diff --git a/lib/url.js b/lib/url.js
index 391d6c2723d99d..6810229f1338d5 100644
--- a/lib/url.js
+++ b/lib/url.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const { toASCII } = require('internal/idna');
-const { hexTable } = require('internal/querystring');
+const { encodeStr, hexTable } = require('internal/querystring');
 const { SafeSet } = primordials;
 
 const {
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ const {
   domainToASCII,
   domainToUnicode,
   formatSymbol,
-  encodeStr,
   pathToFileURL,
   fileURLToPath
 } = require('internal/url');