diff --git a/packages/babel-helper-plugin-utils/src/index.js b/packages/babel-helper-plugin-utils/src/index.js
index f0ecb83a22e2..55fc7d6761af 100644
--- a/packages/babel-helper-plugin-utils/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-helper-plugin-utils/src/index.js
@@ -1,19 +1,33 @@
 export function declare(builder) {
   return (api, options, dirname) => {
-    if (!api.assertVersion) {
-      // Inject a custom version of 'assertVersion' for Babel 6 and early
-      // versions of Babel 7's beta that didn't have it.
-      api = Object.assign(copyApiObject(api), {
-        assertVersion(range) {
-          throwVersionError(range, api.version);
-        },
-      });
+    let clonedApi;
+
+    for (const name of Object.keys(apiPolyfills)) {
+      if (api[name]) continue;
+
+      // TODO: Use ??= when flow lets us to do so
+      clonedApi = clonedApi ?? copyApiObject(api);
+      clonedApi[name] = apiPolyfills[name](clonedApi);
     }
 
-    return builder(api, options || {}, dirname);
+    return builder(clonedApi ?? api, options || {}, dirname);
   };
 }
 
+const apiPolyfills = {
+  // Not supported by Babel 7 and early versions of Babel 7 beta.
+  // It's important that this is polyfilled for older Babel versions
+  // since it's needed to report the version mismatch.
+  assertVersion: api => range => {
+    throwVersionError(range, api.version);
+  },
+  // This is supported starting from Babel 7.13
+  // TODO(Babel 8): Remove this polyfill
+  targets: () => () => {
+    return {};
+  },
+};
+
 function copyApiObject(api) {
   // Babel >= 7 <= beta.41 passed the API as a new object that had
   // babel/core as the prototype. While slightly faster, it also
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/src/index.js b/packages/babel-preset-env/src/index.js
index 90f30f626fdb..3cdf046c5faa 100644
--- a/packages/babel-preset-env/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-env/src/index.js
@@ -264,8 +264,7 @@ function supportsTopLevelAwait(caller) {
 export default declare((api, opts) => {
   api.assertVersion(7);
 
-  // TODO(Babel 8): api.targets() is always defined, no need to fallback
-  const babelTargets = api.targets?.() ?? {};
+  const babelTargets = api.targets();
 
   const {
     bugfixes,