diff --git a/src/vs/editor/contrib/inlineCompletions/test/browser/suggestWidgetModel.test.ts b/src/vs/editor/contrib/inlineCompletions/test/browser/suggestWidgetModel.test.ts
index 909e62f727c..6d93e308c95 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/contrib/inlineCompletions/test/browser/suggestWidgetModel.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/contrib/inlineCompletions/test/browser/suggestWidgetModel.test.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import { ILogService, NullLogService } from 'vs/platform/log/common/log';
 import { InMemoryStorageService, IStorageService } from 'vs/platform/storage/common/storage';
 import { ITelemetryService } from 'vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetry';
 import { NullTelemetryService } from 'vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetryUtils';
-import assert = require('assert');
+import * as assert from 'assert';
 import { createTextModel } from 'vs/editor/test/common/testTextModel';
 import { ILabelService } from 'vs/platform/label/common/label';
 import { IWorkspaceContextService } from 'vs/platform/workspace/common/workspace';
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/test/common/model/bracketPairColorizer/beforeEditPositionMapper.test.ts b/src/vs/editor/test/common/model/bracketPairColorizer/beforeEditPositionMapper.test.ts
index 27fe72154f8..2fc81e3e176 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/test/common/model/bracketPairColorizer/beforeEditPositionMapper.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/test/common/model/bracketPairColorizer/beforeEditPositionMapper.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-import assert = require('assert');
+import * as assert from 'assert';
 import { splitLines } from 'vs/base/common/strings';
 import { Position } from 'vs/editor/common/core/position';
 import { IRange, Range } from 'vs/editor/common/core/range';
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/test/common/model/bracketPairColorizer/brackets.test.ts b/src/vs/editor/test/common/model/bracketPairColorizer/brackets.test.ts
index 16c59a7bfe2..abf6200a8fa 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/test/common/model/bracketPairColorizer/brackets.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/test/common/model/bracketPairColorizer/brackets.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-import assert = require('assert');
+import * as assert from 'assert';
 import { DisposableStore } from 'vs/base/common/lifecycle';
 import { LanguageAgnosticBracketTokens } from 'vs/editor/common/model/bracketPairsTextModelPart/bracketPairsTree/brackets';
 import { SmallImmutableSet, DenseKeyProvider } from 'vs/editor/common/model/bracketPairsTextModelPart/bracketPairsTree/smallImmutableSet';
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/test/common/model/bracketPairColorizer/concat23Trees.test.ts b/src/vs/editor/test/common/model/bracketPairColorizer/concat23Trees.test.ts
index f0b19c8a90f..c0c81ff2096 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/test/common/model/bracketPairColorizer/concat23Trees.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/test/common/model/bracketPairColorizer/concat23Trees.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-import assert = require('assert');
+import * as assert from 'assert';
 import { AstNode, AstNodeKind, ListAstNode, TextAstNode } from 'vs/editor/common/model/bracketPairsTextModelPart/bracketPairsTree/ast';
 import { toLength } from 'vs/editor/common/model/bracketPairsTextModelPart/bracketPairsTree/length';
 import { concat23Trees } from 'vs/editor/common/model/bracketPairsTextModelPart/bracketPairsTree/concat23Trees';
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/test/common/model/bracketPairColorizer/getBracketPairsInRange.test.ts b/src/vs/editor/test/common/model/bracketPairColorizer/getBracketPairsInRange.test.ts
index 4ee07976cb0..e74219407a6 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/test/common/model/bracketPairColorizer/getBracketPairsInRange.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/test/common/model/bracketPairColorizer/getBracketPairsInRange.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-import assert = require('assert');
+import * as assert from 'assert';
 import { DisposableStore, disposeOnReturn } from 'vs/base/common/lifecycle';
 import { Position } from 'vs/editor/common/core/position';
 import { Range } from 'vs/editor/common/core/range';
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/test/common/model/bracketPairColorizer/length.test.ts b/src/vs/editor/test/common/model/bracketPairColorizer/length.test.ts
index 20e317d0843..b1932043ddd 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/test/common/model/bracketPairColorizer/length.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/test/common/model/bracketPairColorizer/length.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-import assert = require('assert');
+import * as assert from 'assert';
 import { Length, lengthAdd, lengthDiffNonNegative, lengthToObj, toLength } from 'vs/editor/common/model/bracketPairsTextModelPart/bracketPairsTree/length';
 
 suite('Bracket Pair Colorizer - Length', () => {
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/test/common/model/bracketPairColorizer/smallImmutableSet.test.ts b/src/vs/editor/test/common/model/bracketPairColorizer/smallImmutableSet.test.ts
index f36fe4db187..de3168139c5 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/test/common/model/bracketPairColorizer/smallImmutableSet.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/test/common/model/bracketPairColorizer/smallImmutableSet.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-import assert = require('assert');
+import * as assert from 'assert';
 import { DenseKeyProvider, SmallImmutableSet } from 'vs/editor/common/model/bracketPairsTextModelPart/bracketPairsTree/smallImmutableSet';
 
 suite('Bracket Pair Colorizer - ImmutableSet', () => {
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/test/common/model/bracketPairColorizer/tokenizer.test.ts b/src/vs/editor/test/common/model/bracketPairColorizer/tokenizer.test.ts
index 2615475d9f0..d1800b09f0d 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/test/common/model/bracketPairColorizer/tokenizer.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/test/common/model/bracketPairColorizer/tokenizer.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-import assert = require('assert');
+import * as assert from 'assert';
 import { DisposableStore } from 'vs/base/common/lifecycle';
 import { LanguageAgnosticBracketTokens } from 'vs/editor/common/model/bracketPairsTextModelPart/bracketPairsTree/brackets';
 import { Length, lengthAdd, lengthsToRange, lengthZero } from 'vs/editor/common/model/bracketPairsTextModelPart/bracketPairsTree/length';
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/test/common/viewModel/lineBreakData.test.ts b/src/vs/editor/test/common/viewModel/lineBreakData.test.ts
index 9b2715c1c23..9de24985297 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/test/common/viewModel/lineBreakData.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/test/common/viewModel/lineBreakData.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-import assert = require('assert');
+import * as assert from 'assert';
 import { PositionAffinity } from 'vs/editor/common/model';
 import { ModelDecorationInjectedTextOptions } from 'vs/editor/common/model/textModel';
 import { ModelLineProjectionData } from 'vs/editor/common/modelLineProjectionData';
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/test/browser/extHostEditorTabs.test.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/test/browser/extHostEditorTabs.test.ts
index 4947ad75e2e..4c2501f4692 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/test/browser/extHostEditorTabs.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/test/browser/extHostEditorTabs.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 import type * as vscode from 'vscode';
-import assert = require('assert');
+import * as assert from 'assert';
 import { URI } from 'vs/base/common/uri';
 import { mock } from 'vs/base/test/common/mock';
 import { IEditorTabDto, IEditorTabGroupDto, MainThreadEditorTabsShape, TabInputKind, TabModelOperationKind, TextInputDto } from 'vs/workbench/api/common/extHost.protocol';
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/extensions/browser/extensionEditor.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/extensions/browser/extensionEditor.ts
index 13058dbd848..381096c914f 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/extensions/browser/extensionEditor.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/extensions/browser/extensionEditor.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ import { errorIcon, infoIcon, preReleaseIcon, verifiedPublisherIcon as verifiedP
 import { IPaneCompositePartService } from 'vs/workbench/services/panecomposite/browser/panecomposite';
 import { ViewContainerLocation } from 'vs/workbench/common/views';
 import { IExtensionGalleryService, IGalleryExtension } from 'vs/platform/extensionManagement/common/extensionManagement';
-import semver = require('vs/base/common/semver/semver');
+import * as semver from 'vs/base/common/semver/semver';
 
 class NavBar extends Disposable {