diff --git a/packages/babel-types/src/index.js b/packages/babel-types/src/index.js
index 5a4b581112..913368d9ba 100644
--- a/packages/babel-types/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-types/src/index.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import compact from "lodash/array/compact";
 import loClone from "lodash/lang/clone";
 import each from "lodash/collection/each";
 import uniq from "lodash/array/uniq";
+import traverse from "babel-traverse";
 
 let t = exports;
 
@@ -399,12 +400,6 @@ function _inheritComments(key, child, parent) {
   }
 }
 
-
-// Can't use import because of cyclic dependency between babel-traverse
-// and this module (babel-types). This require needs to appear after
-// we export the TYPES constant.
-const traverse = require("babel-traverse").default;
-
 /**
  * Inherit all contextual properties from `parent` node to `child` node.
  */