diff --git a/packages/ui/components/form-core/test-suites/form-group/FormGroupMixin.suite.js b/packages/ui/components/form-core/test-suites/form-group/FormGroupMixin.suite.js
index 2d4b4153a..13ef9e4e1 100644
--- a/packages/ui/components/form-core/test-suites/form-group/FormGroupMixin.suite.js
+++ b/packages/ui/components/form-core/test-suites/form-group/FormGroupMixin.suite.js
@@ -1234,7 +1234,7 @@ export function runFormGroupMixinSuite(cfg = {}) {
           </${tag}>
         `)
           );
-          const childFieldsetEl = el.querySelector(tagString);
+          const childFieldsetEl = /** @type {FormGroup} */ (el.querySelector(tagString));
           const resetGroupSpy = sinon.spy(childFieldsetEl, 'resetGroup');
           el.resetGroup();
           expect(resetGroupSpy.callCount).to.equal(1);
@@ -1270,7 +1270,7 @@ export function runFormGroupMixinSuite(cfg = {}) {
           </${tag}>
         `)
           );
-          const childFieldsetEl = el.querySelector(tagString);
+          const childFieldsetEl = /** @type {FormGroup} */ (el.querySelector(tagString));
           const clearGroupSpy = sinon.spy(childFieldsetEl, 'clearGroup');
           el.clearGroup();
           expect(clearGroupSpy.callCount).to.equal(1);
diff --git a/packages/ui/components/input-tel-dropdown/src/LionInputTelDropdown.js b/packages/ui/components/input-tel-dropdown/src/LionInputTelDropdown.js
index 3671db4b1..261660a2e 100644
--- a/packages/ui/components/input-tel-dropdown/src/LionInputTelDropdown.js
+++ b/packages/ui/components/input-tel-dropdown/src/LionInputTelDropdown.js
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import { getFlagSymbol } from './getFlagSymbol.js';
  * @typedef {import('../types/index.js').OnDropdownChangeEvent} OnDropdownChangeEvent
  * @typedef {import('../types/index.js').DropdownRef} DropdownRef
  * @typedef {import('../types/index.js').RegionMeta} RegionMeta
- * @typedef {* & import('awesome-phonenumber').default} AwesomePhoneNumber
  * @typedef {import('../../select-rich/src/LionSelectRich.js').LionSelectRich} LionSelectRich
  * @typedef {import('../../overlays/src/OverlayController.js').OverlayController} OverlayController
  * @typedef {TemplateDataForDropdownInputTel & {data: {regionMetaList:RegionMeta[]}}} TemplateDataForIntlInputTel
diff --git a/packages/ui/components/input-tel/src/LionInputTel.js b/packages/ui/components/input-tel/src/LionInputTel.js
index 6ad700eca..88d49d3d4 100644
--- a/packages/ui/components/input-tel/src/LionInputTel.js
+++ b/packages/ui/components/input-tel/src/LionInputTel.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { localizeNamespaceLoader } from './localizeNamespaceLoader.js';
  * @typedef {import('awesome-phonenumber').PhoneNumberFormat} PhoneNumberFormat
  * @typedef {import('awesome-phonenumber').PhoneNumberTypes} PhoneNumberTypes
  * @typedef {import('../../form-core/types/FormatMixinTypes.js').FormatOptions} FormatOptions
- * @typedef {* & import('awesome-phonenumber').default} AwesomePhoneNumber
+ * @typedef {* & import('awesome-phonenumber')} AwesomePhoneNumber
  * @typedef {FormatOptions & {regionCode: RegionCode; formatStrategy: PhoneNumberFormat; formatCountryCodeStyle: string;}} FormatOptionsTel
  */
 
diff --git a/packages/ui/components/input-tel/src/preprocessors.js b/packages/ui/components/input-tel/src/preprocessors.js
index dc1866ad3..a92efdb4d 100644
--- a/packages/ui/components/input-tel/src/preprocessors.js
+++ b/packages/ui/components/input-tel/src/preprocessors.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { PhoneUtilManager } from './PhoneUtilManager.js';
 /**
  * @typedef {import('../types/index.js').RegionCode} RegionCode
  * @typedef {import('awesome-phonenumber').PhoneNumberFormat} PhoneNumberFormat
- * @typedef {* & import('awesome-phonenumber').default} AwesomePhoneNumber
  */
 
 /**
@@ -27,9 +26,8 @@ export function liveFormatPhoneNumber(
     return undefined;
   }
 
-  // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-destructuring
-  const PhoneNumber = /** @type {AwesomePhoneNumber} */ (PhoneUtilManager.PhoneUtil);
-  const ayt = PhoneNumber.getAsYouType(regionCode);
+  const AwesomePhoneNumber = PhoneUtilManager.PhoneUtil;
+  const ayt = AwesomePhoneNumber.getAsYouType(regionCode);
 
   for (const char of viewValue) {
     if (char !== '') {
diff --git a/packages/ui/components/input-tel/src/validators.js b/packages/ui/components/input-tel/src/validators.js
index 3636fef9c..8e2432be4 100644
--- a/packages/ui/components/input-tel/src/validators.js
+++ b/packages/ui/components/input-tel/src/validators.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { PhoneUtilManager } from './PhoneUtilManager.js';
 
 /**
  * @typedef {import('../types/index.js').RegionCode} RegionCode
- * @typedef {* & import('awesome-phonenumber').default} AwesomePhoneNumber
  * @typedef {import('../../form-core/types/validate/validate.js').FeedbackMessageData} FeedbackMessageData
  */
 
@@ -13,14 +12,13 @@ import { PhoneUtilManager } from './PhoneUtilManager.js';
  * @returns {false|'invalid-country-code'|'unknown'|'too-long'|'too-short'}
  */
 function hasFeedback(modelValue, regionCode) {
-  // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-destructuring
-  const PhoneNumber = /** @type {AwesomePhoneNumber} */ (PhoneUtilManager.PhoneUtil);
+  const AwesomePhoneNumber = PhoneUtilManager.PhoneUtil;
   let invalidCountryCode = false;
 
   if (regionCode && modelValue?.length >= 4 && modelValue?.length <= 16) {
     let pn;
     try {
-      pn = PhoneNumber.parsePhoneNumber(modelValue, { regionCode });
+      pn = AwesomePhoneNumber.parsePhoneNumber(modelValue, { regionCode });
       invalidCountryCode = pn.regionCode !== regionCode;
       if (invalidCountryCode) {
         return 'invalid-country-code';