diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6062752..ade5e59 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ JS_SKYPACK_PACKAGE_CHECK_REQ += artifacts/dist
 ################################################################################
 
 .PHONY: run-example
-run-example: artifacts/link-dependencies.touch
-	source test/fixture/example/invalid-values.sh; node --loader ts-node/esm test/fixture/example/run.ts
+run-example: artifacts/link-dependencies.touch artifacts/dist
+	source test/fixture/example/invalid-values.sh; node test/fixture/example/run.js
 
 .PHONY: copy-example
 copy-example: artifacts/link-dependencies.touch
@@ -53,5 +53,5 @@ artifacts/dist/esm: tsconfig.build.esm.json tsconfig.json artifacts/link-depende
 	echo '{"type":"module"}' > "$@/package.json"
 	@touch "$@"
 
-ENVIRONMENT.md: artifacts/link-dependencies.touch $(JS_SOURCE_FILES) $(JS_TEST_FILES)
+ENVIRONMENT.md: artifacts/link-dependencies.touch artifacts/dist $(JS_SOURCE_FILES) $(JS_TEST_FILES)
 	AUSTENITE_SPEC=true AUSTENITE_APP=example node test/fixture/example/run.js > "$@"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6b02b9b..0733ac2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@
     "prettier": "^3.3.3",
     "prettier-plugin-organize-imports": "^4.1.0",
     "publint": "^0.2.12",
-    "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
     "typescript": "^5.6.3",
     "typescript-eslint": "^8.13.0",
     "vite-tsconfig-paths": "^5.1.0",
diff --git a/test/fixture/example/env.ts b/test/fixture/example/env.js
similarity index 98%
rename from test/fixture/example/env.ts
rename to test/fixture/example/env.js
index 6f75358..cece00f 100644
--- a/test/fixture/example/env.ts
+++ b/test/fixture/example/env.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
   number,
   string,
   url,
-} from "../../../src/index.js";
+} from "../../../artifacts/dist/esm/index.js";
 
 export const cdnUrl = url("CDN_URL", "CDN to use when serving static assets", {
   protocols: ["http:", "https:"],
diff --git a/test/fixture/example/run.js b/test/fixture/example/run.js
index 5bdbd73..74b9ee4 100644
--- a/test/fixture/example/run.js
+++ b/test/fixture/example/run.js
@@ -1,5 +1,34 @@
-import { register } from "node:module";
-import { pathToFileURL } from "node:url";
+import { initialize } from "../../../artifacts/dist/esm/node.js";
+import {
+  cdnUrl,
+  earthAtomCount,
+  grpcTimeout,
+  isDebug,
+  logLevel,
+  port,
+  readDsn,
+  redisPrimary,
+  sampleRatio,
+  sessionKey,
+  weight,
+} from "./env.js";
 
-register("ts-node/esm", pathToFileURL("./"));
-await import("./run.ts");
+await initialize();
+
+console.log("");
+console.log("Environment is valid 🎉");
+console.log("");
+
+console.table({
+  cdnUrl: cdnUrl.value().toString(),
+  earthAtomCount: earthAtomCount.value(),
+  grpcTimeout: grpcTimeout.value()?.total("millisecond"),
+  isDebug: isDebug.value(),
+  logLevel: logLevel.value(),
+  port: port.value(),
+  readDsn: readDsn.value(),
+  redisPrimary: `${redisPrimary.value().host}:${redisPrimary.value().port}`,
+  sampleRatio: sampleRatio.value(),
+  sessionKey: sessionKey.value().toString("base64"),
+  weight: weight.value(),
+});
diff --git a/test/fixture/example/run.ts b/test/fixture/example/run.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a1375e..0000000
--- a/test/fixture/example/run.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-import { initialize } from "../../../src/node.js";
-import {
-  cdnUrl,
-  earthAtomCount,
-  grpcTimeout,
-  isDebug,
-  logLevel,
-  port,
-  readDsn,
-  redisPrimary,
-  sampleRatio,
-  sessionKey,
-  weight,
-} from "./env.js";
-
-await initialize();
-
-console.log("");
-console.log("Environment is valid 🎉");
-console.log("");
-
-console.table({
-  cdnUrl: cdnUrl.value().toString(),
-  earthAtomCount: earthAtomCount.value(),
-  grpcTimeout: grpcTimeout.value()?.total("millisecond"),
-  isDebug: isDebug.value(),
-  logLevel: logLevel.value(),
-  port: port.value(),
-  readDsn: readDsn.value(),
-  redisPrimary: `${redisPrimary.value().host}:${redisPrimary.value().port}`,
-  sampleRatio: sampleRatio.value(),
-  sessionKey: sessionKey.value().toString("base64"),
-  weight: weight.value(),
-});