diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index be35df296c3..50ccdc8eac7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@
     "native-watchdog": "^1.4.1",
     "node-pty": "1.1.0-beta5",
     "tas-client-umd": "0.1.8",
-    "util": "^0.12.4",
     "v8-inspect-profiler": "^0.1.0",
     "vscode-oniguruma": "1.7.0",
     "vscode-regexpp": "^3.1.0",
@@ -211,6 +210,7 @@
     "tsec": "0.2.7",
     "typescript": "^5.4.0-dev.20231116",
     "typescript-formatter": "7.1.0",
+    "util": "^0.12.4",
     "vscode-nls-dev": "^3.3.1",
     "webpack": "^5.77.0",
     "webpack-cli": "^5.0.1",
@@ -228,4 +228,4 @@
   "optionalDependencies": {
     "windows-foreground-love": "0.5.0"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/vs/base/node/zip.ts b/src/vs/base/node/zip.ts
index cc4c65a625f..3cb7bc9795b 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/node/zip.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/node/zip.ts
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ import * as path from 'vs/base/common/path';
 import { assertIsDefined } from 'vs/base/common/types';
 import { Promises } from 'vs/base/node/pfs';
 import * as nls from 'vs/nls';
-import { Entry, open as _openZip, ZipFile } from 'yauzl';
-import * as yazl from 'yazl';
+import type { Entry, ZipFile } from 'yauzl';
 
 export const CorruptZipMessage: string = 'end of central directory record signature not found';
 const CORRUPT_ZIP_PATTERN = new RegExp(CorruptZipMessage);
@@ -161,9 +160,11 @@ function extractZip(zipfile: ZipFile, targetPath: string, options: IOptions, tok
 	}).finally(() => listener.dispose());
 }
 
-function openZip(zipFile: string, lazy: boolean = false): Promise<ZipFile> {
+async function openZip(zipFile: string, lazy: boolean = false): Promise<ZipFile> {
+	const { open } = await import('yauzl');
+
 	return new Promise<ZipFile>((resolve, reject) => {
-		_openZip(zipFile, lazy ? { lazyEntries: true } : undefined!, (error?: Error, zipfile?: ZipFile) => {
+		open(zipFile, lazy ? { lazyEntries: true } : undefined!, (error?: Error, zipfile?: ZipFile) => {
 			if (error) {
 				reject(toExtractError(error));
 			} else {
@@ -191,9 +192,11 @@ export interface IFile {
 	localPath?: string;
 }
 
-export function zip(zipPath: string, files: IFile[]): Promise<string> {
+export async function zip(zipPath: string, files: IFile[]): Promise<string> {
+	const { ZipFile } = await import('yazl');
+
 	return new Promise<string>((c, e) => {
-		const zip = new yazl.ZipFile();
+		const zip = new ZipFile();
 		files.forEach(f => {
 			if (f.contents) {
 				zip.addBuffer(typeof f.contents === 'string' ? Buffer.from(f.contents, 'utf8') : f.contents, f.path);
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/keyboardLayout/electron-main/keyboardLayoutMainService.ts b/src/vs/platform/keyboardLayout/electron-main/keyboardLayoutMainService.ts
index 1acbb89651c..1d17e4c709e 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/keyboardLayout/electron-main/keyboardLayoutMainService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/keyboardLayout/electron-main/keyboardLayoutMainService.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-import * as nativeKeymap from 'native-keymap';
+import type * as nativeKeymap from 'native-keymap';
 import * as platform from 'vs/base/common/platform';
 import { Emitter } from 'vs/base/common/event';
 import { Disposable } from 'vs/base/common/lifecycle';
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/log/node/spdlogLog.ts b/src/vs/platform/log/node/spdlogLog.ts
index 4f5f1bf8a8c..11f078f941e 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/log/node/spdlogLog.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/log/node/spdlogLog.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-import * as spdlog from '@vscode/spdlog';
+import type * as spdlog from '@vscode/spdlog';
 import { ByteSize } from 'vs/platform/files/common/files';
 import { AbstractMessageLogger, ILogger, LogLevel } from 'vs/platform/log/common/log';
 
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/policy/node/nativePolicyService.ts b/src/vs/platform/policy/node/nativePolicyService.ts
index eae3bf8dfac..d6e3f60cdd1 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/policy/node/nativePolicyService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/policy/node/nativePolicyService.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import { AbstractPolicyService, IPolicyService, PolicyDefinition } from 'vs/platform/policy/common/policy';
 import { IStringDictionary } from 'vs/base/common/collections';
 import { Throttler } from 'vs/base/common/async';
-import { createWatcher, PolicyUpdate, Watcher } from '@vscode/policy-watcher';
+import type { PolicyUpdate, Watcher } from '@vscode/policy-watcher';
 import { MutableDisposable } from 'vs/base/common/lifecycle';
 import { ILogService } from 'vs/platform/log/common/log';
 
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ export class NativePolicyService extends AbstractPolicyService implements IPolic
 	protected async _updatePolicyDefinitions(policyDefinitions: IStringDictionary<PolicyDefinition>): Promise<void> {
 		this.logService.trace(`NativePolicyService#_updatePolicyDefinitions - Found ${Object.keys(policyDefinitions).length} policy definitions`);
 
+		const { createWatcher } = await import('@vscode/policy-watcher');
+
 		await this.throttler.queue(() => new Promise<void>((c, e) => {
 			try {
 				this.watcher.value = createWatcher(this.productName, policyDefinitions, update => {