diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 72084ce6..f7564c99 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ updates:
       interval: daily
     open-pull-requests-limit: 4
     versioning-strategy: increase
-    # TODO: We cannot update React to v18. See https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/issues/7264
-    ignore:
-      - dependency-name: 'react'
-        versions: ['18.x']
   - package-ecosystem: 'github-actions'
     directory: '/'
     schedule:
diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index f394ff23..fa1339ed 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 [中文文档 (Chinese Readme)](https://github.com/cheeriojs/cheerio/wiki/Chinese-README)
 
 ```js
-const cheerio = require('cheerio');
+import * as cheerio from 'cheerio';
 const $ = cheerio.load('<h2 class="title">Hello world</h2>');
 
 $('h2.title').text('Hello there!');
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jQuery operates on the one, baked-in DOM. With Cheerio, we need to pass in the
 HTML document.
 
 ```js
-// ES6 or TypeScript:
+// ESM or TypeScript:
 import * as cheerio from 'cheerio';
 
 // In other environments:
diff --git a/benchmark/benchmark.ts b/benchmark/benchmark.ts
index b02b830a..bb2c81e4 100755
--- a/benchmark/benchmark.ts
+++ b/benchmark/benchmark.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import type { Element } from 'domhandler';
 import type { Cheerio } from '../src/cheerio.js';
 import type { CheerioAPI } from '../src/load.js';
 import { JSDOM } from 'jsdom';
-import { load } from '../src/base-exports.js';
+import { load } from '../src/load-parse.js';
 
 const documentDir = new URL('documents/', import.meta.url);
 const jQuerySrc = await fs.readFile(
diff --git a/src/__fixtures__/fixtures.ts b/src/__fixtures__/fixtures.ts
index 4487d4c5..d153fe2d 100644
--- a/src/__fixtures__/fixtures.ts
+++ b/src/__fixtures__/fixtures.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+import type { CheerioAPI } from '../load.js';
+import { load } from '../load-parse.js';
+
+/** A Cheerio instance with no content. */
+export const cheerio: CheerioAPI = load([]);
+
 export const fruits: string = [
   '<ul id="fruits">',
   '<li class="apple">Apple</li>',
diff --git a/src/__tests__/deprecated.spec.ts b/src/__tests__/deprecated.spec.ts
index 3468d692..493b8c7f 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/deprecated.spec.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/deprecated.spec.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
  * maintained until that time.
  */
 import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
-import * as fixtures from '../__fixtures__/fixtures.js';
-import cheerio from '../index.js';
+import { cheerio, food, fruits } from '../__fixtures__/fixtures.js';
 
 describe('deprecated APIs', () => {
   describe('cheerio module', () => {
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ describe('deprecated APIs', () => {
       let $: typeof cheerio;
 
       beforeEach(() => {
-        $ = cheerio.load(fixtures.food);
+        $ = cheerio.load(food);
       });
 
       it('(container, contained) : should correctly detect the provided element', () => {
@@ -131,7 +130,7 @@ describe('deprecated APIs', () => {
 
   describe('Cheerio function', () => {
     it('.load', () => {
-      const $1 = cheerio.load(fixtures.fruits);
+      const $1 = cheerio.load(fruits);
       const $2 = $1.load('<div><p>Some <a>text</a>.</p></div>');
 
       expect($2('a')).toHaveLength(1);
@@ -173,7 +172,7 @@ describe('deprecated APIs', () => {
       });
 
       it('(selector) : should return the outerHTML of the selected element', () => {
-        const $ = cheerio.load(fixtures.fruits);
+        const $ = cheerio.load(fruits);
         expect($.html('.pear')).toBe('<li class="pear">Pear</li>');
       });
     });
diff --git a/src/api/attributes.spec.ts b/src/api/attributes.spec.ts
index 270c124a..9b1c64cb 100644
--- a/src/api/attributes.spec.ts
+++ b/src/api/attributes.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
-import cheerio, { load, type CheerioAPI, type Cheerio } from '../index.js';
+import { load, type CheerioAPI, type Cheerio } from '../index.js';
 import type { Element } from 'domhandler';
 import {
+  cheerio,
   script,
   fruits,
   vegetables,
diff --git a/src/api/css.spec.ts b/src/api/css.spec.ts
index d9e01744..f6455c22 100644
--- a/src/api/css.spec.ts
+++ b/src/api/css.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
-import cheerio, { load, type Cheerio } from '../index.js';
+import { load, type Cheerio } from '../index.js';
 import type { Element } from 'domhandler';
-import { mixedText } from '../__fixtures__/fixtures.js';
+import { cheerio, mixedText } from '../__fixtures__/fixtures.js';
 
 describe('$(...)', () => {
   describe('.css', () => {
diff --git a/src/api/extract.spec.ts b/src/api/extract.spec.ts
index 939e0752..b2432127 100644
--- a/src/api/extract.spec.ts
+++ b/src/api/extract.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
 import * as fixtures from '../__fixtures__/fixtures.js';
-import { load } from '../base-exports.js';
+import { load } from '../load-parse.js';
 
 interface RedSelObject {
   red: string | undefined;
diff --git a/src/api/forms.spec.ts b/src/api/forms.spec.ts
index 3b134502..ddd3d758 100644
--- a/src/api/forms.spec.ts
+++ b/src/api/forms.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
-import cheerio, { type CheerioAPI } from '../index.js';
-import { forms } from '../__fixtures__/fixtures.js';
+import { type CheerioAPI } from '../index.js';
+import { cheerio, forms } from '../__fixtures__/fixtures.js';
 
 describe('$(...)', () => {
   let $: CheerioAPI;
diff --git a/src/api/traversing.spec.ts b/src/api/traversing.spec.ts
index 29764f96..3494b6f9 100644
--- a/src/api/traversing.spec.ts
+++ b/src/api/traversing.spec.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
-import cheerio, { type CheerioAPI } from '../index.js';
+import { load, type CheerioAPI } from '../index.js';
 import { Cheerio } from '../cheerio.js';
 import { type AnyNode, type Element, type Text, isText } from 'domhandler';
 import {
+  cheerio,
   food,
   fruits,
   eleven,
@@ -23,13 +24,13 @@ describe('$(...)', () => {
   let $: CheerioAPI;
 
   beforeEach(() => {
-    $ = cheerio.load(fruits);
+    $ = load(fruits);
   });
 
   describe('.load', () => {
     it('should throw a TypeError if given invalid input', () => {
       expect(() => {
-        (cheerio.load as any)();
+        (load as any)();
       }).toThrow('cheerio.load() expects a string');
     });
   });
@@ -77,12 +78,12 @@ describe('$(...)', () => {
     });
 
     it('should query immediate descendant only', () => {
-      const q = cheerio.load('<foo><bar><bar></bar><bar></bar></bar></foo>');
+      const q = load('<foo><bar><bar></bar><bar></bar></bar></foo>');
       expect(q('foo').find('> bar')).toHaveLength(1);
     });
 
     it('should find siblings', () => {
-      const q = cheerio.load('<p class=a><p class=b></p>');
+      const q = load('<p class=a><p class=b></p>');
       expect(q('.a').find('+.b')).toHaveLength(1);
       expect(q('.a').find('~.b')).toHaveLength(1);
       expect(q('.a').find('+.a')).toHaveLength(0);
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ describe('$(...)', () => {
     });
 
     it('should query case-sensitively when in xml mode', () => {
-      const q = cheerio.load('<caseSenSitive allTheWay>', { xml: true });
+      const q = load('<caseSenSitive allTheWay>', { xml: true });
       expect(q('caseSenSitive')).toHaveLength(1);
       expect(q('[allTheWay]')).toHaveLength(1);
       expect(q('casesensitive')).toHaveLength(0);
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ describe('$(...)', () => {
 
     describe('(cheerio object) :', () => {
       it('returns only those nodes contained within the current selection', () => {
-        const q = cheerio.load(food);
+        const q = load(food);
         const $selection = q('#fruits').find(q('li'));
 
         expect($selection).toHaveLength(3);
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ describe('$(...)', () => {
         expect($selection[2]).toBe(q('.pear')[0]);
       });
       it('returns only those nodes contained within any element in the current selection', () => {
-        const q = cheerio.load(food);
+        const q = load(food);
         const $selection = q('.apple, #vegetables').find(q('li'));
 
         expect($selection).toHaveLength(2);
@@ -125,21 +126,21 @@ describe('$(...)', () => {
 
     describe('(node) :', () => {
       it('returns node when contained within the current selection', () => {
-        const q = cheerio.load(food);
+        const q = load(food);
         const $selection = q('#fruits').find(q('.apple')[0]);
 
         expect($selection).toHaveLength(1);
         expect($selection[0]).toBe(q('.apple')[0]);
       });
       it('returns node when contained within any element the current selection', () => {
-        const q = cheerio.load(food);
+        const q = load(food);
         const $selection = q('#fruits, #vegetables').find(q('.carrot')[0]);
 
         expect($selection).toHaveLength(1);
         expect($selection[0]).toBe(q('.carrot')[0]);
       });
       it('does not return node that is not contained within the current selection', () => {
-        const q = cheerio.load(food);
+        const q = load(food);
         const $selection = q('#fruits').find(q('.carrot')[0]);
 
         expect($selection).toHaveLength(0);
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ describe('$(...)', () => {
 
   describe('.contents', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
-      $ = cheerio.load(text);
+      $ = load(text);
     });
 
     it('() : should get all contents', () => {
@@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ describe('$(...)', () => {
     });
 
     it('() : should return elements in order', () => {
-      const result = cheerio.load(eleven)('.red').next();
+      const result = load(eleven)('.red').next();
       expect(result).toHaveLength(2);
       expect(result.eq(0).text()).toBe('Six');
       expect(result.eq(1).text()).toBe('Ten');
@@ -384,7 +385,7 @@ describe('$(...)', () => {
     });
 
     it('() : should maintain elements order', () => {
-      const sel = cheerio.load(eleven)('.sel');
+      const sel = load(eleven)('.sel');
       expect(sel).toHaveLength(3);
       expect(sel.eq(0).text()).toBe('Three');
       expect(sel.eq(1).text()).toBe('Nine');
@@ -566,7 +567,7 @@ describe('$(...)', () => {
     });
 
     it('() : when two elements are siblings to each other they have to be included', () => {
-      const result = cheerio.load(eleven)('.sel').siblings();
+      const result = load(eleven)('.sel').siblings();
       expect(result).toHaveLength(7);
       expect(result.eq(0).text()).toBe('One');
       expect(result.eq(1).text()).toBe('Two');
@@ -578,14 +579,14 @@ describe('$(...)', () => {
     });
 
     it('(selector) : when two elements are siblings to each other they have to be included', () => {
-      const result = cheerio.load(eleven)('.sel').siblings('.red');
+      const result = load(eleven)('.sel').siblings('.red');
       expect(result).toHaveLength(2);
       expect(result.eq(0).text()).toBe('Four');
       expect(result.eq(1).text()).toBe('Nine');
     });
 
     it('(cheerio) : test filtering with cheerio object', () => {
-      const doc = cheerio.load(eleven);
+      const doc = load(eleven);
       const result = doc('.sel').siblings(doc(':not([class])'));
       expect(result).toHaveLength(4);
       expect(result.eq(0).text()).toBe('One');
@@ -597,7 +598,7 @@ describe('$(...)', () => {
 
   describe('.parents', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
-      $ = cheerio.load(food);
+      $ = load(food);
     });
 
     it('() : should get all of the parents in logical order', () => {
@@ -648,7 +649,7 @@ describe('$(...)', () => {
 
   describe('.parentsUntil', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
-      $ = cheerio.load(food);
+      $ = load(food);
     });
 
     it('() : should get all of the parents in logical order', () => {
@@ -1012,7 +1013,7 @@ describe('$(...)', () => {
 
   describe('.has', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
-      $ = cheerio.load(food);
+      $ = load(food);
     });
 
     it('(selector) : should reduce the set of matched elements to those with descendants that match the selector', () => {
@@ -1278,7 +1279,7 @@ describe('$(...)', () => {
     let $pear: Cheerio<Element>;
 
     beforeEach(() => {
-      $ = cheerio.load(food);
+      $ = load(food);
       $fruits = $('#fruits');
       $apple = $('.apple');
       $orange = $('.orange');
@@ -1579,7 +1580,7 @@ describe('$(...)', () => {
         expect($selection[1]).toBe($('.apple')[0]);
       });
       it('includes parents and self', () => {
-        const q = cheerio.load(food);
+        const q = load(food);
         const $selection = q('.apple').parents().addBack();
 
         expect($selection).toHaveLength(5);
diff --git a/src/base-exports.spec.ts b/src/base-exports.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index c86ab250..00000000
--- a/src/base-exports.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
-import * as cheerio from './base-exports.js';
-import * as statics from './static.js';
-
-describe('static method re-exports', () => {
-  it('should export expected static methods', () => {
-    for (const key of Object.keys(statics) as (keyof typeof statics)[]) {
-      if (key === 'extract') continue;
-      expect(typeof cheerio[key]).toBe(typeof statics[key]);
-    }
-  });
-
-  it('should have a functional `html` that is bound to the default instance', () => {
-    expect(cheerio.html(cheerio.default('<div>test div</div>'))).toBe(
-      '<div>test div</div>',
-    );
-  });
-
-  it('should have a functional `xml` that is bound to the default instance', () => {
-    expect(cheerio.xml(cheerio.default('<div>test div</div>'))).toBe(
-      '<div>test div</div>',
-    );
-  });
-
-  it('should have a functional `text` that is bound to the default instance', () => {
-    expect(cheerio.text(cheerio.default('<div>test div</div>'))).toBe(
-      'test div',
-    );
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/base-exports.ts b/src/base-exports.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c05c20a..00000000
--- a/src/base-exports.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,148 +0,0 @@
-import { type CheerioAPI, getLoad } from './load.js';
-import { getParse } from './parse.js';
-import { renderWithParse5, parseWithParse5 } from './parsers/parse5-adapter.js';
-import * as staticMethods from './static.js';
-import type { BasicAcceptedElems } from './types.js';
-import type { CheerioOptions } from './options.js';
-import renderWithHtmlparser2 from 'dom-serializer';
-import { parseDocument as parseWithHtmlparser2 } from 'htmlparser2';
-import type { AnyNode } from 'domhandler';
-
-/**
- * The main types of Cheerio objects.
- *
- * @category Cheerio
- */
-export type { Cheerio } from './cheerio.js';
-
-/**
- * Types used in signatures of Cheerio methods.
- *
- * @category Cheerio
- */
-export * from './types.js';
-export type { CheerioOptions, HTMLParser2Options } from './options.js';
-export type { CheerioAPI } from './load.js';
-export { contains, merge } from './static.js';
-
-const parse = getParse((content, options, isDocument, context) =>
-  options._useHtmlParser2
-    ? parseWithHtmlparser2(content, options)
-    : parseWithParse5(content, options, isDocument, context),
-);
-
-// Duplicate docs due to https://github.com/TypeStrong/typedoc/issues/1616
-/**
- * Create a querying function, bound to a document created from the provided
- * markup.
- *
- * Note that similar to web browser contexts, this operation may introduce
- * `<html>`, `<head>`, and `<body>` elements; set `isDocument` to `false` to
- * switch to fragment mode and disable this.
- *
- * @category Loading
- * @param content - Markup to be loaded.
- * @param options - Options for the created instance.
- * @param isDocument - Allows parser to be switched to fragment mode.
- * @returns The loaded document.
- * @see {@link https://cheerio.js.org#loading} for additional usage information.
- */
-export const load: (
-  content: string | AnyNode | AnyNode[] | Buffer,
-  options?: CheerioOptions | null,
-  isDocument?: boolean,
-) => CheerioAPI = getLoad(parse, (dom, options) =>
-  options._useHtmlParser2
-    ? renderWithHtmlparser2(dom, options)
-    : renderWithParse5(dom),
-);
-
-const defaultInstance: CheerioAPI = load([]);
-
-/**
- * The default cheerio instance.
- *
- * @deprecated Use the function returned by `load` instead. To access load, make
- *   sure you are importing `* as cheerio` instead of this default export.
- * @category Deprecated
- */
-export default defaultInstance;
-
-/**
- * Renders the document.
- *
- * @deprecated Use `html` on the loaded instance instead.
- * @category Deprecated
- * @param dom - Element to render.
- * @param options - Options for the renderer.
- * @returns The rendered document.
- */
-export const html: (
-  dom: BasicAcceptedElems<AnyNode>,
-  options?: CheerioOptions,
-) => string = staticMethods.html.bind(defaultInstance);
-
-/**
- * Render the document as XML.
- *
- * @deprecated Use `xml` on the loaded instance instead.
- * @category Deprecated
- * @param dom - Element to render.
- * @returns The rendered document.
- */
-export const xml: (dom: BasicAcceptedElems<AnyNode>) => string =
-  staticMethods.xml.bind(defaultInstance);
-
-/**
- * Render the document as text.
- *
- * This returns the `textContent` of the passed elements. The result will
- * include the contents of `<script>` and `<style>` elements. To avoid this, use
- * `.prop('innerText')` instead.
- *
- * @deprecated Use `text` on the loaded instance instead.
- * @category Deprecated
- * @param elements - Elements to render.
- * @returns The rendered document.
- */
-export const text: (elements: ArrayLike<AnyNode>) => string =
-  staticMethods.text.bind(defaultInstance);
-
-/**
- * The `.parseHTML` method exported by the Cheerio module is deprecated.
- *
- * In order to promote consistency with the jQuery library, users are encouraged
- * to instead use the static method of the same name as it is defined on the
- * "loaded" Cheerio factory function.
- *
- * @deprecated Use `parseHTML` on the loaded instance instead.
- * @category Deprecated
- * @example
- *
- * ```js
- * const $ = cheerio.load('');
- * $.parseHTML('<b>markup</b>');
- * ```
- */
-export const parseHTML = staticMethods.parseHTML.bind(
-  defaultInstance,
-) as typeof staticMethods.parseHTML;
-
-/**
- * The `.root` method exported by the Cheerio module is deprecated.
- *
- * Users seeking to access the top-level element of a parsed document should
- * instead use the `root` static method of a "loaded" Cheerio function.
- *
- * @deprecated Use `root` on the loaded instance instead.
- * @category Deprecated
- * @example
- *
- * ```js
- * const $ = cheerio.load('');
- * $.root();
- * ```
- */
-export const root = staticMethods.root.bind(
-  defaultInstance,
-) as typeof staticMethods.root;
diff --git a/src/cheerio.spec.ts b/src/cheerio.spec.ts
index 4e98e009..380c80ef 100644
--- a/src/cheerio.spec.ts
+++ b/src/cheerio.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
 import { parseDOM } from 'htmlparser2';
-import cheerio, { type Cheerio } from './index.js';
-import { fruits, food, noscript } from './__fixtures__/fixtures.js';
+import { type Cheerio } from './index.js';
+import { cheerio, fruits, food, noscript } from './__fixtures__/fixtures.js';
 import type { Element } from 'domhandler';
 
 declare module './index.js' {
diff --git a/src/index-browser.mts b/src/index-browser.mts
index 014d0408..9efe7a12 100644
--- a/src/index-browser.mts
+++ b/src/index-browser.mts
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
-export * from './base-exports.js';
-// TODO: Remove this
-export { default } from './base-exports.js';
+export type { Cheerio } from './cheerio.js';
+export type * from './types.js';
+export type { CheerioOptions, HTMLParser2Options } from './options.js';
+export type { CheerioAPI } from './load.js';
+
+export * from './load-parse.js';
diff --git a/src/index-browser.spec.ts b/src/index-browser.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 05774213..00000000
--- a/src/index-browser.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
-import * as cheerio from './index-browser.js';
-import * as statics from './static.js';
-
-describe('static method re-exports', () => {
-  it('should export expected static methods', () => {
-    for (const key of Object.keys(statics) as (keyof typeof statics)[]) {
-      if (key === 'extract') continue;
-      expect(typeof cheerio[key]).toBe(typeof statics[key]);
-    }
-  });
-
-  it('should have a functional `html` that is bound to the default instance', () => {
-    expect(cheerio.html(cheerio.default('<div>test div</div>'))).toBe(
-      '<div>test div</div>',
-    );
-  });
-
-  it('should have a functional `xml` that is bound to the default instance', () => {
-    expect(cheerio.xml(cheerio.default('<div>test div</div>'))).toBe(
-      '<div>test div</div>',
-    );
-  });
-
-  it('should have a functional `text` that is bound to the default instance', () => {
-    expect(cheerio.text(cheerio.default('<div>test div</div>'))).toBe(
-      'test div',
-    );
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/index-browser.ts b/src/index-browser.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c05c20a..00000000
--- a/src/index-browser.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,148 +0,0 @@
-import { type CheerioAPI, getLoad } from './load.js';
-import { getParse } from './parse.js';
-import { renderWithParse5, parseWithParse5 } from './parsers/parse5-adapter.js';
-import * as staticMethods from './static.js';
-import type { BasicAcceptedElems } from './types.js';
-import type { CheerioOptions } from './options.js';
-import renderWithHtmlparser2 from 'dom-serializer';
-import { parseDocument as parseWithHtmlparser2 } from 'htmlparser2';
-import type { AnyNode } from 'domhandler';
-
-/**
- * The main types of Cheerio objects.
- *
- * @category Cheerio
- */
-export type { Cheerio } from './cheerio.js';
-
-/**
- * Types used in signatures of Cheerio methods.
- *
- * @category Cheerio
- */
-export * from './types.js';
-export type { CheerioOptions, HTMLParser2Options } from './options.js';
-export type { CheerioAPI } from './load.js';
-export { contains, merge } from './static.js';
-
-const parse = getParse((content, options, isDocument, context) =>
-  options._useHtmlParser2
-    ? parseWithHtmlparser2(content, options)
-    : parseWithParse5(content, options, isDocument, context),
-);
-
-// Duplicate docs due to https://github.com/TypeStrong/typedoc/issues/1616
-/**
- * Create a querying function, bound to a document created from the provided
- * markup.
- *
- * Note that similar to web browser contexts, this operation may introduce
- * `<html>`, `<head>`, and `<body>` elements; set `isDocument` to `false` to
- * switch to fragment mode and disable this.
- *
- * @category Loading
- * @param content - Markup to be loaded.
- * @param options - Options for the created instance.
- * @param isDocument - Allows parser to be switched to fragment mode.
- * @returns The loaded document.
- * @see {@link https://cheerio.js.org#loading} for additional usage information.
- */
-export const load: (
-  content: string | AnyNode | AnyNode[] | Buffer,
-  options?: CheerioOptions | null,
-  isDocument?: boolean,
-) => CheerioAPI = getLoad(parse, (dom, options) =>
-  options._useHtmlParser2
-    ? renderWithHtmlparser2(dom, options)
-    : renderWithParse5(dom),
-);
-
-const defaultInstance: CheerioAPI = load([]);
-
-/**
- * The default cheerio instance.
- *
- * @deprecated Use the function returned by `load` instead. To access load, make
- *   sure you are importing `* as cheerio` instead of this default export.
- * @category Deprecated
- */
-export default defaultInstance;
-
-/**
- * Renders the document.
- *
- * @deprecated Use `html` on the loaded instance instead.
- * @category Deprecated
- * @param dom - Element to render.
- * @param options - Options for the renderer.
- * @returns The rendered document.
- */
-export const html: (
-  dom: BasicAcceptedElems<AnyNode>,
-  options?: CheerioOptions,
-) => string = staticMethods.html.bind(defaultInstance);
-
-/**
- * Render the document as XML.
- *
- * @deprecated Use `xml` on the loaded instance instead.
- * @category Deprecated
- * @param dom - Element to render.
- * @returns The rendered document.
- */
-export const xml: (dom: BasicAcceptedElems<AnyNode>) => string =
-  staticMethods.xml.bind(defaultInstance);
-
-/**
- * Render the document as text.
- *
- * This returns the `textContent` of the passed elements. The result will
- * include the contents of `<script>` and `<style>` elements. To avoid this, use
- * `.prop('innerText')` instead.
- *
- * @deprecated Use `text` on the loaded instance instead.
- * @category Deprecated
- * @param elements - Elements to render.
- * @returns The rendered document.
- */
-export const text: (elements: ArrayLike<AnyNode>) => string =
-  staticMethods.text.bind(defaultInstance);
-
-/**
- * The `.parseHTML` method exported by the Cheerio module is deprecated.
- *
- * In order to promote consistency with the jQuery library, users are encouraged
- * to instead use the static method of the same name as it is defined on the
- * "loaded" Cheerio factory function.
- *
- * @deprecated Use `parseHTML` on the loaded instance instead.
- * @category Deprecated
- * @example
- *
- * ```js
- * const $ = cheerio.load('');
- * $.parseHTML('<b>markup</b>');
- * ```
- */
-export const parseHTML = staticMethods.parseHTML.bind(
-  defaultInstance,
-) as typeof staticMethods.parseHTML;
-
-/**
- * The `.root` method exported by the Cheerio module is deprecated.
- *
- * Users seeking to access the top-level element of a parsed document should
- * instead use the `root` static method of a "loaded" Cheerio function.
- *
- * @deprecated Use `root` on the loaded instance instead.
- * @category Deprecated
- * @example
- *
- * ```js
- * const $ = cheerio.load('');
- * $.root();
- * ```
- */
-export const root = staticMethods.root.bind(
-  defaultInstance,
-) as typeof staticMethods.root;
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 5f21d66b..1ccffa20 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -3,17 +3,16 @@
  *   convenience methods for loading documents from various sources.
  */
 
-export * from './base-exports.js';
-// TODO: Remove this
-export { default } from './base-exports.js';
+export * from './load-parse.js';
+
+export type { Cheerio } from './cheerio.js';
+export type * from './types.js';
+export type { CheerioOptions, HTMLParser2Options } from './options.js';
+export type { CheerioAPI } from './load.js';
 
 /* eslint-disable n/no-unsupported-features/node-builtins */
 
-import type { CheerioAPI, CheerioOptions } from './base-exports.js';
-import { load } from './base-exports.js';
-import { flattenOptions, type InternalOptions } from './options.js';
 import { adapter as htmlparser2Adapter } from 'parse5-htmlparser2-tree-adapter';
-
 import * as htmlparser2 from 'htmlparser2';
 import { ParserStream as Parse5Stream } from 'parse5-parser-stream';
 import {
@@ -24,6 +23,13 @@ import {
 import * as undici from 'undici';
 import MIMEType from 'whatwg-mimetype';
 import { Writable, finished } from 'node:stream';
+import type { CheerioAPI } from './load.js';
+import {
+  flattenOptions,
+  type InternalOptions,
+  type CheerioOptions,
+} from './options.js';
+import { load } from './load-parse.js';
 
 /**
  * Sniffs the encoding of a buffer, then creates a querying function bound to a
diff --git a/src/load-parse.ts b/src/load-parse.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dde06368
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/load-parse.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { type CheerioAPI, getLoad } from './load.js';
+import { getParse } from './parse.js';
+import { renderWithParse5, parseWithParse5 } from './parsers/parse5-adapter.js';
+import type { CheerioOptions } from './options.js';
+import renderWithHtmlparser2 from 'dom-serializer';
+import { parseDocument as parseWithHtmlparser2 } from 'htmlparser2';
+import type { AnyNode } from 'domhandler';
+
+export { contains, merge } from './static.js';
+
+const parse = getParse((content, options, isDocument, context) =>
+  options._useHtmlParser2
+    ? parseWithHtmlparser2(content, options)
+    : parseWithParse5(content, options, isDocument, context),
+);
+
+// Duplicate docs due to https://github.com/TypeStrong/typedoc/issues/1616
+/**
+ * Create a querying function, bound to a document created from the provided
+ * markup.
+ *
+ * Note that similar to web browser contexts, this operation may introduce
+ * `<html>`, `<head>`, and `<body>` elements; set `isDocument` to `false` to
+ * switch to fragment mode and disable this.
+ *
+ * @category Loading
+ * @param content - Markup to be loaded.
+ * @param options - Options for the created instance.
+ * @param isDocument - Allows parser to be switched to fragment mode.
+ * @returns The loaded document.
+ * @see {@link https://cheerio.js.org#loading} for additional usage information.
+ */
+export const load: (
+  content: string | AnyNode | AnyNode[] | Buffer,
+  options?: CheerioOptions | null,
+  isDocument?: boolean,
+) => CheerioAPI = getLoad(parse, (dom, options) =>
+  options._useHtmlParser2
+    ? renderWithHtmlparser2(dom, options)
+    : renderWithParse5(dom),
+);
diff --git a/src/static.spec.ts b/src/static.spec.ts
index 6680f571..3f27234c 100644
--- a/src/static.spec.ts
+++ b/src/static.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
-import * as fixtures from './__fixtures__/fixtures.js';
-import cheerio, { type CheerioAPI } from './index.js';
+import { cheerio, food, eleven } from './__fixtures__/fixtures.js';
+import { type CheerioAPI } from './index.js';
 
 describe('cheerio', () => {
   describe('.html', () => {
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ describe('cheerio', () => {
     let $: CheerioAPI;
 
     beforeEach(() => {
-      $ = cheerio.load(fixtures.food);
+      $ = cheerio.load(food);
     });
 
     it('(container, contained) : should correctly detect the provided element', () => {
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ describe('cheerio', () => {
 
   describe('.extract', () => {
     it('() : should extract values for selectors', () => {
-      const $ = cheerio.load(fixtures.eleven);
+      const $ = cheerio.load(eleven);
 
       expect(
         $.extract({