diff --git a/client/src/controllers/TeleportController.ts b/client/src/controllers/TeleportController.ts
index 3c1221f239..a9b478dfd4 100644
--- a/client/src/controllers/TeleportController.ts
+++ b/client/src/controllers/TeleportController.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Controller } from '@hotwired/stimulus';
+import { runInlineScripts } from '../utils/runInlineScripts';
 
 /**
  * Allows the controlled element's content to be copied and appended
@@ -101,16 +102,7 @@ export class TeleportController extends Controller<HTMLTemplateElement> {
     // and copy the attributes and innerHTML over. This is necessary when we're
     // teleporting a template that contains legacy init code, e.g. initDateChooser.
     // Only do this for inline scripts, as that's what we're expecting.
-    templateFragment
-      .querySelectorAll('script:not([src], [type])')
-      .forEach((script) => {
-        const newScript = document.createElement('script');
-        Array.from(script.attributes).forEach((key) =>
-          newScript.setAttribute(key.nodeName, key.nodeValue || ''),
-        );
-        newScript.innerHTML = script.innerHTML;
-        script.replaceWith(newScript);
-      });
+    runInlineScripts(templateFragment);
 
     return templateFragment;
   }
diff --git a/client/src/entrypoints/admin/telepath/widgets.js b/client/src/entrypoints/admin/telepath/widgets.js
index 0604dbab05..12ebeac416 100644
--- a/client/src/entrypoints/admin/telepath/widgets.js
+++ b/client/src/entrypoints/admin/telepath/widgets.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { gettext } from '../../../utils/gettext';
+import { runInlineScripts } from '../../../utils/runInlineScripts';
 
 class BoundWidget {
   constructor(
@@ -79,11 +80,7 @@ class Widget {
     placeholder.replaceWith(dom);
 
     /* execute any scripts in the new element */
-    dom.querySelectorAll('script').forEach((script) => {
-      const newScript = document.createElement('script');
-      newScript.text = script.text;
-      script.replaceWith(newScript);
-    });
+    runInlineScripts(dom);
 
     // Add any extra attributes we received to the HTML of the widget
     if (typeof options?.attributes === 'object') {
diff --git a/client/src/utils/runInlineScripts.ts b/client/src/utils/runInlineScripts.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..902bf44afe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/utils/runInlineScripts.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/**
+ * Runs any inline scripts contained within the given DOM element or fragment.
+ */
+const runInlineScripts = (element: HTMLElement | DocumentFragment) => {
+  const scripts = element.querySelectorAll(
+    'script:not([src])',
+  ) as NodeListOf<HTMLScriptElement>;
+  scripts.forEach((script) => {
+    if (!script.type || script.type === 'application/javascript') {
+      const newScript = document.createElement('script');
+      Array.from(script.attributes).forEach((key) =>
+        newScript.setAttribute(key.nodeName, key.nodeValue || ''),
+      );
+      newScript.text = script.text;
+      script.replaceWith(newScript);
+    }
+  });
+};
+
+export { runInlineScripts };