diff --git a/src/common/BrowserConnector.ts b/src/common/BrowserConnector.ts
index b3f2b3ba84664..d9ede04f2ec5c 100644
--- a/src/common/BrowserConnector.ts
+++ b/src/common/BrowserConnector.ts
@@ -14,18 +14,18 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { ConnectionTransport } from './ConnectionTransport.js';
+import { debugError } from '../common/helper.js';
+import { isNode } from '../environment.js';
+import { assert } from './assert.js';
 import {
   Browser,
-  TargetFilterCallback,
   IsPageTargetCallback,
+  TargetFilterCallback,
 } from './Browser.js';
-import { assert } from './assert.js';
-import { debugError } from '../common/helper.js';
 import { Connection } from './Connection.js';
-import { Viewport } from './PuppeteerViewport.js';
-import { isNode } from '../environment.js';
+import { ConnectionTransport } from './ConnectionTransport.js';
 import { getFetch } from './fetch.js';
+import { Viewport } from './PuppeteerViewport.js';
 
 /**
  * Generic browser options that can be passed when launching any browser or when
diff --git a/src/common/DOMWorld.ts b/src/common/DOMWorld.ts
index 51de8de2c5ec4..5558f9d8205f1 100644
--- a/src/common/DOMWorld.ts
+++ b/src/common/DOMWorld.ts
@@ -14,30 +14,29 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import { Protocol } from 'devtools-protocol';
 import { assert } from './assert.js';
-import { helper, debugError } from './helper.js';
-import {
-  LifecycleWatcher,
-  PuppeteerLifeCycleEvent,
-} from './LifecycleWatcher.js';
+import { CDPSession } from './Connection.js';
 import { TimeoutError } from './Errors.js';
-import { JSHandle, ElementHandle } from './JSHandle.js';
-import { ExecutionContext } from './ExecutionContext.js';
-import { TimeoutSettings } from './TimeoutSettings.js';
-import { MouseButton } from './Input.js';
-import { FrameManager, Frame } from './FrameManager.js';
-import { getQueryHandlerAndSelector } from './QueryHandler.js';
 import {
-  SerializableOrJSHandle,
-  EvaluateHandleFn,
-  WrapElementHandle,
   EvaluateFn,
   EvaluateFnReturnType,
+  EvaluateHandleFn,
+  SerializableOrJSHandle,
   UnwrapPromiseLike,
+  WrapElementHandle,
 } from './EvalTypes.js';
-import { isNode } from '../environment.js';
-import { Protocol } from 'devtools-protocol';
-import { CDPSession } from './Connection.js';
+import { ExecutionContext } from './ExecutionContext.js';
+import { Frame, FrameManager } from './FrameManager.js';
+import { debugError, helper } from './helper.js';
+import { MouseButton } from './Input.js';
+import { ElementHandle, JSHandle } from './JSHandle.js';
+import {
+  LifecycleWatcher,
+  PuppeteerLifeCycleEvent,
+} from './LifecycleWatcher.js';
+import { getQueryHandlerAndSelector } from './QueryHandler.js';
+import { TimeoutSettings } from './TimeoutSettings.js';
 
 // predicateQueryHandler and checkWaitForOptions are declared here so that
 // TypeScript knows about them when used in the predicate function below.
@@ -330,13 +329,18 @@ export class DOMWorld {
     }
 
     if (path !== null) {
-      if (!isNode) {
-        throw new Error(
-          'Cannot pass a filepath to addScriptTag in the browser environment.'
-        );
+      let fs;
+      try {
+        fs = (await import('fs')).promises;
+      } catch (error) {
+        if (error instanceof TypeError) {
+          throw new Error(
+            'Can only pass a filepath to addScriptTag in a Node-like environment.'
+          );
+        }
+        throw error;
       }
-      const fs = await import('fs');
-      let contents = await fs.promises.readFile(path, 'utf8');
+      let contents = await fs.readFile(path, 'utf8');
       contents += '//# sourceURL=' + path.replace(/\n/g, '');
       const context = await this.executionContext();
       const handle = await context.evaluateHandle(
@@ -437,13 +441,19 @@ export class DOMWorld {
     }
 
     if (path !== null) {
-      if (!isNode) {
-        throw new Error(
-          'Cannot pass a filepath to addStyleTag in the browser environment.'
-        );
+      let fs: typeof import('fs').promises;
+      try {
+        fs = (await import('fs')).promises;
+      } catch (error) {
+        if (error instanceof TypeError) {
+          throw new Error(
+            'Cannot pass a filepath to addStyleTag in the browser environment.'
+          );
+        }
+        throw error;
       }
-      const fs = await import('fs');
-      let contents = await fs.promises.readFile(path, 'utf8');
+
+      let contents = await fs.readFile(path, 'utf8');
       contents += '/*# sourceURL=' + path.replace(/\n/g, '') + '*/';
       const context = await this.executionContext();
       const handle = await context.evaluateHandle(addStyleContent, contents);
diff --git a/src/common/JSHandle.ts b/src/common/JSHandle.ts
index 1e143c4a7cb7a..d28532e9f7c41 100644
--- a/src/common/JSHandle.ts
+++ b/src/common/JSHandle.ts
@@ -14,25 +14,24 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import { Protocol } from 'devtools-protocol';
 import { assert } from './assert.js';
-import { helper, debugError } from './helper.js';
-import { ExecutionContext } from './ExecutionContext.js';
-import { Page, ScreenshotOptions } from './Page.js';
 import { CDPSession } from './Connection.js';
-import { KeyInput } from './USKeyboardLayout.js';
-import { FrameManager, Frame } from './FrameManager.js';
-import { getQueryHandlerAndSelector } from './QueryHandler.js';
-import { Protocol } from 'devtools-protocol';
 import {
   EvaluateFn,
-  SerializableOrJSHandle,
   EvaluateFnReturnType,
   EvaluateHandleFn,
-  WrapElementHandle,
+  SerializableOrJSHandle,
   UnwrapPromiseLike,
+  WrapElementHandle,
 } from './EvalTypes.js';
-import { isNode } from '../environment.js';
+import { ExecutionContext } from './ExecutionContext.js';
+import { Frame, FrameManager } from './FrameManager.js';
+import { debugError, helper } from './helper.js';
 import { MouseButton } from './Input.js';
+import { Page, ScreenshotOptions } from './Page.js';
+import { getQueryHandlerAndSelector } from './QueryHandler.js';
+import { KeyInput } from './USKeyboardLayout.js';
 
 /**
  * @public
@@ -822,17 +821,18 @@ export class ElementHandle<
       'Multiple file uploads only work with <input type=file multiple>'
     );
 
-    if (!isNode) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `JSHandle#uploadFile can only be used in Node environments.`
-      );
-    }
-    /*
-     This import is only needed for `uploadFile`, so keep it scoped here to
-     avoid paying the cost unnecessarily.
-    */
-    const path = await import('path');
     // Locate all files and confirm that they exist.
+    let path: typeof import('path');
+    try {
+      path = await import('path');
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (error instanceof TypeError) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `JSHandle#uploadFile can only be used in Node-like environments.`
+        );
+      }
+      throw error;
+    }
     const files = filePaths.map((filePath) => {
       if (path.isAbsolute(filePath)) {
         return filePath;
diff --git a/src/common/Page.ts b/src/common/Page.ts
index c47066a5d9c8b..c01c6beaf0179 100644
--- a/src/common/Page.ts
+++ b/src/common/Page.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 import { Protocol } from 'devtools-protocol';
 import type { Readable } from 'stream';
-import { isNode } from '../environment.js';
 import { Accessibility } from './Accessibility.js';
 import { assert, assertNever } from './assert.js';
 import { Browser, BrowserContext } from './Browser.js';
@@ -2825,13 +2824,17 @@ export class Page extends EventEmitter {
         : Buffer.from(result.data, 'base64');
 
     if (options.path) {
-      if (!isNode) {
-        throw new Error(
-          'Screenshots can only be written to a file path in a Node environment.'
-        );
+      try {
+        const fs = (await import('fs')).promises;
+        await fs.writeFile(options.path, buffer);
+      } catch (error) {
+        if (error instanceof TypeError) {
+          throw new Error(
+            'Screenshots can only be written to a file path in a Node-like environment.'
+          );
+        }
+        throw error;
       }
-      const fs = (await import('fs')).promises;
-      await fs.writeFile(options.path, buffer);
     }
     return buffer;
 
diff --git a/src/common/fetch.ts b/src/common/fetch.ts
index 8f41553b04ad8..c0ca7e3baf02c 100644
--- a/src/common/fetch.ts
+++ b/src/common/fetch.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { isNode } from '../environment.js';
-
 /* Use the global version if we're in the browser, else load the node-fetch module. */
 export const getFetch = async (): Promise<typeof fetch> => {
-  return isNode ? (await import('cross-fetch')).fetch : globalThis.fetch;
+  return globalThis.fetch || (await import('cross-fetch')).fetch;
 };
diff --git a/src/common/helper.ts b/src/common/helper.ts
index bc57e582c87a0..08a57483b3660 100644
--- a/src/common/helper.ts
+++ b/src/common/helper.ts
@@ -14,15 +14,14 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import { Protocol } from 'devtools-protocol';
 import type { Readable } from 'stream';
-
-import { TimeoutError } from './Errors.js';
-import { debug } from './Debug.js';
+import { isNode } from '../environment.js';
+import { assert } from './assert.js';
 import { CDPSession } from './Connection.js';
-import { Protocol } from 'devtools-protocol';
+import { debug } from './Debug.js';
+import { TimeoutError } from './Errors.js';
 import { CommonEventEmitter } from './EventEmitter.js';
-import { assert } from './assert.js';
-import { isNode } from '../environment.js';
 
 export const debugError = debug('puppeteer:error');
 
@@ -318,31 +317,34 @@ async function getReadableAsBuffer(
   readable: Readable,
   path?: string
 ): Promise<Buffer | null> {
-  if (!isNode && path) {
-    throw new Error('Cannot write to a path outside of Node.js environment.');
-  }
-
-  const fs = isNode ? (await import('fs')).promises : null;
-
-  let fileHandle: import('fs').promises.FileHandle | undefined;
-
-  if (path && fs) {
-    fileHandle = await fs.open(path, 'w');
-  }
   const buffers = [];
-  for await (const chunk of readable) {
-    buffers.push(chunk);
-    if (fileHandle && fs) {
-      await fs.writeFile(fileHandle, chunk);
+  if (path) {
+    let fs: typeof import('fs').promises;
+    try {
+      fs = (await import('fs')).promises;
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (error instanceof TypeError) {
+        throw new Error(
+          'Cannot write to a path outside of a Node-like environment.'
+        );
+      }
+      throw error;
+    }
+    const fileHandle = await fs.open(path, 'w+');
+    for await (const chunk of readable) {
+      buffers.push(chunk);
+      await fileHandle.writeFile(chunk);
+    }
+    await fileHandle.close();
+  } else {
+    for await (const chunk of readable) {
+      buffers.push(chunk);
     }
   }
-
-  if (path && fileHandle) await fileHandle.close();
-  let resultBuffer = null;
   try {
-    resultBuffer = Buffer.concat(buffers);
-  } finally {
-    return resultBuffer;
+    return Buffer.concat(buffers);
+  } catch (error) {
+    return null;
   }
 }
 
@@ -350,8 +352,8 @@ async function getReadableFromProtocolStream(
   client: CDPSession,
   handle: string
 ): Promise<Readable> {
-  // TODO:
-  // This restriction can be lifted once https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39062 has landed
+  // TODO: Once Node 18 becomes the lowest supported version, we can migrate to
+  // ReadableStream.
   if (!isNode) {
     throw new Error('Cannot create a stream outside of Node.js environment.');
   }
diff --git a/src/node-puppeteer-core.ts b/src/node-puppeteer-core.ts
index 976dfd5715c3c..23269bbc31814 100644
--- a/src/node-puppeteer-core.ts
+++ b/src/node-puppeteer-core.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { initializePuppeteerNode } from './initialize-node.js';
 import { isNode } from './environment.js';
+import { initializePuppeteerNode } from './initialize-node.js';
 
 if (!isNode) {
   throw new Error('Cannot run puppeteer-core outside of Node.js');
diff --git a/src/node.ts b/src/node.ts
index 714f8c2b94875..b996436b9d54f 100644
--- a/src/node.ts
+++ b/src/node.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { initializePuppeteerNode } from './initialize-node.js';
 import { isNode } from './environment.js';
+import { initializePuppeteerNode } from './initialize-node.js';
 
 if (!isNode) {
   throw new Error('Trying to run Puppeteer-Node in a web environment.');
 }
-export default initializePuppeteerNode('puppeteer');
+
+const puppeteer = initializePuppeteerNode('puppeteer');
+export default puppeteer;
diff --git a/src/web.ts b/src/web.ts
index a48a5cf14d61c..777f9ae0c3a41 100644
--- a/src/web.ts
+++ b/src/web.ts
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { initializePuppeteerWeb } from './initialize-web.js';
 import { isNode } from './environment.js';
+import { initializePuppeteerWeb } from './initialize-web.js';
 
 if (isNode) {
   throw new Error('Trying to run Puppeteer-Web in a Node environment');
 }
 
-export default initializePuppeteerWeb('puppeteer');
+const puppeteer = initializePuppeteerWeb('puppeteer');
+export default puppeteer;