diff --git a/tools/cordova/builder.js b/tools/cordova/builder.js
index afa78b6d90..4981732930 100644
--- a/tools/cordova/builder.js
+++ b/tools/cordova/builder.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import files from '../fs/files.js';
 import bundler from '../isobuild/bundler.js';
 import archinfo from '../utils/archinfo.js';
 import release from '../packaging/release.js';
-import isopackets from '../tool-env/isopackets.js';
+import { load as loadIsopacket } from '../tool-env/isopackets.js';
 import utils from '../utils/utils.js';
 
 import { CORDOVA_ARCH } from './index.js';
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ export class CordovaBuilder {
   }
 
   writeConfigXmlAndCopyResources(shouldCopyResources = true) {
-    const { XmlBuilder } = isopackets.load('cordova-support')['xmlbuilder'];
+    const { XmlBuilder } = loadIsopacket('cordova-support')['xmlbuilder'];
 
     let config = XmlBuilder.create('widget');
 
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ export class CordovaBuilder {
     configDummy.PUBLIC_SETTINGS = publicSettings || {};
 
     const { WebAppHashing } =
-      isopackets.load('cordova-support')['webapp-hashing'];
+      loadIsopacket('cordova-support')['webapp-hashing'];
     program.version =
       WebAppHashing.calculateClientHash(program.manifest, null, configDummy);
   }
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ export class CordovaBuilder {
     }
 
     const { Boilerplate } =
-      isopackets.load('cordova-support')['boilerplate-generator'];
+      loadIsopacket('cordova-support')['boilerplate-generator'];
     const boilerplate = new Boilerplate(CORDOVA_ARCH, manifest, {
       urlMapper: _.identity,
       pathMapper: (path) => files.convertToOSPath(
diff --git a/tools/cordova/project.js b/tools/cordova/project.js
index 99d05db60a..aee36dceea 100644
--- a/tools/cordova/project.js
+++ b/tools/cordova/project.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import assert from 'assert';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import semver from 'semver';
 
-import isopackets from '../tool-env/isopackets.js';
 import files from '../fs/files.js';
 import utils from '../utils/utils.js';
 import { Console } from '../console/console.js';
diff --git a/tools/cordova/run-targets.js b/tools/cordova/run-targets.js
index c516c3f401..f4fee27111 100644
--- a/tools/cordova/run-targets.js
+++ b/tools/cordova/run-targets.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import chalk from 'chalk';
 import child_process from 'child_process';
 import eachline from 'eachline';
 
-import isopackets from '../tool-env/isopackets.js';
+import { load as loadIsopacket } from '../tool-env/isopackets.js';
 import runLog from '../runners/run-log.js';
 import { Console } from '../console/console.js';
 import files from '../fs/files.js';
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ export class AndroidRunTarget extends CordovaRunTarget {
         `SystemWebViewClient:${logLevel}`, '*:F'];
 
       const { Log } =
-          isopackets.load('cordova-support')['logging'];
+          loadIsopacket('cordova-support')['logging'];
 
       const logStream = eachline((line) => {
         const logEntry = logFromAndroidLogcatLine(Log, line);
diff --git a/tools/isobuild/bundler.js b/tools/isobuild/bundler.js
index b0948159d1..662f79af2c 100644
--- a/tools/isobuild/bundler.js
+++ b/tools/isobuild/bundler.js
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ var colonConverter = require('../utils/colon-converter.js');
 var Profile = require('../tool-env/profile.js').Profile;
 var packageVersionParser = require('../packaging/package-version-parser.js');
 var release = require('../packaging/release.js');
-import isopackets from '../tool-env/isopackets.js';
+import { load as loadIsopacket } from '../tool-env/isopackets.js';
 import { CORDOVA_PLATFORM_VERSIONS } from '../cordova';
 
 // files to ignore when bundling. node has no globs, so use regexps
@@ -1349,7 +1349,7 @@ class ClientTarget extends Target {
 
     if (this.arch === 'web.cordova') {
       const { WebAppHashing } =
-        isopackets.load('cordova-support')['webapp-hashing'];
+        loadIsopacket('cordova-support')['webapp-hashing'];
       const cordovaCompatibilityVersions =
         _.object(_.map(CORDOVA_PLATFORM_VERSIONS, (version, platform) => {
           const hash = WebAppHashing.calculateCordovaCompatibilityHash(
diff --git a/tools/tool-env/isopackets.js b/tools/tool-env/isopackets.js
index d7955f9a0f..95b7b9bd35 100644
--- a/tools/tool-env/isopackets.js
+++ b/tools/tool-env/isopackets.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ var Profile = require('./profile.js').Profile;
 
 // All of the defined isopackets. Whenever they are being built, they will be
 // built in the order listed here.
-const ISOPACKETS = {
+export const ISOPACKETS = {
   'ddp': ['ddp-client'],
   'mongo': ['npm-mongo'],
   'ejson': ['ejson'],
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ var isopacketPath = function (isopacketName) {
 // ensureIsopacketsLoadable is called at startup and ensures that all isopackets
 // exist on disk as up-to-date loadable programs.
 var calledEnsure = false;
-var ensureIsopacketsLoadable = function () {
+export function ensureIsopacketsLoadable() {
   if (calledEnsure) {
     throw Error("can't ensureIsopacketsLoadable twice!");
   }
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ var ensureIsopacketsLoadable = function () {
     Console.printMessages(messages);
     throw new Error("isopacket build failed?");
   }
-};
+}
 
 // Returns a new all-local-packages catalog to be used for building isopackets.
 var newIsopacketBuildingCatalog = function () {
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ var newIsopacketBuildingCatalog = function () {
   return isopacketCatalog;
 };
 
-var makeIsopacketBuildContext = function () {
+export function makeIsopacketBuildContext() {
   var context = {};
   var catalog = newIsopacketBuildingCatalog();
   var versions = {};
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ var makeIsopacketBuildContext = function () {
     noLineNumbers: true
   });
   return context;
-};
+}
 
 // Loads a built isopacket from disk. Always loads (the cache is in 'load', not
 // this function). Does not run a build process; it must already be built.
@@ -297,10 +297,5 @@ var loadIsopacketFromDisk = function (isopacketName) {
   return ret;
 };
 
-var isopackets = exports;
-_.extend(exports, {
-  load: load,
-  ensureIsopacketsLoadable: ensureIsopacketsLoadable,
-  ISOPACKETS: ISOPACKETS,
-  makeIsopacketBuildContext: makeIsopacketBuildContext
-});
+// Support `import isopackets from "../path/to/isopackets.js"`.
+export default exports;