diff --git a/build/gulpfile.reh.ts b/build/gulpfile.reh.ts
index 7208837f4acb1..beb7ba848fd31 100644
--- a/build/gulpfile.reh.ts
+++ b/build/gulpfile.reh.ts
@@ -163,6 +163,48 @@ function extractAlpinefromDocker(nodeVersion: string, platform: string, arch: st
 	return es.readArray([new File({ path: 'node', contents, stat: { mode: parseInt('755', 8) } as fs.Stats })]);
 }
 
+// WSL1 binfmt_elf rejects PT_LOAD segments with p_align > PAGE_SIZE (0x1000).
+// Node 24 linux-x64 ships an `lpstub` LOAD segment aligned to 2 MiB for hugepage
+// remapping; clamp it so the binary still loads under WSL1.
+function patchElfLoadAlign(): NodeJS.ReadWriteStream {
+	return es.mapSync<File, File>(file => {
+		if (!file.contents || !Buffer.isBuffer(file.contents)) {
+			return file;
+		}
+		const buf = file.contents;
+		if (buf.length < 64) {
+			return file;
+		}
+		if (buf[0] !== 0x7f || buf[1] !== 0x45 || buf[2] !== 0x4c || buf[3] !== 0x46) {
+			return file;
+		}
+		if (buf[4] !== 2 /* ELFCLASS64 */ || buf[5] !== 1 /* ELFDATA2LSB */) {
+			return file;
+		}
+		const e_phoff = Number(buf.readBigUInt64LE(0x20));
+		const e_phentsize = buf.readUInt16LE(0x36);
+		const e_phnum = buf.readUInt16LE(0x38);
+		if (e_phentsize !== 56) {
+			return file;
+		}
+		const PT_LOAD = 1;
+		const MAX_ALIGN = 0x1000n;
+		for (let i = 0; i < e_phnum; i++) {
+			const off = e_phoff + i * e_phentsize;
+			if (off + e_phentsize > buf.length) {
+				break;
+			}
+			if (buf.readUInt32LE(off) !== PT_LOAD) {
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (buf.readBigUInt64LE(off + 48) > MAX_ALIGN) {
+				buf.writeBigUInt64LE(MAX_ALIGN, off + 48);
+			}
+		}
+		return file;
+	});
+}
+
 const { nodeVersion, internalNodeVersion } = getNodeVersion();
 
 BUILD_TARGETS.forEach(({ platform, arch }) => {
@@ -229,14 +271,16 @@ function nodejs(platform: string, arch: string): NodeJS.ReadWriteStream | undefi
 				fetchUrls(`/dist/v${nodeVersion}/win-${arch}/node.exe`, { base: 'https://nodejs.org', checksumSha256 }))
 				.pipe(rename('node.exe'));
 		case 'darwin':
-		case 'linux':
-			return (product.nodejsRepository !== 'https://nodejs.org' ?
+		case 'linux': {
+			const downloaded = (product.nodejsRepository !== 'https://nodejs.org' ?
 				fetchGithub(product.nodejsRepository, { version: `${nodeVersion}-${internalNodeVersion}`, name: expectedName!, checksumSha256 }) :
 				fetchUrls(`/dist/v${nodeVersion}/node-v${nodeVersion}-${platform}-${arch}.tar.gz`, { base: 'https://nodejs.org', checksumSha256 })
 			).pipe(flatmap(stream => stream.pipe(gunzip()).pipe(untar())))
 				.pipe(filter('**/node'))
 				.pipe(util.setExecutableBit('**'))
 				.pipe(rename('node'));
+			return platform === 'linux' && arch === 'x64' ? downloaded.pipe(patchElfLoadAlign()) : downloaded;
+		}
 		case 'alpine':
 			return product.nodejsRepository !== 'https://nodejs.org' ?
 				fetchGithub(product.nodejsRepository, { version: `${nodeVersion}-${internalNodeVersion}`, name: expectedName!, checksumSha256 })
diff --git a/test/sanity/src/context.ts b/test/sanity/src/context.ts
index 990252bc48bd4..3fc08f3c3796a 100644
--- a/test/sanity/src/context.ts
+++ b/test/sanity/src/context.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ export class TestContext {
 
 	private readonly tempDirs = new Set<string>();
 	private readonly wslTempDirs = new Set<string>();
-	private readonly patchedWslNodePaths = new Set<string>();
 	private nextPort = 3010;
 	private currentTestName: string | undefined;
 	private screenshotCounter = 0;
@@ -257,38 +256,6 @@ export class TestContext {
 		return undefined;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * On WSL1, patches the Node.js binary used by the server to remove ELF note sections
-	 * that cause Node 24 to fail to start. No-op on WSL2.
-	 * @param wslEntryPoint The WSL path to the server entry point script.
-	 */
-	public applyWsl1Node24Workaround(wslEntryPoint: string): void {
-		if (this.getUbuntuWslVersion() !== 1) {
-			return;
-		}
-
-		const wslNodePath = wslEntryPoint.replace(/\/bin\/[^/]+$/, '/node');
-		if (this.patchedWslNodePaths.has(wslNodePath)) {
-			return;
-		}
-
-		this.patchedWslNodePaths.add(wslNodePath);
-		this.warn(`Applying WSL1 Node 24 workaround for ${wslNodePath}`);
-
-		const shellScript = [
-			'set -e',
-			`node_path='${wslNodePath}'`,
-			'backup_path="${node_path}.orig"',
-			'if [ -f "${backup_path}" ]; then exit 0; fi',
-			'if ! command -v objcopy >/dev/null 2>&1; then apt-get update && apt-get install -y binutils; fi',
-			'cp "${node_path}" "${backup_path}"',
-			'objcopy --remove-section .note.ABI-tag --remove-section .note.gnu.build-id --remove-section .note.gnu.property "${backup_path}" "${node_path}"',
-			'chmod +x "${node_path}"',
-		].join('; ');
-
-		this.runNoErrors('wsl', '-d', 'Ubuntu', 'sh', '-lc', shellScript);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Ensures that the directory for the specified file path exists.
 	 */
diff --git a/test/sanity/src/wsl.test.ts b/test/sanity/src/wsl.test.ts
index 0e6b56d23b8b9..65a6455fee2d8 100644
--- a/test/sanity/src/wsl.test.ts
+++ b/test/sanity/src/wsl.test.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ export function setup(context: TestContext) {
 		}
 
 		const wslEntryPoint = context.toWslPath(entryPoint);
-		context.applyWsl1Node24Workaround(wslEntryPoint);
 
 		await context.runCliApp('WSL Server', 'wsl',
 			[
@@ -102,7 +101,6 @@ export function setup(context: TestContext) {
 		const test = new WslUITest(context, undefined, wslWorkspaceDir, wslExtensionsDir);
 
 		const wslEntryPoint = context.toWslPath(entryPoint);
-		context.applyWsl1Node24Workaround(wslEntryPoint);
 
 		await context.runCliApp('WSL Server', 'wsl',
 			[