diff --git a/external/builder/babel-plugin-pdfjs-preprocessor.mjs b/external/builder/babel-plugin-pdfjs-preprocessor.mjs
index 83f7fa1c8..65457f3f9 100644
--- a/external/builder/babel-plugin-pdfjs-preprocessor.mjs
+++ b/external/builder/babel-plugin-pdfjs-preprocessor.mjs
@@ -170,17 +170,6 @@ function babelPluginPDFJSPreprocessor(babel, ctx) {
           );
           path.replaceWith(t.inherits(t.valueToNode(result), path.node));
         }
-
-        // require('string')
-        if (
-          t.isIdentifier(node.callee, { name: "require" }) &&
-          node.arguments.length === 1 &&
-          t.isStringLiteral(node.arguments[0]) &&
-          ctx.map?.[node.arguments[0].value]
-        ) {
-          const requireName = node.arguments[0];
-          requireName.value = requireName.raw = ctx.map[requireName.value];
-        }
       },
       BlockStatement: {
         // Visit node in post-order so that recursive flattening
diff --git a/external/builder/fixtures_esprima/importalias-expected.js b/external/builder/fixtures_esprima/importalias-expected.js
index 7ad78c186..cbf824b82 100644
--- a/external/builder/fixtures_esprima/importalias-expected.js
+++ b/external/builder/fixtures_esprima/importalias-expected.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 import { Test } from "import-name";
 import { Test2 } from './non-alias';
 export { Test3 } from "import-name";
-var Imp = require("import-name");
-var Imp2 = require('./non-alias');
diff --git a/external/builder/fixtures_esprima/importalias.js b/external/builder/fixtures_esprima/importalias.js
index 6c0d46520..4e6d79e8a 100644
--- a/external/builder/fixtures_esprima/importalias.js
+++ b/external/builder/fixtures_esprima/importalias.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 import { Test } from 'import-alias';
 import { Test2 } from './non-alias';
 export { Test3 } from 'import-alias';
-var Imp = require('import-alias');
-var Imp2 = require('./non-alias');