diff --git a/.changeset/small-numbers-joke.md b/.changeset/small-numbers-joke.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3730a05577
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/small-numbers-joke.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/plugin-commands-installation": major
+"@pnpm/plugin-commands-publishing": major
+"@pnpm/plugin-commands-script-runners": major
+"@pnpm/plugin-commands-deploy": major
+"@pnpm/plugin-commands-env": major
+"@pnpm/workspace.find-packages": major
+"@pnpm/constants": major
+"@pnpm/core": major
+"@pnpm/lifecycle": major
+"@pnpm/types": major
+"@pnpm/config": major
+"pnpm": major
+---
+
+Removed support for the `useNodeVersion` and `executionEnv.nodeVersion` fields. `devEngines.runtime` and `engines.runtime` should be used instead [#10373](https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/pull/10373).
diff --git a/config/config/src/Config.ts b/config/config/src/Config.ts
index c385f00789..8fb7a7e6ec 100644
--- a/config/config/src/Config.ts
+++ b/config/config/src/Config.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ export interface Config extends OptionsFromRootManifest {
   ignoreCurrentSpecifiers?: boolean
   recursive?: boolean
   enablePrePostScripts?: boolean
-  useNodeVersion?: string
   useStderr?: boolean
   nodeLinker?: 'hoisted' | 'isolated' | 'pnp'
   preferSymlinkedExecutables?: boolean
diff --git a/config/config/src/getOptionsFromRootManifest.ts b/config/config/src/getOptionsFromRootManifest.ts
index 19dc597a86..08a34a6bee 100644
--- a/config/config/src/getOptionsFromRootManifest.ts
+++ b/config/config/src/getOptionsFromRootManifest.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export type OptionsFromRootManifest = {
   peerDependencyRules?: PeerDependencyRules
   supportedArchitectures?: SupportedArchitectures
   allowBuilds?: Record<string, boolean | string>
-} & Pick<PnpmSettings, 'configDependencies' | 'auditConfig' | 'executionEnv' | 'updateConfig'>
+} & Pick<PnpmSettings, 'configDependencies' | 'auditConfig' | 'updateConfig'>
 
 export function getOptionsFromRootManifest (manifestDir: string, manifest: ProjectManifest): OptionsFromRootManifest {
   const settings: OptionsFromRootManifest = getOptionsFromPnpmSettings(manifestDir, {
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ export function getOptionsFromRootManifest (manifestDir: string, manifest: Proje
       'auditConfig',
       'auditConfig',
       'configDependencies',
-      'executionEnv',
-      'executionEnv',
       'ignorePatchFailures',
       'ignoredBuiltDependencies',
       'ignoredOptionalDependencies',
diff --git a/config/config/test/index.ts b/config/config/test/index.ts
index 581cf776c8..65f7a33262 100644
--- a/config/config/test/index.ts
+++ b/config/config/test/index.ts
@@ -1332,7 +1332,6 @@ test('loads setting from environment variable pnpm_config_*', async () => {
   })
   expect(config.fetchRetries).toBe(100)
   expect(config.hoistPattern).toStrictEqual(['react', 'react-dom'])
-  expect(config.useNodeVersion).toBe('22.0.0')
   expect(config.onlyBuiltDependencies).toStrictEqual(['is-number', 'is-positive', 'is-negative'])
   expect(config.registry).toBe('https://registry.example.com/')
   expect(config.registries.default).toBe('https://registry.example.com/')
@@ -1342,10 +1341,10 @@ test('environment variable pnpm_config_* should override pnpm-workspace.yaml', a
   prepareEmpty()
 
   writeYamlFile('pnpm-workspace.yaml', {
-    useNodeVersion: '20.0.0',
+    fetchRetries: 5,
   })
 
-  async function getConfigValue (env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv): Promise<string | undefined> {
+  async function getConfigValue (env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv): Promise<number | undefined> {
     const { config } = await getConfig({
       cliOptions: {},
       env,
@@ -1355,23 +1354,23 @@ test('environment variable pnpm_config_* should override pnpm-workspace.yaml', a
       },
       workspaceDir: process.cwd(),
     })
-    return config.useNodeVersion
+    return config.fetchRetries
   }
 
-  expect(await getConfigValue({})).toBe('20.0.0')
+  expect(await getConfigValue({})).toBe(5)
   expect(await getConfigValue({
-    pnpm_config_use_node_version: '22.0.0',
-  })).toBe('22.0.0')
+    pnpm_config_fetch_retries: '10',
+  })).toBe(10)
 })
 
 test('CLI should override environment variable pnpm_config_*', async () => {
   prepareEmpty()
 
-  async function getConfigValue (cliOptions: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<string | undefined> {
+  async function getConfigValue (cliOptions: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<number | undefined> {
     const { config } = await getConfig({
       cliOptions,
       env: {
-        pnpm_config_use_node_version: '18.0.0',
+        pnpm_config_fetch_retries: '5',
       },
       packageManager: {
         name: 'pnpm',
@@ -1379,16 +1378,16 @@ test('CLI should override environment variable pnpm_config_*', async () => {
       },
       workspaceDir: process.cwd(),
     })
-    return config.useNodeVersion
+    return config.fetchRetries
   }
 
-  expect(await getConfigValue({})).toBe('18.0.0')
+  expect(await getConfigValue({})).toBe(5)
   expect(await getConfigValue({
-    useNodeVersion: '22.0.0',
-  })).toBe('22.0.0')
+    fetchRetries: 10,
+  })).toBe(10)
   expect(await getConfigValue({
-    'use-node-version': '22.0.0',
-  })).toBe('22.0.0')
+    'fetch-retries': 10,
+  })).toBe(10)
 })
 
 describe('global config.yaml', () => {
diff --git a/env/plugin-commands-env/src/index.ts b/env/plugin-commands-env/src/index.ts
index 15f766b4ea..807a718d11 100644
--- a/env/plugin-commands-env/src/index.ts
+++ b/env/plugin-commands-env/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 import * as env from './env.js'
-import { prepareExecutionEnv } from './node.js'
 
-export { env, prepareExecutionEnv }
+export { env }
diff --git a/env/plugin-commands-env/src/node.ts b/env/plugin-commands-env/src/node.ts
index 6dcf321d08..2c77697861 100644
--- a/env/plugin-commands-env/src/node.ts
+++ b/env/plugin-commands-env/src/node.ts
@@ -2,13 +2,11 @@ import fs from 'fs'
 import path from 'path'
 import util from 'util'
 import { type Config } from '@pnpm/config'
-import { getSystemNodeVersion } from '@pnpm/env.system-node-version'
 import { createFetchFromRegistry, type FetchFromRegistry } from '@pnpm/fetch'
 import { globalInfo, globalWarn } from '@pnpm/logger'
 import { fetchNode } from '@pnpm/node.fetcher'
 import { getNodeMirror } from '@pnpm/node.resolver'
 import { getStorePath } from '@pnpm/store-path'
-import { type PrepareExecutionEnvOptions, type PrepareExecutionEnvResult } from '@pnpm/types'
 import { loadJsonFile } from 'load-json-file'
 import { writeJsonFile } from 'write-json-file'
 import { isValidVersion, parseNodeSpecifier } from './parseNodeSpecifier.js'
@@ -32,31 +30,10 @@ export type NvmNodeCommandOptions = Pick<Config,
 | 'rawConfig'
 | 'strictSsl'
 | 'storeDir'
-| 'useNodeVersion'
 | 'pnpmHomeDir'
 > & Partial<Pick<Config, 'configDir' | 'cliOptions' | 'sslConfigs'>> & {
   remote?: boolean
-}
-
-const nodeFetchPromises: Record<string, Promise<string>> = {}
-
-export async function prepareExecutionEnv (config: NvmNodeCommandOptions, { extraBinPaths, executionEnv }: PrepareExecutionEnvOptions): Promise<PrepareExecutionEnvResult> {
-  if (!executionEnv?.nodeVersion || `v${executionEnv.nodeVersion}` === getSystemNodeVersion()) {
-    return { extraBinPaths: extraBinPaths ?? [] }
-  }
-
-  let nodePathPromise = nodeFetchPromises[executionEnv.nodeVersion]
-  if (!nodePathPromise) {
-    nodePathPromise = getNodeBinDir({
-      ...config,
-      useNodeVersion: executionEnv.nodeVersion,
-    })
-    nodeFetchPromises[executionEnv.nodeVersion] = nodePathPromise
-  }
-
-  return {
-    extraBinPaths: [await nodePathPromise, ...extraBinPaths ?? []],
-  }
+  useNodeVersion?: string
 }
 
 export async function getNodeBinDir (opts: NvmNodeCommandOptions): Promise<string> {
diff --git a/env/plugin-commands-env/test/node.test.ts b/env/plugin-commands-env/test/node.test.ts
index dbbd272a80..efdc102ea6 100644
--- a/env/plugin-commands-env/test/node.test.ts
+++ b/env/plugin-commands-env/test/node.test.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ const {
   getNodeDir,
   getNodeBinDir,
   getNodeVersionsBaseDir,
-  prepareExecutionEnv,
 } = await import('../lib/node.js')
 
 beforeEach(() => {
@@ -145,19 +144,3 @@ test('specified an invalid Node.js via use-node-version should not cause pnpm it
   const calls = jest.mocked(globalWarn).mock.calls
   expect(calls[calls.length - 1][0]).toContain('"22.14" is not a valid Node.js version.')
 })
-
-describe('prepareExecutionEnv', () => {
-  test('should not proceed to fetch Node.js if the process is already running in wanted node version', async () => {
-    fetchMock.mockImplementationOnce(() => {
-      throw new Error('prepareExecutionEnv should not proceed to fetch Node.js when wanted version is running')
-    })
-
-    await prepareExecutionEnv({
-      bin: '',
-      pnpmHomeDir: process.cwd(),
-      rawConfig: {},
-    }, {
-      executionEnv: { nodeVersion: process.versions.node },
-    })
-  })
-})
diff --git a/exec/lifecycle/src/runLifecycleHook.ts b/exec/lifecycle/src/runLifecycleHook.ts
index f925cfdea0..a14f697607 100644
--- a/exec/lifecycle/src/runLifecycleHook.ts
+++ b/exec/lifecycle/src/runLifecycleHook.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import path from 'path'
 import { lifecycleLogger } from '@pnpm/core-loggers'
 import { globalWarn } from '@pnpm/logger'
 import lifecycle from '@pnpm/npm-lifecycle'
-import { type DependencyManifest, type ProjectManifest, type PrepareExecutionEnv, type PackageScripts } from '@pnpm/types'
+import { type DependencyManifest, type ProjectManifest, type PackageScripts } from '@pnpm/types'
 import { PnpmError } from '@pnpm/error'
 import { existsSync } from 'fs'
 import isWindows from 'is-windows'
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ export interface RunLifecycleHookOptions {
   shellEmulator?: boolean
   stdio?: string
   unsafePerm: boolean
-  prepareExecutionEnv?: PrepareExecutionEnv
 }
 
 export async function runLifecycleHook (
@@ -109,17 +108,13 @@ Please unset the scriptShell option, or configure it to a .exe instead.
   const logLevel = (opts.stdio !== 'inherit' || opts.silent)
     ? 'silent'
     : undefined
-  const extraBinPaths = (await opts.prepareExecutionEnv?.({
-    extraBinPaths: opts.extraBinPaths,
-    executionEnv: (manifest as ProjectManifest).pnpm?.executionEnv,
-  }))?.extraBinPaths ?? opts.extraBinPaths
   await lifecycle(m, stage, opts.pkgRoot, {
     config: {
       ...opts.rawConfig,
       'frozen-lockfile': false,
     },
     dir: opts.rootModulesDir,
-    extraBinPaths,
+    extraBinPaths: opts.extraBinPaths,
     extraEnv: {
       ...opts.extraEnv,
       INIT_CWD: opts.initCwd ?? process.cwd(),
diff --git a/exec/plugin-commands-script-runners/src/dlx.ts b/exec/plugin-commands-script-runners/src/dlx.ts
index adc055b874..698d9a4c10 100644
--- a/exec/plugin-commands-script-runners/src/dlx.ts
+++ b/exec/plugin-commands-script-runners/src/dlx.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ export function rcOptionsTypes (): Record<string, unknown> {
       'cpu',
       'libc',
       'os',
-      'use-node-version',
     ], types),
     'shell-mode': Boolean,
   }
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ export type DlxCommandOptions = {
   package?: string[]
   shellMode?: boolean
   allowBuild?: string[]
-} & Pick<Config, 'extraBinPaths' | 'registries' | 'reporter' | 'userAgent' | 'cacheDir' | 'dlxCacheMaxAge' | 'useNodeVersion' | 'symlink'> & Omit<add.AddCommandOptions, 'rootProjectManifestDir'> & PnpmSettings
+} & Pick<Config, 'extraBinPaths' | 'registries' | 'reporter' | 'userAgent' | 'cacheDir' | 'dlxCacheMaxAge' | 'symlink'> & Omit<add.AddCommandOptions, 'rootProjectManifestDir'> & PnpmSettings
 
 export async function handler (
   opts: DlxCommandOptions,
diff --git a/exec/plugin-commands-script-runners/src/exec.ts b/exec/plugin-commands-script-runners/src/exec.ts
index 890adf5578..20df4608ca 100644
--- a/exec/plugin-commands-script-runners/src/exec.ts
+++ b/exec/plugin-commands-script-runners/src/exec.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import { type CheckDepsStatusOptions } from '@pnpm/deps.status'
 import { makeNodeRequireOption } from '@pnpm/lifecycle'
 import { logger } from '@pnpm/logger'
 import { tryReadProjectManifest } from '@pnpm/read-project-manifest'
-import { prepareExecutionEnv } from '@pnpm/plugin-commands-env'
 import { sortPackages } from '@pnpm/sort-packages'
 import { type Project, type ProjectsGraph, type ProjectRootDir, type ProjectRootDirRealPath } from '@pnpm/types'
 import execa from 'execa'
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ export function rcOptionsTypes (): Record<string, unknown> {
     ...pick([
       'bail',
       'sort',
-      'use-node-version',
       'unsafe-perm',
       'workspace-concurrency',
       'reporter-hide-prefix',
@@ -222,23 +220,15 @@ export async function handler (
   const workspacePnpPath = opts.workspaceDir && existsPnp(opts.workspaceDir)
 
   let exitCode = 0
-  const mapPrefixToPrependPaths: Record<ProjectRootDir, string[]> = {}
-  await Promise.all(chunks.flat().map(async prefix => {
-    const executionEnv = await prepareExecutionEnv(opts, {
-      extraBinPaths: opts.extraBinPaths,
-      executionEnv: opts.selectedProjectsGraph[prefix]?.package.manifest.pnpm?.executionEnv,
-    })
-    mapPrefixToPrependPaths[prefix] = [
-      './node_modules/.bin',
-      ...executionEnv.extraBinPaths,
-    ]
-  }))
+  const prependPaths = [
+    './node_modules/.bin',
+    ...(opts.extraBinPaths ?? []),
+  ]
   const reporterShowPrefix = opts.recursive && opts.reporterHidePrefix === false
   for (const chunk of chunks) {
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop
     await Promise.all(chunk.map(async (prefix) =>
       limitRun(async () => {
-        const prependPaths = mapPrefixToPrependPaths[prefix]
         result[prefix].status = 'running'
         const startTime = process.hrtime()
         try {
diff --git a/exec/plugin-commands-script-runners/src/run.ts b/exec/plugin-commands-script-runners/src/run.ts
index 603a8156e0..5838254437 100644
--- a/exec/plugin-commands-script-runners/src/run.ts
+++ b/exec/plugin-commands-script-runners/src/run.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import {
   tryReadProjectManifest,
 } from '@pnpm/cli-utils'
 import { type CompletionFunc } from '@pnpm/command'
-import { prepareExecutionEnv } from '@pnpm/plugin-commands-env'
 import { FILTERING, UNIVERSAL_OPTIONS } from '@pnpm/common-cli-options-help'
 import { type Config, types as allTypes, getWorkspaceConcurrency } from '@pnpm/config'
 import { PnpmError } from '@pnpm/error'
@@ -86,7 +85,6 @@ export function rcOptionsTypes (): Record<string, unknown> {
   return {
     ...pick([
       'npm-path',
-      'use-node-version',
     ], allTypes),
   }
 }
@@ -97,7 +95,6 @@ export function cliOptionsTypes (): Record<string, unknown> {
       'bail',
       'sort',
       'unsafe-perm',
-      'use-node-version',
       'workspace-concurrency',
       'scripts-prepend-node-path',
     ], allTypes),
@@ -165,7 +162,6 @@ export type RunOpts =
   | 'dir'
   | 'enablePrePostScripts'
   | 'engineStrict'
-  | 'executionEnv'
   | 'extraBinPaths'
   | 'extraEnv'
   | 'nodeOptions'
@@ -280,9 +276,6 @@ so you may run "pnpm -w run ${scriptName}"`,
     stdio: (specifiedScripts.length > 1 && concurrency > 1) ? 'pipe' : 'inherit',
     unsafePerm: true, // when running scripts explicitly, assume that they're trusted.
   }
-  if (opts.executionEnv != null) {
-    lifecycleOpts.extraBinPaths = (await prepareExecutionEnv(opts, { executionEnv: opts.executionEnv })).extraBinPaths
-  }
   const existsPnp = existsInDir.bind(null, '.pnp.cjs')
   const pnpPath = (opts.workspaceDir && existsPnp(opts.workspaceDir)) ?? existsPnp(dir)
   if (pnpPath) {
diff --git a/exec/plugin-commands-script-runners/src/runRecursive.ts b/exec/plugin-commands-script-runners/src/runRecursive.ts
index 1cc824b740..9fdc043899 100644
--- a/exec/plugin-commands-script-runners/src/runRecursive.ts
+++ b/exec/plugin-commands-script-runners/src/runRecursive.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import path from 'path'
 import util from 'util'
 import { throwOnCommandFail } from '@pnpm/cli-utils'
 import { type Config, getWorkspaceConcurrency } from '@pnpm/config'
-import { prepareExecutionEnv } from '@pnpm/plugin-commands-env'
 import { PnpmError } from '@pnpm/error'
 import {
   makeNodeRequireOption,
@@ -127,10 +126,6 @@ export async function runRecursive (
             stdio,
             unsafePerm: true, // when running scripts explicitly, assume that they're trusted.
           }
-          const { executionEnv } = pkg.package.manifest.pnpm ?? {}
-          if (executionEnv != null) {
-            lifecycleOpts.extraBinPaths = (await prepareExecutionEnv(opts, { executionEnv })).extraBinPaths
-          }
           const pnpPath = workspacePnpPath ?? existsPnp(prefix)
           if (pnpPath) {
             lifecycleOpts.extraEnv = {
diff --git a/exec/plugin-commands-script-runners/test/index.ts b/exec/plugin-commands-script-runners/test/index.ts
index 8232029bbe..1413d33246 100644
--- a/exec/plugin-commands-script-runners/test/index.ts
+++ b/exec/plugin-commands-script-runners/test/index.ts
@@ -756,25 +756,3 @@ test('pnpm run without node version', async () => {
     workspaceConcurrency: 1,
   }, ['assert-node-version'])
 })
-
-test('pnpm run with node version', async () => {
-  prepare({
-    scripts: {
-      'assert-node-version': 'node -e "assert.equal(process.version, \'v20.0.0\')"',
-    },
-  })
-
-  await run.handler({
-    ...DEFAULT_OPTS,
-    bin: 'node_modules/.bin',
-    dir: process.cwd(),
-    extraBinPaths: [],
-    extraEnv: {},
-    pnpmHomeDir: process.cwd(),
-    rawConfig: {},
-    workspaceConcurrency: 1,
-    executionEnv: {
-      nodeVersion: '20.0.0',
-    },
-  }, ['assert-node-version'])
-})
diff --git a/packages/constants/src/index.ts b/packages/constants/src/index.ts
index 6c15205add..14deae85d0 100644
--- a/packages/constants/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/constants/src/index.ts
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ export const ABBREVIATED_META_DIR = 'metadata-v1.3'
 export const FULL_META_DIR = 'metadata-full-v1.3' // This is currently not used at all
 export const FULL_FILTERED_META_DIR = 'metadata-ff-v1.3'
 
-export const USEFUL_NON_ROOT_PNPM_FIELDS = ['executionEnv'] as const
-
 export function getNodeBinLocationForCurrentOS (platform: string = process.platform): string {
   return platform === 'win32' ? 'node.exe' : 'bin/node'
 }
diff --git a/packages/types/src/env.ts b/packages/types/src/env.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a90d3c3f37..0000000000
--- a/packages/types/src/env.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-export interface PrepareExecutionEnvOptions {
-  extraBinPaths?: string[]
-  executionEnv: ExecutionEnv | undefined
-}
-
-export interface PrepareExecutionEnvResult {
-  extraBinPaths: string[]
-}
-
-export type PrepareExecutionEnv = (options: PrepareExecutionEnvOptions) => Promise<PrepareExecutionEnvResult>
-
-export interface ExecutionEnv {
-  nodeVersion?: string
-}
diff --git a/packages/types/src/index.ts b/packages/types/src/index.ts
index 59c4ca1eeb..86f5e46146 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 export * from './config.js'
-export * from './env.js'
 export * from './misc.js'
 export * from './options.js'
 export * from './package.js'
diff --git a/packages/types/src/package.ts b/packages/types/src/package.ts
index 3980dd5468..8d9efa9a33 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/package.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/package.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import { type ExecutionEnv } from './env.js'
-
 export type Dependencies = Record<string, string>
 
 export type PackageBin = string | { [commandName: string]: string }
@@ -173,7 +171,6 @@ export interface PnpmSettings {
   auditConfig?: AuditConfig
   requiredScripts?: string[]
   supportedArchitectures?: SupportedArchitectures
-  executionEnv?: ExecutionEnv
 }
 
 export interface ProjectManifest extends BaseManifest {
diff --git a/pkg-manager/core/src/install/extendInstallOptions.ts b/pkg-manager/core/src/install/extendInstallOptions.ts
index 4f27e67829..3688b678b6 100644
--- a/pkg-manager/core/src/install/extendInstallOptions.ts
+++ b/pkg-manager/core/src/install/extendInstallOptions.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import {
   type PeerDependencyRules,
   type ReadPackageHook,
   type Registries,
-  type PrepareExecutionEnv,
   type TrustPolicy,
 } from '@pnpm/types'
 import { type CustomResolver, type CustomFetcher, type PreResolutionHookContext } from '@pnpm/hooks.types'
@@ -165,7 +164,6 @@ export interface StrictInstallOptions {
   hoistWorkspacePackages?: boolean
   virtualStoreDirMaxLength: number
   peersSuffixMaxLength: number
-  prepareExecutionEnv?: PrepareExecutionEnv
   returnListOfDepsRequiringBuild?: boolean
   injectWorkspacePackages?: boolean
   ci?: boolean
diff --git a/pkg-manager/core/src/install/index.ts b/pkg-manager/core/src/install/index.ts
index 9bf580740d..4d800d3713 100644
--- a/pkg-manager/core/src/install/index.ts
+++ b/pkg-manager/core/src/install/index.ts
@@ -410,7 +410,6 @@ export async function mutateModules (
       stdio: opts.ownLifecycleHooksStdio,
       storeController: opts.storeController,
       unsafePerm: opts.unsafePerm || false,
-      prepareExecutionEnv: opts.prepareExecutionEnv,
     }
 
     if (!opts.ignoreScripts && !opts.ignorePackageManifest && rootProjectManifest?.scripts?.[DEV_PREINSTALL]) {
diff --git a/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/package.json b/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/package.json
index b21020309a..1f6036d82c 100644
--- a/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/package.json
+++ b/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/package.json
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
     "@pnpm/package-store": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/parse-wanted-dependency": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/pick-registry-for-package": "workspace:*",
-    "@pnpm/plugin-commands-env": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/plugin-commands-rebuild": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/pnpmfile": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/read-modules-dir": "workspace:*",
diff --git a/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/src/add.ts b/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/src/add.ts
index e65595be73..f484871a8c 100644
--- a/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/src/add.ts
+++ b/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/src/add.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { FILTERING, OPTIONS, UNIVERSAL_OPTIONS } from '@pnpm/common-cli-options-
 import { types as allTypes } from '@pnpm/config'
 import { resolveConfigDeps } from '@pnpm/config.deps-installer'
 import { PnpmError } from '@pnpm/error'
-import { prepareExecutionEnv } from '@pnpm/plugin-commands-env'
 import { createOrConnectStoreController } from '@pnpm/store-connection-manager'
 import { pick } from 'ramda'
 import renderHelp from 'render-help'
@@ -291,6 +290,5 @@ export async function handler (
     fetchFullMetadata: getFetchFullMetadata(opts),
     include,
     includeDirect: include,
-    prepareExecutionEnv: prepareExecutionEnv.bind(null, opts),
   }, params)
 }
diff --git a/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/src/dedupe.ts b/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/src/dedupe.ts
index 4aa0807ae5..0560503b4d 100644
--- a/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/src/dedupe.ts
+++ b/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/src/dedupe.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { docsUrl } from '@pnpm/cli-utils'
 import { OPTIONS, UNIVERSAL_OPTIONS } from '@pnpm/common-cli-options-help'
 import { dedupeDiffCheck } from '@pnpm/dedupe.check'
-import { prepareExecutionEnv } from '@pnpm/plugin-commands-env'
 import renderHelp from 'render-help'
 import { type InstallCommandOptions, rcOptionsTypes as installCommandRcOptionsTypes } from './install.js'
 import { installDeps } from './installDeps.js'
@@ -64,6 +63,5 @@ export async function handler (opts: DedupeCommandOptions): Promise<void> {
     include,
     includeDirect: include,
     lockfileCheck: opts.check ? dedupeDiffCheck : undefined,
-    prepareExecutionEnv: prepareExecutionEnv.bind(null, opts),
   }, [])
 }
diff --git a/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/src/install.ts b/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/src/install.ts
index 25a3d2ea2e..777e446ad8 100644
--- a/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/src/install.ts
+++ b/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/src/install.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { docsUrl } from '@pnpm/cli-utils'
 import { FILTERING, OPTIONS, OUTPUT_OPTIONS, UNIVERSAL_OPTIONS } from '@pnpm/common-cli-options-help'
 import { type Config, types as allTypes } from '@pnpm/config'
 import { WANTED_LOCKFILE } from '@pnpm/constants'
-import { prepareExecutionEnv } from '@pnpm/plugin-commands-env'
 import { type CreateStoreControllerOptions } from '@pnpm/store-connection-manager'
 import { pick } from 'ramda'
 import renderHelp from 'render-help'
@@ -367,7 +366,6 @@ export async function handler (opts: InstallCommandOptions): Promise<void> {
     ),
     include,
     includeDirect: include,
-    prepareExecutionEnv: prepareExecutionEnv.bind(null, opts),
     fetchFullMetadata: getFetchFullMetadata(opts),
   }
   if (opts.resolutionOnly) {
diff --git a/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/src/installDeps.ts b/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/src/installDeps.ts
index 70a5782f9b..314ad56515 100644
--- a/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/src/installDeps.ts
+++ b/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/src/installDeps.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { findWorkspacePackages } from '@pnpm/workspace.find-packages'
 import { type LockfileObject } from '@pnpm/lockfile.types'
 import { rebuildProjects } from '@pnpm/plugin-commands-rebuild'
 import { createOrConnectStoreController, type CreateStoreControllerOptions } from '@pnpm/store-connection-manager'
-import { type IncludedDependencies, type Project, type ProjectsGraph, type ProjectRootDir, type PrepareExecutionEnv } from '@pnpm/types'
+import { type IncludedDependencies, type Project, type ProjectsGraph, type ProjectRootDir } from '@pnpm/types'
 import {
   IgnoredBuildsError,
   install,
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ export type InstallDepsOptions = Pick<Config,
   dedupe?: boolean
   workspace?: boolean
   includeOnlyPackageFiles?: boolean
-  prepareExecutionEnv: PrepareExecutionEnv
   fetchFullMetadata?: boolean
   pruneLockfileImporters?: boolean
   pnpmfile: string[]
diff --git a/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/src/update/index.ts b/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/src/update/index.ts
index 92cf306b70..ba296ac3db 100644
--- a/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/src/update/index.ts
+++ b/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/src/update/index.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import { globalInfo } from '@pnpm/logger'
 import { createMatcher } from '@pnpm/matcher'
 import { outdatedDepsOfProjects } from '@pnpm/outdated'
 import { PnpmError } from '@pnpm/error'
-import { prepareExecutionEnv } from '@pnpm/plugin-commands-env'
 import { type IncludedDependencies, type ProjectRootDir } from '@pnpm/types'
 import enquirer from 'enquirer'
 import chalk from 'chalk'
@@ -305,7 +304,6 @@ async function update (
       : undefined,
     updatePackageManifest: opts.save !== false,
     resolutionMode: opts.save === false ? 'highest' : opts.resolutionMode,
-    prepareExecutionEnv: prepareExecutionEnv.bind(null, opts),
   }, dependencies)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/tsconfig.json b/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/tsconfig.json
index 52e5e55bc9..bd34855eeb 100644
--- a/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/tsconfig.json
+++ b/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/tsconfig.json
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@
     {
       "path": "../../deps/status"
     },
-    {
-      "path": "../../env/plugin-commands-env"
-    },
     {
       "path": "../../exec/plugin-commands-rebuild"
     },
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index f237c83828..d4f6dc72d7 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -5925,9 +5925,6 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/pick-registry-for-package':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../../config/pick-registry-for-package
-      '@pnpm/plugin-commands-env':
-        specifier: workspace:*
-        version: link:../../env/plugin-commands-env
       '@pnpm/plugin-commands-rebuild':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../../exec/plugin-commands-rebuild
diff --git a/pnpm/src/main.ts b/pnpm/src/main.ts
index 6116473ecd..9c72f14b5d 100644
--- a/pnpm/src/main.ts
+++ b/pnpm/src/main.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import { PnpmError } from '@pnpm/error'
 import { filterPackagesFromDir } from '@pnpm/filter-workspace-packages'
 import { globalWarn, logger } from '@pnpm/logger'
 import { type ParsedCliArgs } from '@pnpm/parse-cli-args'
-import { prepareExecutionEnv } from '@pnpm/plugin-commands-env'
 import { finishWorkers } from '@pnpm/worker'
 import chalk from 'chalk'
 import path from 'path'
@@ -215,7 +214,7 @@ export async function main (inputArgv: string[]): Promise<void> {
 
     const filterResults = await filterPackagesFromDir(wsDir, filters, {
       engineStrict: config.engineStrict,
-      nodeVersion: config.nodeVersion ?? config.useNodeVersion,
+      nodeVersion: config.nodeVersion,
       patterns: config.workspacePackagePatterns,
       linkWorkspacePackages: !!config.linkWorkspacePackages,
       prefix: process.cwd(),
@@ -291,22 +290,6 @@ export async function main (inputArgv: string[]): Promise<void> {
       ),
       ...(workspaceDir ? { workspacePrefix: workspaceDir } : {}),
     })
-
-    if (config.useNodeVersion != null) {
-      if ('webcontainer' in process.versions) {
-        globalWarn('Automatic installation of different Node.js versions is not supported in WebContainer')
-      } else {
-        config.extraBinPaths = (
-          await prepareExecutionEnv(config, {
-            extraBinPaths: config.extraBinPaths,
-            executionEnv: {
-              nodeVersion: config.useNodeVersion,
-            },
-          })
-        ).extraBinPaths
-        config.nodeVersion = config.useNodeVersion
-      }
-    }
     let result = pnpmCmds[cmd ?? 'help'](
       // TypeScript doesn't currently infer that the type of config
       // is `Omit<typeof config, 'reporter'>` after the `delete config.reporter` statement
diff --git a/pnpm/test/cli.ts b/pnpm/test/cli.ts
index 59d79b09b7..1b0f09a4b7 100644
--- a/pnpm/test/cli.ts
+++ b/pnpm/test/cli.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { fixtures } from '@pnpm/test-fixtures'
 import { sync as rimraf } from '@zkochan/rimraf'
 import execa from 'execa'
 import isWindows from 'is-windows'
-import { sync as writeYamlFile } from 'write-yaml-file'
 import {
   execPnpm,
   execPnpmSync,
@@ -142,23 +141,6 @@ test('exit code from plugin is used to end the process', () => {
   expect(result.stdout.toString()).toMatch(/is-positive/)
 })
 
-test('use the specified Node.js version for running scripts', async () => {
-  prepare({
-    scripts: {
-      test: "node -e \"require('fs').writeFileSync('version',process.version,'utf8')\"",
-    },
-  })
-  writeYamlFile('pnpm-workspace.yaml', {
-    useNodeVersion: '14.0.0',
-  })
-  await execPnpm(['run', 'test'], {
-    env: {
-      PNPM_HOME: path.resolve('pnpm_home'),
-    },
-  })
-  expect(fs.readFileSync('version', 'utf8')).toBe('v14.0.0')
-})
-
 test('if an unknown command is executed, run it', async () => {
   prepare({})
   await execPnpm(['node', '-e', "require('fs').writeFileSync('foo','','utf8')"])
diff --git a/pnpm/test/dlx.ts b/pnpm/test/dlx.ts
index 70a9501345..b693210a04 100644
--- a/pnpm/test/dlx.ts
+++ b/pnpm/test/dlx.ts
@@ -261,17 +261,18 @@ test('dlx read registry from .npmrc in the current directory', async () => {
   expect(execResult.stdout.toString().trim()).toBe('hello from @pnpm.e2e/needs-auth')
 })
 
-test('dlx uses the node version specified by --use-node-version', async () => {
+test('dlx uses the node version specified by --package=node@runtime:<version>', async () => {
   prepareEmpty()
 
   const pnpmHome = path.resolve('home')
 
   const execResult = execPnpmSync([
-    '--use-node-version=20.0.0',
+    '--package=node@runtime:20.0.0',
+    '--package=@pnpm.e2e/print-node-info',
     `--config.store-dir=${path.resolve('store')}`,
     `--config.cache-dir=${path.resolve('cache')}`,
     'dlx',
-    '@pnpm.e2e/print-node-info',
+    'print-node-info',
   ], {
     env: {
       PNPM_HOME: pnpmHome,
@@ -289,14 +290,8 @@ test('dlx uses the node version specified by --use-node-version', async () => {
     throw err
   }
 
-  expect(nodeInfo).toMatchObject({
-    versions: {
-      node: '20.0.0',
-    },
-    execPath: process.platform === 'win32'
-      ? path.join(pnpmHome, 'nodejs', '20.0.0', 'node.exe')
-      : path.join(pnpmHome, 'nodejs', '20.0.0', 'bin', 'node'),
-  })
+  expect(nodeInfo.versions.node).toBe('20.0.0')
+  expect(nodeInfo.execPath).toContain(path.normalize('links/@/node/20.0.0'))
 })
 
 describeOnLinuxOnly('dlx with supportedArchitectures CLI options', () => {
diff --git a/pnpm/test/exec.ts b/pnpm/test/exec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 580b6b6d00..0000000000
--- a/pnpm/test/exec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-import { prepare, preparePackages } from '@pnpm/prepare'
-import { execPnpmSync } from './utils/index.js'
-
-test('exec with executionEnv', async () => {
-  prepare({
-    name: 'test',
-    version: '0.0.0',
-    pnpm: {
-      executionEnv: {
-        nodeVersion: '18.0.0',
-      },
-    },
-  })
-
-  const output = execPnpmSync(['exec', 'node', '--version']).stdout.toString().trim()
-  expect(output).toBe('v18.0.0')
-})
-
-test('recursive exec when some packages define different executionEnv', async () => {
-  preparePackages([
-    {
-      name: 'node-version-unset',
-      version: '0.0.0',
-    },
-    {
-      name: 'node-version-18',
-      version: '0.0.0',
-      pnpm: {
-        executionEnv: {
-          nodeVersion: '18.0.0',
-        },
-      },
-    },
-    {
-      name: 'node-version-20',
-      version: '0.0.0',
-      pnpm: {
-        executionEnv: {
-          nodeVersion: '20.0.0',
-        },
-      },
-    },
-  ])
-
-  const execNodePrintVersion = (extraOptions: string[]) =>
-    execPnpmSync([
-      ...extraOptions,
-      '--recursive',
-      '--reporter-hide-prefix',
-      'exec',
-      'node',
-      '--print',
-      '">>> " + require("./package.json").name + ": " + process.version',
-    ])
-      .stdout
-      .toString()
-      .trim()
-      .split('\n')
-      .filter(x => x.startsWith('>>> '))
-      .sort()
-
-  expect(execNodePrintVersion([])).toStrictEqual([
-    '>>> node-version-18: v18.0.0',
-    '>>> node-version-20: v20.0.0',
-    `>>> node-version-unset: ${process.version}`,
-  ])
-
-  expect(execNodePrintVersion(['--use-node-version=19.0.0'])).toStrictEqual([
-    '>>> node-version-18: v18.0.0',
-    '>>> node-version-20: v20.0.0',
-    '>>> node-version-unset: v19.0.0',
-  ])
-})
diff --git a/pnpm/test/install/lifecycleScripts.ts b/pnpm/test/install/lifecycleScripts.ts
index 5dc4a1b9b4..877d3b29a9 100644
--- a/pnpm/test/install/lifecycleScripts.ts
+++ b/pnpm/test/install/lifecycleScripts.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import fs from 'fs'
 import path from 'path'
-import { prepare, preparePackages } from '@pnpm/prepare'
+import { prepare } from '@pnpm/prepare'
 import { type PackageManifest, type ProjectManifest } from '@pnpm/types'
 import { sync as rimraf } from '@zkochan/rimraf'
 import PATH from 'path-name'
 import { loadJsonFileSync } from 'load-json-file'
 import writeYamlFile from 'write-yaml-file'
-import { execPnpm, execPnpmSync, pnpmBinLocation } from '../utils/index.js'
+import { execPnpmSync, pnpmBinLocation } from '../utils/index.js'
 import { getIntegrity } from '@pnpm/registry-mock'
 import { readWorkspaceManifest } from '@pnpm/workspace.read-manifest'
 
@@ -218,96 +218,6 @@ test('selectively allow scripts in some dependencies by --allow-build flag overl
   expect(result.stdout.toString()).toContain('The following dependencies are ignored by the root project, but are allowed to be built by the current command: @pnpm.e2e/install-script-example')
 })
 
-test('use node versions specified by pnpm.executionEnv.nodeVersion in workspace packages', async () => {
-  const projects = preparePackages([
-    {
-      location: '.',
-      package: {
-        name: 'root',
-        version: '1.0.0',
-        private: true,
-      },
-    },
-    {
-      name: 'node-version-unset',
-      version: '1.0.0',
-      scripts: {
-        test: 'node -v > node-version.txt',
-      },
-    },
-    {
-      name: 'node-version-18',
-      version: '1.0.0',
-      scripts: {
-        test: 'node -v > node-version.txt',
-      },
-      pnpm: {
-        executionEnv: {
-          nodeVersion: '18.0.0',
-        },
-      },
-    },
-    {
-      name: 'node-version-20',
-      version: '1.0.0',
-      scripts: {
-        test: 'node -v > node-version.txt',
-      },
-      pnpm: {
-        executionEnv: {
-          nodeVersion: '20.0.0',
-        },
-      },
-    },
-  ])
-
-  await writeYamlFile(path.resolve('pnpm-workspace.yaml'), {
-    packages: ['*'],
-  })
-
-  execPnpmSync(['-r', 'test'])
-  expect(
-    ['node-version-unset', 'node-version-18', 'node-version-20'].map(name => {
-      const filePath = path.join(projects[name].dir(), 'node-version.txt')
-      return fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf-8').trim()
-    })
-  ).toStrictEqual([process.version, 'v18.0.0', 'v20.0.0'])
-
-  execPnpmSync(['--config.use-node-version=19.0.0', '-r', 'test'])
-  expect(
-    ['node-version-unset', 'node-version-18', 'node-version-20'].map(name => {
-      const filePath = path.join(projects[name].dir(), 'node-version.txt')
-      return fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf-8').trim()
-    })
-  ).toStrictEqual(['v19.0.0', 'v18.0.0', 'v20.0.0'])
-})
-
-test('ignores pnpm.executionEnv specified by dependencies', async () => {
-  prepare({
-    name: 'ignores-pnpm-use-node-version-from-dependencies',
-    version: '1.0.0',
-    dependencies: {
-      // this package's package.json has pnpm.executionEnv.nodeVersion = '20.0.0'
-      '@pnpm.e2e/has-execution-env': '1.0.0',
-    },
-    pnpm: {
-      neverBuiltDependencies: [],
-    },
-  })
-
-  await execPnpm(['install'])
-
-  const nodeInfoFile = path.resolve('node_modules', '@pnpm.e2e', 'has-execution-env', 'node-info.json')
-  const nodeInfoJson = fs.readFileSync(nodeInfoFile, 'utf-8')
-  const nodeInfo = JSON.parse(nodeInfoJson)
-
-  // pnpm should still use system's Node.js to execute the install script despite pnpm.executionEnv.nodeVersion specified by the dependency
-  expect(nodeInfo).toMatchObject({
-    execPath: process.execPath,
-    versions: process.versions,
-  })
-})
-
 test('preinstall script does not trigger verify-deps-before-run (#8954)', async () => {
   const pnpm = `${process.execPath} ${pnpmBinLocation}` // this would fail if either paths happen to contain spaces
 
diff --git a/pnpm/test/run.ts b/pnpm/test/run.ts
index d961001d24..2c6be9ff34 100644
--- a/pnpm/test/run.ts
+++ b/pnpm/test/run.ts
@@ -231,61 +231,3 @@ test('--reporter-hide-prefix should hide workspace prefix', async () => {
   expect(output).toContain('2')
   expect(output).not.toContain('script2: 2')
 })
-
-test('recursive run when some packages define different node versions', async () => {
-  preparePackages([
-    {
-      name: 'node-version-unset',
-      scripts: {
-        'print-node-version': 'node -v',
-      },
-    },
-    {
-      name: 'node-version-18',
-      scripts: {
-        'print-node-version': 'node -v',
-      },
-      pnpm: {
-        executionEnv: {
-          nodeVersion: '18.0.0',
-        },
-      },
-    },
-    {
-      name: 'node-version-20',
-      scripts: {
-        'print-node-version': 'node -v',
-      },
-      pnpm: {
-        executionEnv: {
-          nodeVersion: '20.0.0',
-        },
-      },
-    },
-  ])
-
-  const runPrintNodeVersion = (args: string[]) =>
-    execPnpmSync(args)
-      .stdout
-      .toString()
-      .trim()
-      .split('\n')
-      .filter(x => /print-node-version.*v\d+\.\d+\.\d+/.test(x))
-      .sort()
-
-  expect(
-    runPrintNodeVersion(['run', '-r', 'print-node-version'])
-  ).toStrictEqual([
-    'node-version-18 print-node-version: v18.0.0',
-    'node-version-20 print-node-version: v20.0.0',
-    `node-version-unset print-node-version: ${process.version}`,
-  ])
-
-  expect(
-    runPrintNodeVersion(['run', '-r', '--use-node-version=19.0.0', 'print-node-version'])
-  ).toStrictEqual([
-    'node-version-18 print-node-version: v18.0.0',
-    'node-version-20 print-node-version: v20.0.0',
-    'node-version-unset print-node-version: v19.0.0',
-  ])
-})
diff --git a/releasing/plugin-commands-deploy/src/createDeployFiles.ts b/releasing/plugin-commands-deploy/src/createDeployFiles.ts
index 135e91ce95..4ff0c2b023 100644
--- a/releasing/plugin-commands-deploy/src/createDeployFiles.ts
+++ b/releasing/plugin-commands-deploy/src/createDeployFiles.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import path from 'path'
 import url from 'url'
 import normalizePath from 'normalize-path'
-import { pick } from 'ramda'
-import { USEFUL_NON_ROOT_PNPM_FIELDS } from '@pnpm/constants'
 import * as dp from '@pnpm/dependency-path'
 import {
   type DirectoryResolution,
@@ -139,7 +137,6 @@ export function createDeployFiles ({
       optionalDependencies: targetSnapshot.optionalDependencies,
       pnpm: {
         ...rootProjectManifest?.pnpm,
-        ...pick(USEFUL_NON_ROOT_PNPM_FIELDS, selectedProjectManifest.pnpm ?? {}),
         overrides: undefined, // the effects of the overrides should already be part of the package snapshots
         patchedDependencies: undefined,
         packageExtensions: undefined, // the effects of the package extensions should already be part of the package snapshots
diff --git a/releasing/plugin-commands-deploy/test/shared-lockfile.test.ts b/releasing/plugin-commands-deploy/test/shared-lockfile.test.ts
index 760cc6dcfc..9b406c0ba0 100644
--- a/releasing/plugin-commands-deploy/test/shared-lockfile.test.ts
+++ b/releasing/plugin-commands-deploy/test/shared-lockfile.test.ts
@@ -282,9 +282,6 @@ test('the deploy manifest should inherit some fields from the pnpm object from t
         overrides: {
           'is-positive': '2.0.0',
         },
-        executionEnv: {
-          nodeVersion: '20.0.0',
-        },
       },
     },
     'project-0': {
@@ -299,9 +296,6 @@ test('the deploy manifest should inherit some fields from the pnpm object from t
         overrides: {
           'is-positive': '=1.0.0',
         },
-        executionEnv: {
-          nodeVersion: '18.0.0',
-        },
       },
     },
   }
@@ -351,7 +345,6 @@ test('the deploy manifest should inherit some fields from the pnpm object from t
   const manifest = readPackageJson('deploy') as ProjectManifest
   expect(manifest.pnpm).toStrictEqual({
     onlyBuiltDependencies: preparedManifests.root.pnpm!.onlyBuiltDependencies,
-    executionEnv: preparedManifests['project-0'].pnpm!.executionEnv,
   } as ProjectManifest['pnpm'])
 
   expect(readPackageJson('deploy/node_modules/is-positive/')).toHaveProperty(['version'], preparedManifests.root.pnpm!.overrides!['is-positive'])
diff --git a/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/src/publish.ts b/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/src/publish.ts
index 62e240d4aa..5c1e1e47ce 100644
--- a/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/src/publish.ts
+++ b/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/src/publish.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { runNpm } from '@pnpm/run-npm'
 import { type ProjectManifest } from '@pnpm/types'
 import { getCurrentBranch, isGitRepo, isRemoteHistoryClean, isWorkingTreeClean } from '@pnpm/git-utils'
 import { loadToken } from '@pnpm/network.auth-header'
-import { prepareExecutionEnv } from '@pnpm/plugin-commands-env'
 import enquirer from 'enquirer'
 import rimraf from '@zkochan/rimraf'
 import { pick } from 'ramda'
@@ -252,7 +251,6 @@ Do you want to continue?`,
     rootModulesDir: await realpathMissing(path.join(dir, 'node_modules')),
     stdio: 'inherit',
     unsafePerm: true, // when running scripts explicitly, assume that they're trusted.
-    prepareExecutionEnv: prepareExecutionEnv.bind(null, opts),
   })
   const { manifest } = await readProjectManifest(dir, opts)
   // Unfortunately, we cannot support postpack at the moment
diff --git a/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/test/recursivePublish.ts b/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/test/recursivePublish.ts
index a0480ce201..2f253bc6fa 100644
--- a/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/test/recursivePublish.ts
+++ b/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/test/recursivePublish.ts
@@ -305,57 +305,3 @@ test('when publish some package throws an error, exit code should be non-zero',
 
   expect(result?.exitCode).toBe(1)
 })
-
-test('recursive publish runs script with Node.js version specified by pnpm.executionEnv.nodeVersion', async () => {
-  preparePackages([
-    {
-      name: 'test-publish-node-version-unset',
-      version: '1.0.0',
-      scripts: {
-        prepublishOnly: 'node -v > node-version.txt',
-      },
-    },
-    {
-      name: 'test-publish-node-version-18',
-      version: '1.0.0',
-      scripts: {
-        prepublishOnly: 'node -v > node-version.txt',
-      },
-      pnpm: {
-        executionEnv: {
-          nodeVersion: '18.0.0',
-        },
-      },
-    },
-    {
-      name: 'test-publish-node-version-20',
-      version: '1.0.0',
-      scripts: {
-        prepublishOnly: 'node -v > node-version.txt',
-      },
-      pnpm: {
-        executionEnv: {
-          nodeVersion: '20.0.0',
-        },
-      },
-    },
-  ])
-
-  fs.writeFileSync('.npmrc', CREDENTIALS, 'utf8')
-
-  await publish.handler({
-    ...DEFAULT_OPTS,
-    ...await filterPackagesFromDir(process.cwd(), []),
-    dir: process.cwd(),
-    dryRun: true,
-    pnpmHomeDir: process.cwd(),
-    recursive: true,
-  }, [])
-
-  expect(
-    ['unset', '18', '20']
-      .map(suffix => `test-publish-node-version-${suffix}`)
-      .map(name => path.resolve(name, 'node-version.txt'))
-      .map(nodeVersionFile => fs.readFileSync(nodeVersionFile, 'utf-8').trim())
-  ).toStrictEqual([process.version, 'v18.0.0', 'v20.0.0'])
-})
diff --git a/workspace/find-packages/src/index.ts b/workspace/find-packages/src/index.ts
index 5b04e74f64..bf14d5225f 100644
--- a/workspace/find-packages/src/index.ts
+++ b/workspace/find-packages/src/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { packageIsInstallable } from '@pnpm/cli-utils'
-import { USEFUL_NON_ROOT_PNPM_FIELDS } from '@pnpm/constants'
 import { type ProjectManifest, type Project, type SupportedArchitectures } from '@pnpm/types'
 import { lexCompare } from '@pnpm/util.lex-comparator'
 import { findPackages } from '@pnpm/fs.find-packages'
@@ -64,9 +63,6 @@ export async function findWorkspacePackagesNoCheck (workspaceRoot: string, opts?
 
 const uselessNonRootManifestFields: Array<keyof ProjectManifest> = ['resolutions']
 
-type ProjectManifestPnpm = Required<ProjectManifest>['pnpm']
-const usefulNonRootPnpmFields: ReadonlyArray<keyof ProjectManifestPnpm> = USEFUL_NON_ROOT_PNPM_FIELDS
-
 function checkNonRootProjectManifest ({ manifest, rootDir }: Project): void {
   const warn = printNonRootFieldWarning.bind(null, rootDir)
   for (const field of uselessNonRootManifestFields) {
@@ -75,9 +71,7 @@ function checkNonRootProjectManifest ({ manifest, rootDir }: Project): void {
     }
   }
   for (const field in manifest.pnpm) {
-    if (!usefulNonRootPnpmFields.includes(field as keyof ProjectManifestPnpm)) {
-      warn(`pnpm.${field}`)
-    }
+    warn(`pnpm.${field}`)
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/workspace/find-packages/test/__fixtures__/warning-for-non-root-project/packages/bar/package.json b/workspace/find-packages/test/__fixtures__/warning-for-non-root-project/packages/bar/package.json
index 049c715695..d7d66ab2f5 100644
--- a/workspace/find-packages/test/__fixtures__/warning-for-non-root-project/packages/bar/package.json
+++ b/workspace/find-packages/test/__fixtures__/warning-for-non-root-project/packages/bar/package.json
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
   "name": "bar",
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "pnpm": {
-    "overrides": {},
-    "executionEnv": {}
+    "overrides": {}
   },
   "resolutions": {}
 }
diff --git a/workspace/find-packages/test/__fixtures__/warning-for-non-root-project/packages/foo/package.json b/workspace/find-packages/test/__fixtures__/warning-for-non-root-project/packages/foo/package.json
index 16deac19f7..e749a1b2b4 100644
--- a/workspace/find-packages/test/__fixtures__/warning-for-non-root-project/packages/foo/package.json
+++ b/workspace/find-packages/test/__fixtures__/warning-for-non-root-project/packages/foo/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   "name": "foo",
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "pnpm": {
-    "overrides": {},
-    "executionEnv": {}
+    "overrides": {}
   }
 }