diff --git a/code/addons/docs/src/DocsRenderer.tsx b/code/addons/docs/src/DocsRenderer.tsx
index 0124bf4dabe6..797f967282e1 100644
--- a/code/addons/docs/src/DocsRenderer.tsx
+++ b/code/addons/docs/src/DocsRenderer.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { PropsWithChildren } from 'react';
 import React, { Component } from 'react';
-import { renderElement, unmountElement } from '@storybook/react-dom-shim';
+import ReactDomShim from '@storybook/react-dom-shim';
 import type {
   Renderer,
   Parameters,
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export class DocsRenderer<TRenderer extends Renderer> {
         import('@mdx-js/react')
           .then(({ MDXProvider }) =>
             // We use a `key={}` here to reset the `hasError` state each time we render ErrorBoundary
-            renderElement(
+            ReactDomShim.renderElement(
               <ErrorBoundary showException={reject} key={Math.random()}>
                 <MDXProvider components={components}>
                   <TDocs context={context} docsParameter={docsParameter} />
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export class DocsRenderer<TRenderer extends Renderer> {
     };
 
     this.unmount = (element: HTMLElement) => {
-      unmountElement(element);
+      ReactDomShim.unmountElement(element);
     };
   }
 }
diff --git a/code/lib/react-dom-shim/src/react-16.tsx b/code/lib/react-dom-shim/src/react-16.tsx
index a519dbd51bb6..d040ca63a2f7 100644
--- a/code/lib/react-dom-shim/src/react-16.tsx
+++ b/code/lib/react-dom-shim/src/react-16.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 /* eslint-disable react/no-deprecated */
 import type { ReactElement } from 'react';
-import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
+import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 
-export const renderElement = async (node: ReactElement, el: Element) => {
+const renderElement = async (node: ReactElement, el: Element) => {
   return new Promise<null>((resolve) => {
     ReactDOM.render(node, el, () => resolve(null));
   });
 };
 
-export const unmountElement = (el: Element) => {
+const unmountElement = (el: Element) => {
   ReactDOM.unmountComponentAtNode(el);
 };
+
+export default { renderElement, unmountElement };
diff --git a/code/lib/react-dom-shim/src/react-18.tsx b/code/lib/react-dom-shim/src/react-18.tsx
index 5b9e88f98a84..022e8f1dc0e2 100644
--- a/code/lib/react-dom-shim/src/react-18.tsx
+++ b/code/lib/react-dom-shim/src/react-18.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { FC, ReactElement } from 'react';
-import React, { useLayoutEffect, useRef } from 'react';
+import * as React from 'react';
 import type { Root as ReactRoot, RootOptions } from 'react-dom/client';
-import ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client';
+import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client';
 
 // A map of all rendered React 18 nodes
 const nodes = new Map<Element, ReactRoot>();
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ const WithCallback: FC<{ callback: () => void; children: ReactElement }> = ({
   children,
 }) => {
   // See https://github.com/reactwg/react-18/discussions/5#discussioncomment-2276079
-  const once = useRef<() => void>();
-  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+  const once = React.useRef<() => void>();
+  React.useLayoutEffect(() => {
     if (once.current === callback) return;
     once.current = callback;
     callback();
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const WithCallback: FC<{ callback: () => void; children: ReactElement }> = ({
   return children;
 };
 
-export const renderElement = async (node: ReactElement, el: Element, rootOptions?: RootOptions) => {
+const renderElement = async (node: ReactElement, el: Element, rootOptions?: RootOptions) => {
   // Create Root Element conditionally for new React 18 Root Api
   const root = await getReactRoot(el, rootOptions);
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export const renderElement = async (node: ReactElement, el: Element, rootOptions
   });
 };
 
-export const unmountElement = (el: Element, shouldUseNewRootApi?: boolean) => {
+const unmountElement = (el: Element, shouldUseNewRootApi?: boolean) => {
   const root = nodes.get(el);
 
   if (root) {
@@ -49,3 +49,5 @@ const getReactRoot = async (el: Element, rootOptions?: RootOptions): Promise<Rea
 
   return root;
 };
+
+export default { renderElement, unmountElement };
diff --git a/code/renderers/react/src/renderToCanvas.tsx b/code/renderers/react/src/renderToCanvas.tsx
index 909f1613d598..da21331a90f9 100644
--- a/code/renderers/react/src/renderToCanvas.tsx
+++ b/code/renderers/react/src/renderToCanvas.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { global } from '@storybook/global';
 import type { FC } from 'react';
 import React, { Component as ReactComponent, StrictMode, Fragment } from 'react';
-import { renderElement, unmountElement } from '@storybook/react-dom-shim';
 
 import type { RenderContext } from 'storybook/internal/types';
 
@@ -54,6 +53,7 @@ export async function renderToCanvas(
   }: RenderContext<ReactRenderer>,
   canvasElement: ReactRenderer['canvasElement']
 ) {
+  const { renderElement, unmountElement } = (await import('@storybook/react-dom-shim')).default;
   const Story = unboundStoryFn as FC<StoryContext<ReactRenderer>>;
 
   const content = (