diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/helpers.js b/lib/internal/modules/helpers.js
index 729a33e04f34cd..c4cf82fe49f349 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/helpers.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/helpers.js
@@ -359,10 +359,6 @@ function stripTypeScriptTypes(source, filename) {
     mode: typeScriptParsingMode,
     sourceMap: sourceMapEnabled,
     filename,
-    // Transform option is only applied in transform mode.
-    transform: {
-      verbatimModuleSyntax: true,
-    },
   };
   const { code, map } = parse(source, options);
   if (map) {
diff --git a/test/es-module/test-typescript-transform.mjs b/test/es-module/test-typescript-transform.mjs
index 85a5cf96f3cc02..06faa3ddfcf932 100644
--- a/test/es-module/test-typescript-transform.mjs
+++ b/test/es-module/test-typescript-transform.mjs
@@ -114,3 +114,15 @@ test('execute a transpiled JavaScript file', async () => {
   strictEqual(result.stdout, '');
   strictEqual(result.code, 1);
 });
+
+test('execute TypeScript file with import = require', async () => {
+  const result = await spawnPromisified(process.execPath, [
+    '--experimental-transform-types',
+    '--no-warnings',
+    fixtures.path('typescript/cts/test-import-require.cts'),
+  ]);
+
+  strictEqual(result.stderr, '');
+  match(result.stdout, /Hello, TypeScript!/);
+  strictEqual(result.code, 0);
+});
diff --git a/test/fixtures/typescript/cts/test-import-require.cts b/test/fixtures/typescript/cts/test-import-require.cts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..2d21a9c6ec3d66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/typescript/cts/test-import-require.cts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import util = require("node:util");
+
+const foo: string = "Hello, TypeScript!";
+
+console.log(util.styleText(["red"], foo));