diff --git a/lib/dns.js b/lib/dns.js
index af5416c62478cc..02e007b54ec26b 100644
--- a/lib/dns.js
+++ b/lib/dns.js
@@ -386,8 +386,6 @@ ObjectDefineProperties(module.exports, {
     get() {
       if (promises === null) {
         promises = require('internal/dns/promises');
-        promises.setServers = defaultResolverSetServers;
-        promises.setDefaultResultOrder = setDefaultResultOrder;
       }
       return promises;
     }
diff --git a/lib/dns/promises.js b/lib/dns/promises.js
index ad8a2561ef51e4..35881e5bb47374 100644
--- a/lib/dns/promises.js
+++ b/lib/dns/promises.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const dnsPromises = require('internal/dns/promises');
-dnsPromises.setServers = require('dns').setServers;
-module.exports = dnsPromises;
+module.exports = require('internal/dns/promises');
diff --git a/lib/internal/dns/promises.js b/lib/internal/dns/promises.js
index 9625e9e7b9b6ea..4e4e385f2eb758 100644
--- a/lib/internal/dns/promises.js
+++ b/lib/internal/dns/promises.js
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ const {
   validateTries,
   emitInvalidHostnameWarning,
   getDefaultVerbatim,
+  setDefaultResultOrder,
+  setDefaultResolver,
 } = require('internal/dns/utils');
 const { codes, dnsException } = require('internal/errors');
 const { toASCII } = require('internal/idna');
@@ -312,6 +314,19 @@ Resolver.prototype.resolve = function resolve(hostname, rrtype) {
   return ReflectApply(resolver, this, [hostname]);
 };
 
+function defaultResolverSetServers(servers) {
+  const resolver = new Resolver();
 
-module.exports = { lookup, lookupService, Resolver };
+  resolver.setServers(servers);
+  setDefaultResolver(resolver);
+  bindDefaultResolver(module.exports, Resolver.prototype);
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  lookup,
+  lookupService,
+  Resolver,
+  setDefaultResultOrder,
+  setServers: defaultResolverSetServers,
+};
 bindDefaultResolver(module.exports, Resolver.prototype);