diff --git a/eslint.config.mjs b/eslint.config.mjs
index ef2924a7c47..f5dee132089 100644
--- a/eslint.config.mjs
+++ b/eslint.config.mjs
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ export default [
                 // src/mongo/shell/utils_auth.d.ts
                 authutil: true,
 
-                // src/mongo/shell/utils_sh.d.ts
+                // src/mongo/shell/utils_sh_global.js
                 printShardingStatus: true,
 
                 // src/mongo/scripting/mozjs/bindata.d.ts
diff --git a/src/mongo/scripting/engine.cpp b/src/mongo/scripting/engine.cpp
index 628a49bc504..aef0aa92107 100644
--- a/src/mongo/scripting/engine.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/scripting/engine.cpp
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ extern const JSFile session_global;
 extern const JSFile query;
 extern const JSFile utils;
 extern const JSFile utils_sh;
+extern const JSFile utils_sh_global;
 extern const JSFile utils_auth;
 extern const JSFile error_codes;
 }  // namespace JSFiles
@@ -382,6 +383,7 @@ void Scope::execCoreFiles() {
     execSetup(JSFiles::explain_query);
     execSetup(JSFiles::explainable);
     execSetup(JSFiles::session);
+    execSetup(JSFiles::utils_sh);
 
     // globals
     execSetup(JSFiles::bulk_api_global);
@@ -390,10 +392,10 @@ void Scope::execCoreFiles() {
     execSetup(JSFiles::explain_query_global);
     execSetup(JSFiles::explainable_global);
     execSetup(JSFiles::session_global);
+    execSetup(JSFiles::utils_sh_global);
 
     // scripts
     execSetup(JSFiles::utils);
-    execSetup(JSFiles::utils_sh);
     execSetup(JSFiles::utils_auth);
     execSetup(JSFiles::mongo);
     execSetup(JSFiles::query);
diff --git a/src/mongo/shell/BUILD.bazel b/src/mongo/shell/BUILD.bazel
index 80d561ab1d0..5db1a7e33b5 100644
--- a/src/mongo/shell/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/src/mongo/shell/BUILD.bazel
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ MONGOJS_CPP_JSFILES = [
     "utils.js",
     "utils_auth.js",
     "utils_sh.js",
+    "utils_sh_global.js",
     ":error_codes_js",
 ]
 
diff --git a/src/mongo/shell/utils_sh.d.ts b/src/mongo/shell/utils_sh.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 3963be789a9..00000000000
--- a/src/mongo/shell/utils_sh.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-// type declarations for utils_sh.js
-
-declare var db: DB
-declare function printShardingStatus()
diff --git a/src/mongo/shell/utils_sh.js b/src/mongo/shell/utils_sh.js
index cc2cae27ddf..8b846c436cb 100644
--- a/src/mongo/shell/utils_sh.js
+++ b/src/mongo/shell/utils_sh.js
@@ -1037,3 +1037,8 @@ function printShardingSizes(configDB) {
 
     print(raw);
 }
+
+export {
+    sh,
+    printShardingStatus,
+};
diff --git a/src/mongo/shell/utils_sh_global.js b/src/mongo/shell/utils_sh_global.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..700c5dcdb13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mongo/shell/utils_sh_global.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// Populate global variables from modules for backwards compatibility
+
+import {
+    printShardingStatus,
+    sh,
+} from "src/mongo/shell/utils_sh.js";
+
+globalThis.printShardingStatus = printShardingStatus;
+globalThis.sh = sh;