diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 1d72596e..72a04242 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -318,12 +318,6 @@ jobs:
           ./test/node_modules/.bin/playwright install-deps
           ./test/node_modules/.bin/playwright install
 
-      # TODO@jsjoeio - this is temp. We need to do an actual fix
-      - name: Copy node binary to release
-        run: |
-          ln -s $(which node) ./release/lib/node
-          ln -s $(which node) ./release/node
-
       - name: Run end-to-end tests
         run: CODE_SERVER_TEST_ENTRY=./release yarn test:e2e --global-timeout 840000
 
@@ -400,12 +394,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Start Caddy
         run: sudo ~/.cache/caddy/caddy start --config ./ci/Caddyfile
 
-      # TODO@jsjoeio - this is temp. We need to do an actual fix
-      - name: Copy node binary to release
-        run: |
-          ln -s $(which node) ./release/lib/node
-          ln -s $(which node) ./release/node
-
       - name: Run end-to-end tests
         run: CODE_SERVER_TEST_ENTRY=./release yarn test:e2e:proxy --global-timeout 840000
 
diff --git a/ci/build/build-standalone-release.sh b/ci/build/build-standalone-release.sh
index be9f0df7..a297b904 100755
--- a/ci/build/build-standalone-release.sh
+++ b/ci/build/build-standalone-release.sh
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ main() {
   rsync ./ci/build/code-server.sh "$RELEASE_PATH/bin/code-server"
   rsync "$node_path" "$RELEASE_PATH/lib/node"
 
-  ln -s "./bin/code-server" "$RELEASE_PATH/code-server"
-  ln -s "./lib/node" "$RELEASE_PATH/node"
-
   pushd "$RELEASE_PATH"
   npm install --unsafe-perm --omit=dev
   popd
diff --git a/ci/build/build-vscode.sh b/ci/build/build-vscode.sh
index b0cf0529..631964d5 100755
--- a/ci/build/build-vscode.sh
+++ b/ci/build/build-vscode.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ copy-bin-script() {
   # shellcheck disable=SC2016
   sed -i.bak 's/^ROOT=\(.*\)$/VSROOT=\1\nROOT="$(dirname "$(dirname "$VSROOT")")"/g' "$dest"
   sed -i.bak 's/ROOT\/out/VSROOT\/out/g' "$dest"
+  # We do not want expansion here; this text should make it to the file as-is.
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2016
+  sed -i.bak 's/$ROOT\/node/${NODE_EXEC_PATH:-$ROOT\/lib\/node}/g' "$dest"
 
   # Fix Node path on Windows.
   sed -i.bak 's/^set ROOT_DIR=\(.*\)$/set ROOT_DIR=%~dp0..\\..\\..\\..\r\nset VSROOT_DIR=\1/g' "$dest"
diff --git a/ci/build/code-server.sh b/ci/build/code-server.sh
index c2bdfc89..801835ea 100755
--- a/ci/build/code-server.sh
+++ b/ci/build/code-server.sh
@@ -11,14 +11,6 @@ _realpath() {
   cd "$(dirname "$script")"
 
   while [ -L "$(basename "$script")" ]; do
-    if [ -L "./node" ] && [ -L "./code-server" ] \
-      && [ -f "package.json" ] \
-      && cat package.json | grep -q '^  "name": "code-server",$'; then
-      echo "***** Please use the script in bin/code-server instead!" >&2
-      echo "***** This script will soon be removed!" >&2
-      echo "***** See the release notes at https://github.com/coder/code-server/releases/tag/v3.4.0" >&2
-    fi
-
     script="$(readlink "$(basename "$script")")"
     cd "$(dirname "$script")"
   done
diff --git a/src/node/wrapper.ts b/src/node/wrapper.ts
index dde60346..755914bb 100644
--- a/src/node/wrapper.ts
+++ b/src/node/wrapper.ts
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ export class ParentProcess extends Process {
       env: {
         ...process.env,
         CODE_SERVER_PARENT_PID: process.pid.toString(),
+        NODE_EXEC_PATH: process.execPath,
       },
       stdio: ["pipe", "pipe", "pipe", "ipc"],
     })