diff --git a/packages/nx/bin/run-executor.ts b/packages/nx/bin/run-executor.ts
index 6eaf0732e1..f971079a3e 100644
--- a/packages/nx/bin/run-executor.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/bin/run-executor.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { appendFileSync, openSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs';
+import { run } from '../src/command-line/run';
 
 if (process.env.NX_TERMINAL_OUTPUT_PATH) {
   setUpOutputWatching(
@@ -17,10 +18,7 @@ function requireCli() {
   process.env.NX_CLI_SET = 'true';
   try {
     const args = JSON.parse(process.argv[2]);
-    const e = require(require.resolve('nx/src/command-line/run.js', {
-      paths: [process.env.NX_WORKSPACE_ROOT],
-    }));
-    e.run(
+    run(
       process.cwd(),
       process.env.NX_WORKSPACE_ROOT,
       args.targetDescription,
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/cache.ts b/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/cache.ts
index 7f6ff00f4e..8c89b3d975 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/cache.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/cache.ts
@@ -42,11 +42,7 @@ export class Cache {
      */
     const shouldSpawnProcess = Math.floor(Math.random() * 50) === 1;
     if (shouldSpawnProcess) {
-      const scriptPath = require.resolve(
-        'nx/src/tasks-runner/remove-old-cache-records.js',
-        { paths: [this.root] }
-      );
-
+      const scriptPath = require.resolve('./remove-old-cache-records.js');
       try {
         const p = spawn('node', [scriptPath, `"${this.cachePath}"`], {
           stdio: 'ignore',
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/forked-process-task-runner.ts b/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/forked-process-task-runner.ts
index c85ad49f29..5897c27fa9 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/forked-process-task-runner.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/forked-process-task-runner.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const workerPath = join(__dirname, './batch/run-batch.js');
 
 export class ForkedProcessTaskRunner {
   workspaceRoot = workspaceRoot;
-  cliPath = getCliPath(this.workspaceRoot);
+  cliPath = getCliPath();
 
   private processes = new Set<ChildProcess>();
 
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/utils.ts b/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/utils.ts
index 061482ec61..bb9125e929 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/utils.ts
@@ -246,11 +246,8 @@ export function calculateReverseDeps(
   return reverseTaskDeps;
 }
 
-export function getCliPath(workspaceRoot: string) {
-  const cli = require.resolve(`nx/bin/run-executor.js`, {
-    paths: [workspaceRoot],
-  });
-  return `${cli}`;
+export function getCliPath() {
+  return require.resolve(`../../bin/run-executor.js`);
 }
 
 export function getPrintableCommandArgsForTask(task: Task) {