diff --git a/prelude/bootstrap.js b/prelude/bootstrap.js
--- a/prelude/bootstrap.js
+++ b/prelude/bootstrap.js
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@

 // set ENTRYPOINT and ARGV0 here because
 // they can be altered during process run
-const ARGV0 = process.argv[0];
 const EXECPATH = process.execPath;
 let ENTRYPOINT = process.argv[1];

@@ -2010,112 +2009,41 @@
     }
     const opts = args[pos];
     if (!opts.env) opts.env = { ...process.env };
-    // see https://github.com/vercel/pkg/issues/897#issuecomment-1049370335
-    if (opts.env.PKG_EXECPATH !== undefined) return;
-    opts.env.PKG_EXECPATH = EXECPATH;
-  }
-
-  function startsWith2(args, index, name, impostor) {
-    const qsName = `"${name} `;
-    if (args[index].slice(0, qsName.length) === qsName) {
-      args[index] = `"${impostor} ${args[index].slice(qsName.length)}`;
-      return true;
-    }
-    const sName = `${name} `;
-    if (args[index].slice(0, sName.length) === sName) {
-      args[index] = `${impostor} ${args[index].slice(sName.length)}`;
-      return true;
-    }
-    if (args[index] === name) {
-      args[index] = impostor;
-      return true;
-    }
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  function startsWith(args, index, name) {
-    const qName = `"${name}"`;
-    const qEXECPATH = `"${EXECPATH}"`;
-    const jsName = JSON.stringify(name);
-    const jsEXECPATH = JSON.stringify(EXECPATH);
-    return (
-      startsWith2(args, index, name, EXECPATH) ||
-      startsWith2(args, index, qName, qEXECPATH) ||
-      startsWith2(args, index, jsName, jsEXECPATH)
-    );
-  }
-
-  function modifyLong(args, index) {
-    if (!args[index]) return;
-    return (
-      startsWith(args, index, 'node') ||
-      startsWith(args, index, ARGV0) ||
-      startsWith(args, index, ENTRYPOINT) ||
-      startsWith(args, index, EXECPATH)
-    );
-  }
-
-  function modifyShort(args) {
-    if (!args[0]) return;
-    if (!Array.isArray(args[1])) {
-      args.splice(1, 0, []);
-    }
-    if (
-      args[0] === 'node' ||
-      args[0] === ARGV0 ||
-      args[0] === ENTRYPOINT ||
-      args[0] === EXECPATH
-    ) {
-      args[0] = EXECPATH;
-    } else {
-      for (let i = 1; i < args[1].length; i += 1) {
-        const mbc = args[1][i - 1];
-        if (mbc === '-c' || mbc === '/c') {
-          modifyLong(args[1], i);
-        }
-      }
-    }
   }

   childProcess.spawn = function spawn() {
     const args = cloneArgs(arguments);
     setOptsEnv(args);
-    modifyShort(args);
     return ancestor.spawn.apply(childProcess, args);
   };

   childProcess.spawnSync = function spawnSync() {
     const args = cloneArgs(arguments);
     setOptsEnv(args);
-    modifyShort(args);
     return ancestor.spawnSync.apply(childProcess, args);
   };

   childProcess.execFile = function execFile() {
     const args = cloneArgs(arguments);
     setOptsEnv(args);
-    modifyShort(args);
     return ancestor.execFile.apply(childProcess, args);
   };

   childProcess.execFileSync = function execFileSync() {
     const args = cloneArgs(arguments);
     setOptsEnv(args);
-    modifyShort(args);
     return ancestor.execFileSync.apply(childProcess, args);
   };

   childProcess.exec = function exec() {
     const args = cloneArgs(arguments);
     setOptsEnv(args);
-    modifyLong(args, 0);
     return ancestor.exec.apply(childProcess, args);
   };

   childProcess.execSync = function execSync() {
     const args = cloneArgs(arguments);
     setOptsEnv(args);
-    modifyLong(args, 0);
     return ancestor.execSync.apply(childProcess, args);
   };
 })();