diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/index.ts
index 3097fe6cfa..49b4c49037 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/index.ts
@@ -9,12 +9,11 @@ import {DocusaurusContext, Plugin} from '@docusaurus/types';
 import type {ThemeConfig} from '@docusaurus/theme-common';
 import {getTranslationFiles, translateThemeConfig} from './translations';
 import path from 'path';
-import Module from 'module';
+import {createRequire} from 'module';
 import type {AcceptedPlugin, Plugin as PostCssPlugin} from 'postcss';
 import rtlcss from 'rtlcss';
 import {readDefaultCodeTranslationMessages} from '@docusaurus/utils';
 
-const createRequire = Module.createRequire || Module.createRequireFromPath;
 const requireFromDocusaurusCore = createRequire(
   require.resolve('@docusaurus/core/package.json'),
 );
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/plugins/init.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/plugins/init.ts
index cbe86eaf32..0d1968a833 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/plugins/init.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/plugins/init.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import Module from 'module';
+import {createRequire} from 'module';
 import importFresh from 'import-fresh';
 import {
   DocusaurusPluginVersionInformation,
@@ -133,9 +133,6 @@ export default function initPlugins({
 }): InitializedPlugin[] {
   // We need to resolve plugins from the perspective of the siteDir, since the siteDir's package.json
   // declares the dependency on these plugins.
-  // We need to fallback to createRequireFromPath since createRequire is only available in node v12.
-  // See: https://nodejs.org/api/modules.html#modules_module_createrequire_filename
-  const createRequire = Module.createRequire || Module.createRequireFromPath;
   const pluginRequire = createRequire(context.siteConfigPath);
 
   function doGetPluginVersion(
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/presets/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/presets/index.ts
index 6e7b6e44ea..34a432f20e 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/presets/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/presets/index.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import Module from 'module';
+import {createRequire} from 'module';
 import importFresh from 'import-fresh';
 import {
   LoadContext,
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ export default function loadPresets(
 } {
   // We need to resolve plugins from the perspective of the siteDir, since the siteDir's package.json
   // declares the dependency on these plugins.
-  // We need to fallback to createRequireFromPath since createRequire is only available in node v12.
-  // See: https://nodejs.org/api/modules.html#modules_module_createrequire_filename
-  const createRequire = Module.createRequire || Module.createRequireFromPath;
   const pluginRequire = createRequire(context.siteConfigPath);
 
   const presets: PresetConfig[] = (context.siteConfig || {}).presets || [];