1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/ext/node/polyfills/child_process.ts b/ext/node/polyfills/child_process.ts
index f77a430c2..c37dfc410 100644
--- a/ext/node/polyfills/child_process.ts
+++ b/ext/node/polyfills/child_process.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import { internals } from "ext:core/mod.js";
 import {
   op_bootstrap_unstable_args,
   op_node_child_ipc_pipe,
-  op_npm_process_state,
 } from "ext:core/ops";
 
 import {
@@ -54,6 +53,7 @@ import {
   convertToValidSignal,
   kEmptyObject,
 } from "ext:deno_node/internal/util.mjs";
+import { kNeedsNpmProcessState } from "ext:runtime/40_process.js";
 
 const MAX_BUFFER = 1024 * 1024;
 
@@ -168,9 +168,8 @@ export function fork(
   options.execPath = options.execPath || Deno.execPath();
   options.shell = false;
 
-  Object.assign(options.env ??= {}, {
-    DENO_DONT_USE_INTERNAL_NODE_COMPAT_STATE: op_npm_process_state(),
-  });
+  // deno-lint-ignore no-explicit-any
+  (options as any)[kNeedsNpmProcessState] = true;
 
   return spawn(options.execPath, args, options);
 }