diff --git a/core/static/webpack/jquery-index.js b/core/static/webpack/jquery-index.js
index 569d26e8..7c5159fe 100644
--- a/core/static/webpack/jquery-index.js
+++ b/core/static/webpack/jquery-index.js
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ require("jquery-ui/ui/widgets/tabs.js");
 
 require("jquery-ui/themes/base/all.css");
 
+// We ship select2 here, otherwise it will duplicate jquery everywhere we load it
+import "select2";
+
 /**
  * Simple wrapper to solve shorten not being able on legacy pages
  * @param {string} selector to be passed to jQuery
diff --git a/core/static/webpack/utils/select2.ts b/core/static/webpack/utils/select2.ts
index a18e82bb..44058ac3 100644
--- a/core/static/webpack/utils/select2.ts
+++ b/core/static/webpack/utils/select2.ts
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@
  * </script>
  */
 
-import "select2";
 import type {
   AjaxOptions,
   DataFormat,