diff --git a/internal/check-locale-reachable.mjs b/internal/check-locale-reachable.mjs
index 1591c2141..e0d777eb9 100644
--- a/internal/check-locale-reachable.mjs
+++ b/internal/check-locale-reachable.mjs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 //      lang-less, the URL path alone would silently become the only way in.
 import { readFileSync, readdirSync, existsSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { resolve, join, dirname } from 'node:path'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
 
 const REPO = process.env.DOXA_REPO
   // FOURTH instance of this pattern in one flight (check-zone-census, check-share-policy,