diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index 0dd3a87d43..d5dd272f22 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -109,7 +109,10 @@ module.exports = {
     },
     {
       // polyfills are mostly copy-pasted from sources so we don't control their styling
-      files: ['lib/core/utils/pollyfills.js'],
+      files: [
+        'lib/core/imports/polyfills.js',
+        'lib/core/utils/pollyfill-elements-from-point.js'
+      ],
       env: {
         browser: false
       },
diff --git a/lib/core/imports/index.js b/lib/core/imports/index.js
index 63622d7636..80aa717d57 100644
--- a/lib/core/imports/index.js
+++ b/lib/core/imports/index.js
@@ -1,45 +1,16 @@
+import './polyfills';
+
+// some of these imports require polyfills to be loaded first
 import { CssSelectorParser } from 'css-selector-parser';
 import doT from '@deque/dot';
 import emojiRegexText from 'emoji-regex';
 import memoize from 'memoizee';
 import Color from 'colorjs.io';
 
-import es6promise from 'es6-promise';
-import { Uint32Array } from 'typedarray';
-import 'weakmap-polyfill';
-import hasOwn from 'core-js-pure/actual/object/has-own';
-
-if (!('hasOwn' in Object)) {
-  Object.hasOwn = hasOwn;
-}
-
 // prevent striping newline characters from strings (e.g. failure
 // summaries). value must be synced with build/configure.js
 doT.templateSettings.strip = false;
 
-if (!('Promise' in window)) {
-  es6promise.polyfill();
-}
-
-if (!('Uint32Array' in window)) {
-  window.Uint32Array = Uint32Array;
-}
-if (window.Uint32Array) {
-  // @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/TypedArray/some
-  if (!('some' in window.Uint32Array.prototype)) {
-    Object.defineProperty(window.Uint32Array.prototype, 'some', {
-      value: Array.prototype.some
-    });
-  }
-
-  if (!('reduce' in window.Uint32Array.prototype)) {
-    // @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/TypedArray/reduce
-    Object.defineProperty(window.Uint32Array.prototype, 'reduce', {
-      value: Array.prototype.reduce
-    });
-  }
-}
-
 /**
  * Namespace `axe.imports` which holds required external dependencies
  *
diff --git a/lib/core/utils/pollyfills.js b/lib/core/imports/polyfills.js
similarity index 78%
rename from lib/core/utils/pollyfills.js
rename to lib/core/imports/polyfills.js
index 6829b80dc8..5725632e43 100644
--- a/lib/core/utils/pollyfills.js
+++ b/lib/core/imports/polyfills.js
@@ -1,8 +1,45 @@
+import es6promise from 'es6-promise';
+import { Uint32Array } from 'typedarray';
+import 'weakmap-polyfill';
+import hasOwn from 'core-js-pure/actual/object/has-own';
+import values from 'core-js-pure/actual/object/values';
+
+if (!('hasOwn' in Object)) {
+  Object.hasOwn = hasOwn;
+}
+
+if (!('values' in Object)) {
+  Object.values = values;
+}
+
+if (!('Promise' in window)) {
+  es6promise.polyfill();
+}
+
+if (!('Uint32Array' in window)) {
+  window.Uint32Array = Uint32Array;
+}
+if (window.Uint32Array) {
+  // @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/TypedArray/some
+  if (!('some' in window.Uint32Array.prototype)) {
+    Object.defineProperty(window.Uint32Array.prototype, 'some', {
+      value: Array.prototype.some
+    });
+  }
+
+  if (!('reduce' in window.Uint32Array.prototype)) {
+    // @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/TypedArray/reduce
+    Object.defineProperty(window.Uint32Array.prototype, 'reduce', {
+      value: Array.prototype.reduce
+    });
+  }
+}
+
 /*
  These polyfills came directly from the ES Specification itself
  Contained within:
-	- Object.assign
-	- Array.prototype.find
+  - Object.assign
+  - Array.prototype.find
 */
 if (typeof Object.assign !== 'function') {
   (function () {
@@ -76,80 +113,6 @@ if (!Array.prototype.findIndex) {
   });
 }
 
-// Spelled incorrectly intentionally (backwards compatibility).
-export function pollyfillElementsFromPoint() {
-  if (document.elementsFromPoint) return document.elementsFromPoint;
-  if (document.msElementsFromPoint) return document.msElementsFromPoint;
-
-  var usePointer = (function () {
-    var element = document.createElement('x');
-    element.style.cssText = 'pointer-events:auto';
-    return element.style.pointerEvents === 'auto';
-  })();
-
-  var cssProp = usePointer ? 'pointer-events' : 'visibility';
-  var cssDisableVal = usePointer ? 'none' : 'hidden';
-
-  var style = document.createElement('style');
-  style.innerHTML = usePointer
-    ? '* { pointer-events: all }'
-    : '* { visibility: visible }';
-
-  return function (x, y) {
-    var current, i, d;
-    var elements = [];
-    var previousPointerEvents = [];
-
-    // startup
-    document.head.appendChild(style);
-
-    while (
-      (current = document.elementFromPoint(x, y)) &&
-      elements.indexOf(current) === -1
-    ) {
-      // push the element and its current style
-      elements.push(current);
-
-      previousPointerEvents.push({
-        value: current.style.getPropertyValue(cssProp),
-        priority: current.style.getPropertyPriority(cssProp)
-      });
-
-      // add "pointer-events: none", to get to the underlying element
-      current.style.setProperty(cssProp, cssDisableVal, 'important');
-    }
-
-    // Due to negative index, documentElement could actually not be the last,
-    // so we'll simply move it to the end
-    if (elements.indexOf(document.documentElement) < elements.length - 1) {
-      elements.splice(elements.indexOf(document.documentElement), 1);
-      elements.push(document.documentElement);
-    }
-
-    // restore the previous pointer-events values
-    for (
-      i = previousPointerEvents.length;
-      !!(d = previousPointerEvents[--i]);
-
-    ) {
-      elements[i].style.setProperty(
-        cssProp,
-        d.value ? d.value : '',
-        d.priority
-      );
-    }
-
-    // teardown;
-    document.head.removeChild(style);
-
-    return elements;
-  };
-}
-
-if (typeof window.addEventListener === 'function') {
-  document.elementsFromPoint = pollyfillElementsFromPoint();
-}
-
 if (!Array.prototype.includes) {
   Object.defineProperty(Array.prototype, 'includes', {
     value: function (searchElement) {
diff --git a/lib/core/utils/index.js b/lib/core/utils/index.js
index 6e18e7f99c..360c1d7283 100644
--- a/lib/core/utils/index.js
+++ b/lib/core/utils/index.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export { default as parseCrossOriginStylesheet } from './parse-crossorigin-style
 export { default as parseSameOriginStylesheet } from './parse-sameorigin-stylesheet';
 export { default as parseStylesheet } from './parse-stylesheet';
 export { default as performanceTimer } from './performance-timer';
-export { pollyfillElementsFromPoint } from './pollyfills';
+export { pollyfillElementsFromPoint } from './pollyfill-elements-from-point';
 export { default as preloadCssom } from './preload-cssom';
 export { default as preloadMedia } from './preload-media';
 export { default as preload, shouldPreload, getPreloadConfig } from './preload';
diff --git a/lib/core/utils/pollyfill-elements-from-point.js b/lib/core/utils/pollyfill-elements-from-point.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1783f12946
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/core/utils/pollyfill-elements-from-point.js
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+// Spelled incorrectly intentionally (backwards compatibility).
+export function pollyfillElementsFromPoint() {
+  if (document.elementsFromPoint) return document.elementsFromPoint;
+  if (document.msElementsFromPoint) return document.msElementsFromPoint;
+
+  var usePointer = (function () {
+    var element = document.createElement('x');
+    element.style.cssText = 'pointer-events:auto';
+    return element.style.pointerEvents === 'auto';
+  })();
+
+  var cssProp = usePointer ? 'pointer-events' : 'visibility';
+  var cssDisableVal = usePointer ? 'none' : 'hidden';
+
+  var style = document.createElement('style');
+  style.innerHTML = usePointer
+    ? '* { pointer-events: all }'
+    : '* { visibility: visible }';
+
+  return function (x, y) {
+    var current, i, d;
+    var elements = [];
+    var previousPointerEvents = [];
+
+    // startup
+    document.head.appendChild(style);
+
+    while (
+      (current = document.elementFromPoint(x, y)) &&
+      elements.indexOf(current) === -1
+    ) {
+      // push the element and its current style
+      elements.push(current);
+
+      previousPointerEvents.push({
+        value: current.style.getPropertyValue(cssProp),
+        priority: current.style.getPropertyPriority(cssProp)
+      });
+
+      // add "pointer-events: none", to get to the underlying element
+      current.style.setProperty(cssProp, cssDisableVal, 'important');
+    }
+
+    // Due to negative index, documentElement could actually not be the last,
+    // so we'll simply move it to the end
+    if (elements.indexOf(document.documentElement) < elements.length - 1) {
+      elements.splice(elements.indexOf(document.documentElement), 1);
+      elements.push(document.documentElement);
+    }
+
+    // restore the previous pointer-events values
+    for (
+      i = previousPointerEvents.length;
+      !!(d = previousPointerEvents[--i]);
+
+    ) {
+      elements[i].style.setProperty(
+        cssProp,
+        d.value ? d.value : '',
+        d.priority
+      );
+    }
+
+    // teardown;
+    document.head.removeChild(style);
+
+    return elements;
+  };
+}
+
+if (typeof window.addEventListener === 'function') {
+  document.elementsFromPoint = pollyfillElementsFromPoint();
+}