diff --git a/packages/next/src/executors/server/lib/default-server.ts b/packages/next/src/executors/server/lib/default-server.ts
index 72fe9948f25db5..767c739e6757c2 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/executors/server/lib/default-server.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/executors/server/lib/default-server.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 import * as express from 'express';
-import * as path from 'path';
-import next from 'next';
 import { NextServerOptions, ProxyConfig } from '../../../utils/types';
 
 /**
@@ -11,6 +9,7 @@ export async function defaultServer(
   settings: NextServerOptions,
   proxyConfig?: ProxyConfig
 ): Promise<void> {
+  const next = require('next');
   const app = next(settings);
   const handle = app.getRequestHandler();