diff --git a/desktop/.vscode/launch.json b/desktop/.vscode/launch.json
index ce0914950a9..5ccba2c64ef 100644
--- a/desktop/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/desktop/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@
       "name": "Launch Current Script",
       "args": ["${file}"],
       "env": {
-        "TS_NODE_FILES": "true"
+        "NODE_OPTIONS": "--import tsx"
       },
       "protocol": "inspector",
       "internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart",
-      "runtimeArgs": ["--require", "ts-node/register"]
+      "runtimeArgs": []
     },
     {
       "type": "node",
diff --git a/desktop/package.json b/desktop/package.json
index eb3280490a2..d3feca18cb3 100644
--- a/desktop/package.json
+++ b/desktop/package.json
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@
     "pretty-format": "^29.7.0",
     "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
     "ts-jest": "^29.2.3",
-    "ts-node": "^10.9.1",
     "tsx": "^4.15.7",
     "typescript": "^5.4.2"
   },
diff --git a/desktop/ts-node b/desktop/ts-node
deleted file mode 100755
index 1f47c32b4c8..00000000000
--- a/desktop/ts-node
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
-#
-# This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
-# LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
-
-env TS_NODE_TRANSPILE_ONLY=true TS_NODE_PROJECT=scripts/tsconfig.json node --max_old_space_size=4096 --require ts-node/register "$@"