diff --git a/packages/jest-transform/src/ScriptTransformer.ts b/packages/jest-transform/src/ScriptTransformer.ts
index 2982322b3e50..3eac1012423b 100644
--- a/packages/jest-transform/src/ScriptTransformer.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-transform/src/ScriptTransformer.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
 import HasteMap from 'jest-haste-map';
 import {
   createDirectory,
-  importModule,
   interopRequireDefault,
   isPromise,
+  requireOrImportModule,
   tryRealpath,
 } from 'jest-util';
 import handlePotentialSyntaxError from './enhanceUnexpectedTokenMessage';
@@ -252,7 +252,9 @@ class ScriptTransformer {
     await Promise.all(
       this._config.transform.map(
         async ([, transformPath, transformerConfig]) => {
-          let transformer: Transformer = await importModule(transformPath);
+          let transformer: Transformer = await requireOrImportModule(
+            transformPath,
+          );
 
           if (!transformer) {
             throw new TypeError('Jest: a transform must export something.');
diff --git a/packages/jest-util/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-util/src/index.ts
index d7f1b68dc0ae..bbfcbbe85ca0 100644
--- a/packages/jest-util/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-util/src/index.ts
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ export * as preRunMessage from './preRunMessage';
 export {default as pluralize} from './pluralize';
 export {default as formatTime} from './formatTime';
 export {default as tryRealpath} from './tryRealpath';
-export {default as importModule} from './importModule';
+export {default as requireOrImportModule} from './requireOrImportModule';
diff --git a/packages/jest-util/src/importModule.ts b/packages/jest-util/src/requireOrImportModule.ts
similarity index 88%
rename from packages/jest-util/src/importModule.ts
rename to packages/jest-util/src/requireOrImportModule.ts
index f74d20e37f26..7d749d2eb95c 100644
--- a/packages/jest-util/src/importModule.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-util/src/requireOrImportModule.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import {pathToFileURL} from 'url';
 import interopRequireDefault from './interopRequireDefault';
 
-export default async function importModule<T>(filePath: string): Promise<T> {
+export default async function requireOrImportModule<T>(
+  filePath: string,
+): Promise<T> {
   let module: T;
   try {
     module = interopRequireDefault(require(filePath)).default;