diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e36ca466b34b1..ce5765979fc45 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@
     "@types/semver": "^7.3.8",
     "@types/tar-stream": "^2.2.2",
     "@types/tmp": "^0.2.0",
-    "@types/which": "^2.0.2",
     "@types/yargs": "^17.0.10",
     "@types/yarnpkg__lockfile": "^1.1.5",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "5.38.1",
@@ -315,8 +314,7 @@
     "tailwindcss": "3.2.4",
     "tslib": "^2.3.0",
     "vitest": "^0.25.8",
-    "weak-napi": "^2.0.2",
-    "which": "^3.0.0"
+    "weak-napi": "^2.0.2"
   },
   "resolutions": {
     "**/xmlhttprequest-ssl": "~1.6.2",
@@ -336,3 +334,4 @@
     ]
   }
 }
+
diff --git a/packages/nx/package.json b/packages/nx/package.json
index 4b37c4fd84718..1a4bc29f0ce84 100644
--- a/packages/nx/package.json
+++ b/packages/nx/package.json
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@
     "tsconfig-paths": "^4.1.2",
     "tslib": "^2.3.0",
     "v8-compile-cache": "2.3.0",
-    "which": "^3.0.0",
     "yargs": "^17.6.2",
     "yargs-parser": "21.1.1"
   },
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/daemon/client/client.ts b/packages/nx/src/daemon/client/client.ts
index 470bdc8f1bba9..f42fb18badb23 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/daemon/client/client.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/daemon/client/client.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { ensureDirSync, ensureFileSync } from 'fs-extra';
 import { connect } from 'net';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { performance } from 'perf_hooks';
-import * as which from 'which';
 import { output } from '../../utils/output';
 import { FULL_OS_SOCKET_PATH, killSocketOrPath } from '../socket-utils';
 import {
@@ -325,11 +324,9 @@ export class DaemonClient {
 
     this._out = await open(DAEMON_OUTPUT_LOG_FILE, 'a');
     this._err = await open(DAEMON_OUTPUT_LOG_FILE, 'a');
-    // Find the node path based on the path.
-    // This allows us to use the node version based on the host os, rather than other host processes
-    const nodeExecutable = await which('node');
+
     const backgroundProcess = spawn(
-      nodeExecutable,
+      process.execPath,
       [join(__dirname, '../server/start.js')],
       {
         cwd: workspaceRoot,
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index cd9921a5365d0..0d69d0e018c9e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8047,11 +8047,6 @@
     anymatch "^3.0.0"
     source-map "^0.6.0"
 
-"@types/which@^2.0.2":
-  version "2.0.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/which/-/which-2.0.2.tgz#54541d02d6b1daee5ec01ac0d1b37cecf37db1ae"
-  integrity sha512-113D3mDkZDjo+EeUEHCFy0qniNc1ZpecGiAU7WSo7YDoSzolZIQKpYFHrPpjkB2nuyahcKfrmLXeQlh7gqJYdw==
-
 "@types/ws@^8.5.1":
   version "8.5.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/ws/-/ws-8.5.3.tgz#7d25a1ffbecd3c4f2d35068d0b283c037003274d"