diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core-utils/package.json b/packages/ipfs-core-utils/package.json
index f37161a509..838f6c1091 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core-utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core-utils/package.json
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
     "uint8arrays": "^2.1.6"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@web-std/blob": "^2.1.1",
     "@web-std/file": "^1.1.0",
     "aegir": "^34.0.2",
     "rimraf": "^3.0.2"
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core-utils/test/files/normalise-input.spec.js b/packages/ipfs-core-utils/test/files/normalise-input.spec.js
index 1b2ec38964..94dd2bfbc9 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core-utils/test/files/normalise-input.spec.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core-utils/test/files/normalise-input.spec.js
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ const { expect } = require('aegir/utils/chai')
 const blobToIt = require('blob-to-it')
 const uint8ArrayFromString = require('uint8arrays/from-string')
 const all = require('it-all')
+const { Blob } = require('@web-std/blob')
 const { File } = require('@web-std/file')
-const { Blob, ReadableStream } = globalThis
+const { ReadableStream } = globalThis
 const { isBrowser, isWebWorker, isElectronRenderer } = require('ipfs-utils/src/env')
 
 let normalise = require('../../src/files/normalise-input')
@@ -36,12 +37,7 @@ async function verifyNormalisation (input) {
   let content = input[0].content
 
   if (isBrowser || isWebWorker || isElectronRenderer) {
-    try {
-      expect(content).to.be.an.instanceOf(Blob)
-    } catch (err) {
-      // Fallback to instance of File
-      expect(content).to.be.an.instanceOf(File)
-    }
+    expect(content).to.be.an.instanceOf(Blob)
     content = blobToIt(content)
   }