diff --git a/packages/apidom-playground/scripts/build.js b/packages/apidom-playground/scripts/build.js
index c3d2c6cca4..f176c404c4 100644
--- a/packages/apidom-playground/scripts/build.js
+++ b/packages/apidom-playground/scripts/build.js
@@ -6,13 +6,6 @@ process.chdir(path.join(__dirname, '..'));
 const build = rewire('react-scripts/scripts/build.js');
 const config = build.__get__('config');
 
-// externals
-config.externals = {
-  ...config.externals,
-  'node:fs': '{}',
-  'node:util': '{}',
-};
-
 // fallbacks
 config.resolve.fallback = {
   ...config.resolve.fallback,
diff --git a/packages/apidom-playground/scripts/start.js b/packages/apidom-playground/scripts/start.js
index 20acc1eca3..49e91e5b85 100644
--- a/packages/apidom-playground/scripts/start.js
+++ b/packages/apidom-playground/scripts/start.js
@@ -8,13 +8,6 @@ const configFactory = start.__get__('configFactory');
 const configFactoryMock = (webpackEnv) => {
   const config = configFactory(webpackEnv);
 
-  // externals
-  config.externals = {
-    ...config.externals,
-    'node:fs': '{}',
-    'node:util': '{}',
-  };
-
   // fallbacks
   config.resolve.fallback = {
     ...config.resolve.fallback,
diff --git a/packages/apidom-reference/config/webpack/browser.config.js b/packages/apidom-reference/config/webpack/browser.config.js
index d4198c52a4..817a350cbd 100644
--- a/packages/apidom-reference/config/webpack/browser.config.js
+++ b/packages/apidom-reference/config/webpack/browser.config.js
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ const browser = {
     libraryTarget: 'umd',
     library: 'apidomReference',
   },
-  externals: {
-    'node:fs': '{}',
-    'node:util': '{}',
-  },
   resolve: {
     extensions: ['.ts', '.mjs', '.js', '.json'],
     fallback: {
@@ -61,16 +57,11 @@ const browserMin = {
     libraryTarget: 'umd',
     library: 'apidomReference',
   },
-  externals: {
-    'node:fs': '{}',
-    'node:util': '{}',
-  },
   resolve: {
     extensions: ['.ts', '.mjs', '.js', '.json'],
     fallback: {
       fs: false,
       path: false,
-      util: false,
     },
   },
   module: {
@@ -110,7 +101,21 @@ const binaryParserReplacer = new webpack.NormalModuleReplacementPlugin(
   ),
 );
 
-browser.plugins.push(binaryParserReplacer);
-browserMin.plugins.push(binaryParserReplacer);
+const fileResolverReplacer = new webpack.NormalModuleReplacementPlugin(
+  /resolve\/resolvers\/FileResolver\/index-node\.ts/,
+  path.join(
+    path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)),
+    '..',
+    '..',
+    'src',
+    'resolve',
+    'resolvers',
+    'FileResolver',
+    'index-browser.ts',
+  ),
+);
+
+browser.plugins.push(binaryParserReplacer, fileResolverReplacer);
+browserMin.plugins.push(binaryParserReplacer, fileResolverReplacer);
 
 export default [browser];
diff --git a/packages/apidom-reference/package.json b/packages/apidom-reference/package.json
index e67060d6ac..32e5cb66e0 100644
--- a/packages/apidom-reference/package.json
+++ b/packages/apidom-reference/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
   "main": "./cjs/index.cjs",
   "browser": {
     "./es/parse/parsers/apidom-reference-parser-binary/index-node.js": "./es/parse/parsers/apidom-reference-parser-binary/index-browser.js",
-    "./cjs/parse/parsers/apidom-reference-parser-binary/index-node.cjs": "./cjs/parse/parsers/apidom-reference-parser-binary/index-browser.cjs"
+    "./cjs/parse/parsers/apidom-reference-parser-binary/index-node.cjs": "./cjs/parse/parsers/apidom-reference-parser-binary/index-browser.cjs",
+    "./cjs/resolve/resolvers/FileResolver/index-node.cjs": "./cjs/resolve/resolvers/FileResolver/index-browser.cjs",
+    "./es/resolve/resolvers/FileResolver/index-node.js": "./es/resolve/resolvers/FileResolver/index-browser.js"
   },
   "exports": {
     "import": "./es/index.js",
diff --git a/packages/apidom-reference/src/index.ts b/packages/apidom-reference/src/index.ts
index 7168e8e617..da2d49d352 100644
--- a/packages/apidom-reference/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/apidom-reference/src/index.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export { default as JsonParser } from './parse/parsers/apidom-reference-parser-j
 export { default as YamlParser } from './parse/parsers/apidom-reference-parser-yaml-1-2';
 export { default as BinaryParser } from './parse/parsers/apidom-reference-parser-binary/index-node';
 
-export { default as FileResolver } from './resolve/resolvers/FileResolver';
+export { default as FileResolver } from './resolve/resolvers/FileResolver/index-node';
 export { default as HttpResolverAxios } from './resolve/resolvers/HttpResolverAxios';
 export { default as HttpResolver } from './resolve/resolvers/HttpResolver';
 export { default as Resolver } from './resolve/resolvers/Resolver';
diff --git a/packages/apidom-reference/src/options/index.ts b/packages/apidom-reference/src/options/index.ts
index bb0e0d8257..f1b6cfa346 100644
--- a/packages/apidom-reference/src/options/index.ts
+++ b/packages/apidom-reference/src/options/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import FileResolver from '../resolve/resolvers/FileResolver';
+import FileResolver from '../resolve/resolvers/FileResolver/index-node';
 import HttpResolverAxios from '../resolve/resolvers/HttpResolverAxios';
 import OpenApi3_1ResolveStrategy from '../resolve/strategies/openapi-3-1';
 import AsyncApi2ResolveStrategy from '../resolve/strategies/asyncapi-2';
diff --git a/packages/apidom-reference/src/resolve/resolvers/FileResolver/index-browser.ts b/packages/apidom-reference/src/resolve/resolvers/FileResolver/index-browser.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e24682cec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apidom-reference/src/resolve/resolvers/FileResolver/index-browser.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import stampit from 'stampit';
+
+import { Resolver as IResolver } from '../../../types';
+import Resolver from '../Resolver';
+import { ResolverError } from '../../../util/errors';
+
+const FileResolver: stampit.Stamp<IResolver> = stampit(Resolver, {
+  init() {
+    this.name = 'file';
+  },
+  methods: {
+    canRead(): boolean {
+      return false;
+    },
+    async read(): Promise<Buffer> {
+      throw new ResolverError('FileResolver is not intended to be used in browser context.');
+    },
+  },
+});
+
+export default FileResolver;
diff --git a/packages/apidom-reference/src/resolve/resolvers/FileResolver.ts b/packages/apidom-reference/src/resolve/resolvers/FileResolver/index-node.ts
similarity index 74%
rename from packages/apidom-reference/src/resolve/resolvers/FileResolver.ts
rename to packages/apidom-reference/src/resolve/resolvers/FileResolver/index-node.ts
index fafbbe9736..cf159c18f8 100644
--- a/packages/apidom-reference/src/resolve/resolvers/FileResolver.ts
+++ b/packages/apidom-reference/src/resolve/resolvers/FileResolver/index-node.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ import { readFile } from 'node:fs';
 import { promisify } from 'node:util';
 import stampit from 'stampit';
 
-import { Resolver as IResolver, File as IFile } from '../../types';
-import Resolver from './Resolver';
-import { isFileSystemPath, toFileSystemPath } from '../../util/url';
-import { ResolverError } from '../../util/errors';
+import { Resolver as IResolver, File as IFile } from '../../../types';
+import Resolver from '../Resolver';
+import { isFileSystemPath, toFileSystemPath } from '../../../util/url';
+import { ResolverError } from '../../../util/errors';
 
 const FileResolver: stampit.Stamp<IResolver> = stampit(Resolver, {
   init() {
diff --git a/packages/apidom-reference/test/resolve/resolvers/FileResolver.ts b/packages/apidom-reference/test/resolve/resolvers/FileResolver.ts
index 36b0010287..1cc6257ebd 100644
--- a/packages/apidom-reference/test/resolve/resolvers/FileResolver.ts
+++ b/packages/apidom-reference/test/resolve/resolvers/FileResolver.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import path from 'node:path';
 import { assert } from 'chai';
 
-import FileResolver from '../../../src/resolve/resolvers/FileResolver';
+import FileResolver from '../../../src/resolve/resolvers/FileResolver/index-node';
 import { ResolverError } from '../../../src/util/errors';
 import File from '../../../src/util/File';