diff --git a/eslint.config.js b/eslint.config.js
index d8875d37f9..60a1bb7e48 100644
--- a/eslint.config.js
+++ b/eslint.config.js
@@ -1,6 +1,38 @@
 import svelte_config from '@sveltejs/eslint-config';
 import lube from 'eslint-plugin-lube';
 
+const no_compiler_imports = {
+	meta: {
+		type: /** @type {const} */ ('problem'),
+		docs: {
+			description:
+				'Enforce that there are no imports to the compiler in runtime code. ' +
+				'This prevent accidental inclusion of the compiler runtime and ' +
+				"ensures that TypeScript does not pick up more ambient types (for example from Node) that shouldn't be available in the browser."
+		}
+	},
+	create(context) {
+		return {
+			Program: () => {
+				// Do a simple string search because ESLint doesn't provide a way to check JSDoc comments.
+				// The string search could in theory yield false positives, but in practice it's unlikely.
+				const text = context.sourceCode.getText();
+				const idx = Math.max(text.indexOf('../compiler/'), text.indexOf('#compiler'));
+				if (idx !== -1) {
+					context.report({
+						loc: {
+							start: context.sourceCode.getLocFromIndex(idx),
+							end: context.sourceCode.getLocFromIndex(idx + 12)
+						},
+						message:
+							'References to compiler code are forbidden in runtime code (both for type and value imports)'
+					});
+				}
+			}
+		};
+	}
+};
+
 /** @type {import('eslint').Linter.FlatConfig[]} */
 export default [
 	...svelte_config,
@@ -11,7 +43,8 @@ export default [
 			}
 		},
 		plugins: {
-			lube
+			lube,
+			custom: { rules: { no_compiler_imports } }
 		},
 		rules: {
 			'@typescript-eslint/await-thenable': 'error',
@@ -37,6 +70,13 @@ export default [
 			'no-console': 'off'
 		}
 	},
+	{
+		files: ['packages/svelte/src/**/*'],
+		ignores: ['packages/svelte/src/compiler/**/*'],
+		rules: {
+			'custom/no_compiler_imports': 'error'
+		}
+	},
 	{
 		ignores: [
 			'**/*.d.ts',
diff --git a/packages/svelte/package.json b/packages/svelte/package.json
index 6774c1e5b0..2df9ed138b 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/package.json
+++ b/packages/svelte/package.json
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build": "node scripts/process-messages && rollup -c && pnpm generate:types && node scripts/check-treeshakeability.js",
     "dev": "node scripts/process-messages && rollup -cw",
-    "check": "tsc && cd ./tests/types && tsc",
+    "check": "tsc --project tsconfig.runtime.json && tsc && cd ./tests/types && tsc",
     "check:watch": "tsc --watch",
     "generate:version": "node ./scripts/generate-version.js",
     "generate:types": "node ./scripts/generate-types.js && tsc -p tsconfig.generated.json",
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/index.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/index.js
index a6b407d44e..c5808f313a 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/index.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import { isIdentifierStart, isIdentifierChar } from 'acorn';
 import fragment from './state/fragment.js';
 import { regex_whitespace } from '../patterns.js';
-import { reserved } from './utils/names.js';
+import { reserved } from '../../../constants.js';
 import full_char_code_at from './utils/full_char_code_at.js';
 import * as e from '../../errors.js';
 import { create_fragment } from './utils/create.js';
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/state/element.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/state/element.js
index 2cc511411e..dcb7b23723 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/state/element.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/state/element.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /** @import { Parser } from '../index.js' */
 /** @import * as Compiler from '#compiler' */
-import { is_void } from '../utils/names.js';
+import { is_void } from '../../../../constants.js';
 import read_expression from '../read/expression.js';
 import { read_script } from '../read/script.js';
 import read_style from '../read/style.js';
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/utils/names.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/utils/names.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 26dd20e40b..0000000000
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/utils/names.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-export const reserved = [
-	'arguments',
-	'await',
-	'break',
-	'case',
-	'catch',
-	'class',
-	'const',
-	'continue',
-	'debugger',
-	'default',
-	'delete',
-	'do',
-	'else',
-	'enum',
-	'eval',
-	'export',
-	'extends',
-	'false',
-	'finally',
-	'for',
-	'function',
-	'if',
-	'implements',
-	'import',
-	'in',
-	'instanceof',
-	'interface',
-	'let',
-	'new',
-	'null',
-	'package',
-	'private',
-	'protected',
-	'public',
-	'return',
-	'static',
-	'super',
-	'switch',
-	'this',
-	'throw',
-	'true',
-	'try',
-	'typeof',
-	'var',
-	'void',
-	'while',
-	'with',
-	'yield'
-];
-
-const void_element_names = [
-	'area',
-	'base',
-	'br',
-	'col',
-	'command',
-	'embed',
-	'hr',
-	'img',
-	'input',
-	'keygen',
-	'link',
-	'meta',
-	'param',
-	'source',
-	'track',
-	'wbr'
-];
-
-/** @param {string} name */
-export function is_void(name) {
-	return void_element_names.includes(name) || name.toLowerCase() === '!doctype';
-}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/types.d.ts b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/types.d.ts
index aec2edb68d..3dbf5dc292 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/types.d.ts
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/types.d.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import type {
 import type { Namespace, SvelteNode, ValidatedCompileOptions } from '#compiler';
 import type { TransformState } from '../types.js';
 import type { ComponentAnalysis } from '../../types.js';
-import type { Location } from 'locate-character';
+import type { SourceLocation } from '#shared';
 
 export interface ClientTransformState extends TransformState {
 	readonly private_state: Map<string, StateField>;
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ export interface ClientTransformState extends TransformState {
 	readonly legacy_reactive_statements: Map<LabeledStatement, Statement>;
 }
 
-export type SourceLocation =
-	| [line: number, column: number]
-	| [line: number, column: number, SourceLocation[]];
-
 export interface ComponentClientTransformState extends ClientTransformState {
 	readonly analysis: ComponentAnalysis;
 	readonly options: ValidatedCompileOptions;
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/template.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/template.js
index c879183d31..eb342613e4 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/template.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/template.js
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ function serialize_bind_this(bind_this, context, node) {
 }
 
 /**
- * @param {import('../types.js').SourceLocation[]} locations
+ * @param {import('#shared').SourceLocation[]} locations
  */
 function serialize_locations(locations) {
 	return b.array(
@@ -1905,7 +1905,7 @@ export const template_visitors = {
 		state.init.push(b.stmt(b.call('$.transition', ...args)));
 	},
 	RegularElement(node, context) {
-		/** @type {import('../types.js').SourceLocation} */
+		/** @type {import('#shared').SourceLocation} */
 		let location = [-1, -1];
 
 		if (context.state.options.dev) {
@@ -2133,7 +2133,7 @@ export const template_visitors = {
 
 		context.state.template.push('>');
 
-		/** @type {import('../types.js').SourceLocation[]} */
+		/** @type {import('#shared').SourceLocation[]} */
 		const child_locations = [];
 
 		/** @type {import('../types').ComponentClientTransformState} */
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/constants.js b/packages/svelte/src/constants.js
index a8963d6854..619a83562d 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/constants.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/constants.js
@@ -293,3 +293,78 @@ export function is_capture_event(name, mode = 'exclude-on') {
 		? name !== 'gotpointercapture' && name !== 'lostpointercapture'
 		: name !== 'ongotpointercapture' && name !== 'onlostpointercapture';
 }
+
+export const reserved = [
+	'arguments',
+	'await',
+	'break',
+	'case',
+	'catch',
+	'class',
+	'const',
+	'continue',
+	'debugger',
+	'default',
+	'delete',
+	'do',
+	'else',
+	'enum',
+	'eval',
+	'export',
+	'extends',
+	'false',
+	'finally',
+	'for',
+	'function',
+	'if',
+	'implements',
+	'import',
+	'in',
+	'instanceof',
+	'interface',
+	'let',
+	'new',
+	'null',
+	'package',
+	'private',
+	'protected',
+	'public',
+	'return',
+	'static',
+	'super',
+	'switch',
+	'this',
+	'throw',
+	'true',
+	'try',
+	'typeof',
+	'var',
+	'void',
+	'while',
+	'with',
+	'yield'
+];
+
+const void_element_names = [
+	'area',
+	'base',
+	'br',
+	'col',
+	'command',
+	'embed',
+	'hr',
+	'img',
+	'input',
+	'keygen',
+	'link',
+	'meta',
+	'param',
+	'source',
+	'track',
+	'wbr'
+];
+
+/** @param {string} name */
+export function is_void(name) {
+	return void_element_names.includes(name) || name.toLowerCase() === '!doctype';
+}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dev/elements.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dev/elements.js
index 9b921a9f08..14713736ad 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dev/elements.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dev/elements.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/** @import { SourceLocation } from '../../../compiler/phases/3-transform/client/types.js' */
+/** @import { SourceLocation } from '#shared' */
 import { HYDRATION_END, HYDRATION_START } from '../../../constants.js';
 import { hydrating } from '../dom/hydration.js';
 
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js
index 07462c5244..e699183d02 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js
@@ -224,10 +224,11 @@ function handle_error(error, effect, component_context) {
 	let current_context = component_context;
 
 	while (current_context !== null) {
+		/** @type {string} */
 		var filename = current_context.function?.filename;
 
 		if (filename) {
-			const file = filename.split('/').at(-1);
+			const file = filename.split('/').pop();
 			component_stack.push(file);
 		}
 
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/shared/types.d.ts b/packages/svelte/src/internal/shared/types.d.ts
index ffde04249d..426d928ce3 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/shared/types.d.ts
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/shared/types.d.ts
@@ -2,3 +2,7 @@ export type Store<V> = {
 	subscribe: (run: (value: V) => void) => () => void;
 	set(value: V): void;
 };
+
+export type SourceLocation =
+	| [line: number, column: number]
+	| [line: number, column: number, SourceLocation[]];
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/shared/validate.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/shared/validate.js
index 3517d32c2c..399ace8b58 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/shared/validate.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/shared/validate.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { is_void } from '../../compiler/phases/1-parse/utils/names.js';
+import { is_void } from '../../constants.js';
 import * as w from './warnings.js';
 import * as e from './errors.js';
 
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tsconfig.runtime.json b/packages/svelte/tsconfig.runtime.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09c49764bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tsconfig.runtime.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+	"extends": "./tsconfig.json",
+	"compilerOptions": {
+		// Ensure we don't use any methods that are not available in all browser for a long period of time
+		// so that people don't need to polyfill them. Example array.at(...) was introduced to Safari only in 2022
+		"target": "es2021",
+		"lib": ["es2021", "DOM", "DOM.Iterable"],
+		"types": [] // prevent automatic inclusion of @types/node
+	},
+	"include": ["./src/"],
+	// Compiler is allowed to use more recent methods; people using it in the browser are expected to know
+	// how to polyfill missing methods. Also make sure to not include test files as these include Vitest
+	// which then loads node globals.
+	"exclude": ["./src/compiler/**/*", "./src/**/*.test.ts"]
+}