diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/loader.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/loader.js
index 4c50c4aa8a23f3..b7d9f7556e2289 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/loader.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/loader.js
@@ -373,11 +373,8 @@ class ModuleLoader {
     defaultLoadSync ??= require('internal/modules/esm/load').defaultLoadSync;
     const loadResult = defaultLoadSync(url, { format, importAttributes });
 
-    let finalFormat = loadResult.format;
     // Use the synchronous commonjs translator which can deal with cycles.
-    if (finalFormat === 'commonjs') {
-      finalFormat = 'commonjs-sync';
-    }
+    let finalFormat = loadResult.format === 'commonjs' ? 'commonjs-sync' : loadResult.format;
 
     if (finalFormat === 'wasm') {
       assert.fail('WASM is currently unsupported by require(esm)');
diff --git a/test/es-module/test-cjs-esm-warn.js b/test/es-module/test-cjs-esm-warn.js
index 44bce720f2c38a..7ba19a8c954c6f 100644
--- a/test/es-module/test-cjs-esm-warn.js
+++ b/test/es-module/test-cjs-esm-warn.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-// This used to test require(esm) throws ERR_REQUIRE_ESM, which is no longer the case
-// since require(esm) has been implemented. It's now repurposed to test that the
-// previous behavior can be kept when  --no-experimental-require-module is passed.
+// Previously, this tested that require(esm) throws ERR_REQUIRE_ESM, which is no longer applicable 
+// since require(esm) is now supported. The test has been repurposed to ensure that the old behavior 
+// is preserved when the --no-experimental-require-module flag is used.
 'use strict';
 
 const { spawnPromisified } = require('../common');
diff --git a/test/es-module/test-esm-type-field-errors-2.js b/test/es-module/test-esm-type-field-errors-2.js
index b0cb5068e233fd..a67202149f9bab 100644
--- a/test/es-module/test-esm-type-field-errors-2.js
+++ b/test/es-module/test-esm-type-field-errors-2.js
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 // Flags: --no-experimental-require-module
-// This used to test require(esm) throws ERR_REQUIRE_ESM, which is no longer the case
-// since require(esm) has been implemented. It's now repurposed to test that the
-// previous behavior can be kept when  --no-experimental-require-module is passed.
+// Previously, this tested that require(esm) throws ERR_REQUIRE_ESM, which is no longer applicable 
+// since require(esm) is now supported. The test has been repurposed to ensure that the old behavior 
+// is preserved when the --no-experimental-require-module flag is used.
 
 'use strict';
 require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const { describe, it } = require('node:test');
 
-describe('ESM type field errors', () => {
-  it('Expect CJS to fail loading from type: module package.', () => {
+describe('Errors related to ESM type field', () => {
+  it('Should throw an error when loading CJS from a `type: "module"` package.', () => {
     assert.throws(() => require('../fixtures/es-modules/package-type-module/index.js'), {
       code: 'ERR_REQUIRE_ESM'
     });
diff --git a/test/es-module/test-require-module-preload.js b/test/es-module/test-require-module-preload.js
index ca236bd24c6ff2..65ec1a93bc9d4b 100644
--- a/test/es-module/test-require-module-preload.js
+++ b/test/es-module/test-require-module-preload.js
@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@ const { fixturesDir } = require('../common/fixtures');
 
 const warningRE = /ExperimentalWarning: Support for loading ES Module in require/;
 function testPreload(preloadFlag) {
-  let stderr = warningRE;
-  if (preloadFlag == '--import') {
-    stderr = undefined;  // The warning is only emitted when ESM is loaded by --require.
-  }
+  // The warning is only emitted when ESM is loaded by --require.
+  const stderr = preloadFlag !== '--import' ? warningRE : undefined;
 
   // Test named exports.
   {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-require-mjs.js b/test/parallel/test-require-mjs.js
index 607633bc4fd2c3..30bbf1da8deb7a 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-require-mjs.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-require-mjs.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Flags: --no-experimental-require-module
-// This used to test require(esm) throws ERR_REQUIRE_ESM, which is no longer the case
-// since require(esm) has been implemented. It's now repurposed to test that the
-// previous behavior can be kept when  --no-experimental-require-module is passed.
+// Previously, this tested that require(esm) throws ERR_REQUIRE_ESM, which is no longer applicable 
+// since require(esm) is now supported. The test has been repurposed to ensure that the old behavior 
+// is preserved when the --no-experimental-require-module flag is used.
 
 'use strict';
 require('../common');