diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-profiling/build.shimmed.mjs b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-profiling/build.shimmed.mjs
index c45e30539bc0..1328eb1a5b04 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-profiling/build.shimmed.mjs
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-profiling/build.shimmed.mjs
@@ -16,14 +16,4 @@ esbuild.buildSync({
   format: 'esm',
   bundle: true,
   loader: { '.node': 'copy' },
-  banner: {
-    js: `
-        import { dirname } from 'node:path';
-        import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
-        import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
-        const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
-        const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
-        const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
-        `,
-  },
 });
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-profiling/index.mjs b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-profiling/index.mjs
index 71608ef53260..bd178eb0f716 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-profiling/index.mjs
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-profiling/index.mjs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ console.log('🧵 Starting ESM test');
 
 const wait = ms => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
 
-function assertUnpatechedRequire() {
+function assertUnpatchedRequire() {
   if (typeof require !== 'undefined') {
     // Test that globalThis.require is not defined by any side effects of the profiling
     // https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-javascript/issues/13662
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@ Sentry.startSpan({ name: 'Precompile test' }, async () => {
   await wait(500);
 });
 
-assertUnpatechedRequire();
+assertUnpatchedRequire();
 console.log('✅ Require is not patched');
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-profiling/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-profiling/package.json
index 2029ac1370ed..14dfb2d16fd3 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-profiling/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-profiling/package.json
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
   "scripts": {
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",
     "build": "node build.mjs && node build.shimmed.mjs",
-    "test": "node dist/index.js && node --experimental-require-module dist/index.js && node dist/index.shimmed.mjs",
     "clean": "npx rimraf node_modules dist",
+    "test": "node dist/index.js && node --experimental-require-module dist/index.js && node dist/index.shimmed.mjs",
+    "test:mjs": "node index.mjs",
     "test:electron": "$(pnpm bin)/electron-rebuild && playwright test",
     "test:build": "pnpm run typecheck && pnpm run build",
-    "test:assert": "pnpm run test && pnpm run test:electron",
-    "test:mjs": "node index.mjs"
+    "test:assert": "pnpm run test:mjs && pnpm run test && pnpm run test:electron"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@electron/rebuild": "^3.7.0",
diff --git a/packages/profiling-node/rollup.npm.config.mjs b/packages/profiling-node/rollup.npm.config.mjs
index c0da1ddb3e24..47a5f0843951 100644
--- a/packages/profiling-node/rollup.npm.config.mjs
+++ b/packages/profiling-node/rollup.npm.config.mjs
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
 `;
 
 const ESMDirnameShim = `
-const filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
-const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
+const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 `;
 
 function makeESMImportShimPlugin(shim) {
diff --git a/packages/profiling-node/src/cpu_profiler.ts b/packages/profiling-node/src/cpu_profiler.ts
index bbdf2c621844..b9a4acd722be 100644
--- a/packages/profiling-node/src/cpu_profiler.ts
+++ b/packages/profiling-node/src/cpu_profiler.ts
@@ -164,10 +164,9 @@ export function importCppBindingsModule(): PrivateV8CpuProfilerBindings {
   }
 
   // #START_SENTRY_ESM_DIRNAME_SHIM
-  // const filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
-  // const __dirname = dirname(filename);
+  // const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
   // #END_SENTRY_ESM_DIRNAME_SHIM
-  const built_from_source_path = resolve(__dirname, '..', `./sentry_cpu_profiler-${identifier}`);
+  const built_from_source_path = resolve(__dirname, '..', `sentry_cpu_profiler-${identifier}`);
   return require(`${built_from_source_path}.node`);
 }