diff --git a/extensions/browser/src/cli/browser-cli-actions-input/register.navigation.test.ts b/extensions/browser/src/cli/browser-cli-actions-input/register.navigation.test.ts
index 8fe0e5bcc21..4b38d68011a 100644
--- a/extensions/browser/src/cli/browser-cli-actions-input/register.navigation.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/browser/src/cli/browser-cli-actions-input/register.navigation.test.ts
@@ -61,4 +61,18 @@ describe("browser navigation commands", () => {
     expect(capture.runtimeErrors.join("\n")).toContain("Invalid width: maximum is 8192");
     expect(mocks.runBrowserResizeWithOutput).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
+
+  it("navigate and resize commands are registered after removing dead import (#83878)", async () => {
+    const program = createNavigationProgram();
+    const browserCmd = program.commands.find((c) => c.name() === "browser");
+    expect(browserCmd).toBeDefined();
+
+    const cmds = browserCmd!.commands.map((c) => c.name());
+    expect(cmds).toContain("resize");
+    expect(cmds).toContain("navigate");
+
+    // Verify the shared module still exports requireRef (used by other modules)
+    const shared = await import("./shared.js");
+    expect(typeof shared.requireRef).toBe("function");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/extensions/browser/src/cli/browser-cli-actions-input/register.navigation.ts b/extensions/browser/src/cli/browser-cli-actions-input/register.navigation.ts
index 6bcc9801d67..1af2360107e 100644
--- a/extensions/browser/src/cli/browser-cli-actions-input/register.navigation.ts
+++ b/extensions/browser/src/cli/browser-cli-actions-input/register.navigation.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
   type BrowserParentOpts,
 } from "../browser-cli-shared.js";
 import { danger, defaultRuntime } from "../core-api.js";
-import { requireRef, resolveBrowserActionContext } from "./shared.js";
+import { resolveBrowserActionContext } from "./shared.js";
 
 /** Registers Browser navigate and resize commands. */
 export function registerBrowserNavigationCommands(
@@ -94,7 +94,4 @@ export function registerBrowserNavigationCommands(
         defaultRuntime.exit(1);
       }
     });
-
-  // Keep `requireRef` reachable; shared utilities are intended for other modules too.
-  void requireRef;
 }