diff --git a/packages/ses/src/compartment.js b/packages/ses/src/compartment.js
index 9860f935e0..5ee38e3e41 100644
--- a/packages/ses/src/compartment.js
+++ b/packages/ses/src/compartment.js
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ export const makeCompartmentConstructor = (
      * relative to the calling module's full specifier.
      * @returns {Promise<ModuleExportsNamespace>}
      */
-    const compartmentImport = async fullSpecifier => {
+    async function compartmentImport(fullSpecifier) {
       if (typeof resolveHook !== 'function') {
         throw new TypeError(
           `Compartment does not support dynamic import: no configured resolveHook for compartment ${q(name)}`,
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ export const makeCompartmentConstructor = (
       );
       execute();
       return exportsProxy;
-    };
+    }
 
     weakmapSet(privateFields, this, {
       name: `${name}`,