diff --git a/js/dbusServices/extensions/extensionsService.js b/js/dbusServices/extensions/extensionsService.js
index 180696458..0d60fb60e 100644
--- a/js/dbusServices/extensions/extensionsService.js
+++ b/js/dbusServices/extensions/extensionsService.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {ExtensionPrefsDialog} from './extensionPrefsDialog.js';
 import {ServiceImplementation} from './dbusService.js';
 
 import {deserializeExtension} from './misc/extensionUtils.js';
-const {loadInterfaceXML} = imports.misc.dbusUtils;
+import {loadInterfaceXML} from './misc/dbusUtils.js';
 
 const ExtensionsIface = loadInterfaceXML('org.gnome.Shell.Extensions');
 const ExtensionsProxy = Gio.DBusProxy.makeProxyWrapper(ExtensionsIface);
diff --git a/js/dbusServices/notifications/notificationDaemon.js b/js/dbusServices/notifications/notificationDaemon.js
index 7bb5b7bf0..f824f813d 100644
--- a/js/dbusServices/notifications/notificationDaemon.js
+++ b/js/dbusServices/notifications/notificationDaemon.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import GLib from 'gi://GLib';
 
 import {ServiceImplementation} from './dbusService.js';
 
-const {loadInterfaceXML} = imports.misc.dbusUtils;
+import {loadInterfaceXML} from './misc/dbusUtils.js';
 
 const NotificationsIface = loadInterfaceXML('org.freedesktop.Notifications');
 const NotificationsProxy = Gio.DBusProxy.makeProxyWrapper(NotificationsIface);
diff --git a/js/dbusServices/screencast/screencastService.js b/js/dbusServices/screencast/screencastService.js
index 60b0afd08..9c69af9cf 100644
--- a/js/dbusServices/screencast/screencastService.js
+++ b/js/dbusServices/screencast/screencastService.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import Gtk from 'gi://Gtk?version=4.0';
 
 import {ServiceImplementation} from './dbusService.js';
 
-const {loadInterfaceXML, loadSubInterfaceXML} = imports.misc.dbusUtils;
+import {loadInterfaceXML, loadSubInterfaceXML} from './misc/dbusUtils.js';
 import * as Signals from './misc/signals.js';
 
 const ScreencastIface = loadInterfaceXML('org.gnome.Shell.Screencast');
diff --git a/js/dbusServices/screensaver/screenSaverService.js b/js/dbusServices/screensaver/screenSaverService.js
index d0f0db6e3..5771b7065 100644
--- a/js/dbusServices/screensaver/screenSaverService.js
+++ b/js/dbusServices/screensaver/screenSaverService.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import GLib from 'gi://GLib';
 
 import {ServiceImplementation} from './dbusService.js';
 
-const {loadInterfaceXML} = imports.misc.dbusUtils;
+import {loadInterfaceXML} from './misc/dbusUtils.js';
 
 const ScreenSaverIface = loadInterfaceXML('org.gnome.ScreenSaver');
 const ScreenSaverProxy = Gio.DBusProxy.makeProxyWrapper(ScreenSaverIface);
diff --git a/js/misc/.eslintrc.yml b/js/misc/.eslintrc.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4526a5cf4..000000000
--- a/js/misc/.eslintrc.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-overrides:
-  - files:
-      - dbusUtils.js
-    parserOptions:
-      sourceType: script
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/js/misc/dbusUtils.js b/js/misc/dbusUtils.js
index 686c63f20..ae7e2c952 100644
--- a/js/misc/dbusUtils.js
+++ b/js/misc/dbusUtils.js
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-/* exported loadInterfaceXML, loadSubInterfaceXML */
+import Gio from 'gi://Gio';
+import GLib from 'gi://GLib';
 
 const Config = imports.misc.config;
-const Gio = imports.gi.Gio;
-const GLib = imports.gi.GLib;
 
 let _ifaceResource = null;
 
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ function _ensureIfaceResource() {
  * @param {string} iface the interface name
  * @returns {string | null} the XML string or null if it is not found
  */
-function loadInterfaceXML(iface) {
+export function loadInterfaceXML(iface) {
     _ensureIfaceResource();
 
     let uri = `resource:///org/gnome/shell/dbus-interfaces/${iface}.xml`;
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ function loadInterfaceXML(iface) {
  * @param {string} ifaceFile the interface filename
  * @returns {string | null} the XML string or null if it is not found
  */
-function loadSubInterfaceXML(iface, ifaceFile) {
+export function loadSubInterfaceXML(iface, ifaceFile) {
     let xml = loadInterfaceXML(ifaceFile);
     if (!xml)
         return null;
diff --git a/js/misc/fileUtils.js b/js/misc/fileUtils.js
index b5e355bbe..a885a08ef 100644
--- a/js/misc/fileUtils.js
+++ b/js/misc/fileUtils.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import GLib from 'gi://GLib';
 import Gio from 'gi://Gio';
 
-export const {loadInterfaceXML} = imports.misc.dbusUtils;
+export {loadInterfaceXML} from './dbusUtils.js';
 
 /**
  * @typedef {object} SubdirInfo
diff --git a/js/ui/status/backgroundApps.js b/js/ui/status/backgroundApps.js
index c2d84424a..ad7ea7d65 100644
--- a/js/ui/status/backgroundApps.js
+++ b/js/ui/status/backgroundApps.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import * as Util from '../../misc/util.js';
 
 import {Spinner} from '../animation.js';
 import {QuickToggle, SystemIndicator} from '../quickSettings.js';
-const {loadInterfaceXML} = imports.misc.dbusUtils;
+import {loadInterfaceXML} from '../../misc/dbusUtils.js';
 
 const DBUS_NAME = 'org.freedesktop.background.Monitor';
 const DBUS_OBJECT_PATH = '/org/freedesktop/background/monitor';