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,7 @@
-import {
-  Collection,
-  Identifier,
-  JSCodeshift,
-  ObjectPattern,
-  ObjectProperty,
-  Property,
-  VariableDeclarator,
-} from "jscodeshift";
+import { Collection, JSCodeshift } from "jscodeshift";
 
-import { OBJECT_PROPERTY_TYPE_LIST } from "../config";
-import { getRequireDeclaratorsWithObjectPattern } from "./getRequireDeclaratorsWithObjectPattern";
-import { removeDeclaration } from "./removeDeclaration";
+import { addTopLevelComments } from "./addTopLevelComments";
+import { getRequireObjectPatternProperty } from "./getRequireObjectPatternProperty";
 
 export interface RemoveRequireObjectPropertyOptions {
   localName: string;
@@ -22,31 +13,12 @@ export const removeRequireObjectPattern = (
   source: Collection<unknown>,
   { localName, sourceValue }: RemoveRequireObjectPropertyOptions
 ) => {
-  const requireDeclarators = getRequireDeclaratorsWithObjectPattern(j, source, {
+  const requireObjectPatternProperty = getRequireObjectPatternProperty(j, source, {
     identifierName: localName,
     sourceValue,
   });
 
-  requireDeclarators.forEach((varDeclarator) => {
-    // Remove ObjectProperty from Variable Declarator.
-    const varDeclaratorId = varDeclarator.value.id as ObjectPattern;
-    varDeclaratorId.properties = varDeclaratorId.properties.filter((property) => {
-      if (!OBJECT_PROPERTY_TYPE_LIST.includes(property.type)) return true;
-      const propertyValue = (property as Property | ObjectProperty).value;
-      return propertyValue.type !== "Identifier" || propertyValue.name !== localName;
-    });
-
-    // Remove VariableDeclarator if there are no properties.
-    if (varDeclaratorId.properties.length === 0) {
-      const varDeclaration = varDeclarator.parentPath.parentPath;
-      varDeclaration.value.declarations = varDeclaration.value.declarations.filter(
-        (declaration: VariableDeclarator | Identifier) => declaration !== varDeclarator.value
-      );
-
-      // Remove VariableDeclaration if there are no declarations.
-      if (varDeclaration.value.declarations?.length === 0) {
-        removeDeclaration(j, source, varDeclaration);
-      }
-    }
-  });
+  const comments = source.find(j.Program).get("body", 0).node.comments;
+  requireObjectPatternProperty.remove();
+  addTopLevelComments(j, source, comments);
 };