diff --git a/src/virtual-machine.js b/src/virtual-machine.js
index 5cacafee5..0612261a9 100644
--- a/src/virtual-machine.js
+++ b/src/virtual-machine.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {TextEncoder} from 'text-encoding';
+const TextEncoder = require('text-encoding');
 const EventEmitter = require('events');
 
 const centralDispatch = require('./dispatch/central-dispatch');