diff --git a/build/lib/nodeCompileCache.ts b/build/lib/nodeCompileCache.ts
index 66dfaf4c1b50..988dc11a5e85 100644
--- a/build/lib/nodeCompileCache.ts
+++ b/build/lib/nodeCompileCache.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ export function shouldGenerateNodeCompileCache(platform: string, arch: string, p
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	return platform === 'darwin' ? arch === 'arm64' : (platform === 'linux' || platform === 'win32') && arch === 'x64';
+	// TODO: Re-enable POSIX caches once the runtime fixes portable caching with eager/read-only options.
+	return platform === 'win32' && arch === 'x64';
 }
 
 export function getNodeCompileCachePaths(platform: string, outputDirectory: string, versionedResourcesFolder: string, product: INodeCompileCacheProduct): INodeCompileCachePaths {
diff --git a/src/vs/base/node/nodeCompileCache.ts b/src/vs/base/node/nodeCompileCache.ts
index 7360775405bd..094fe385dddc 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/node/nodeCompileCache.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/node/nodeCompileCache.ts
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@ export function enableNodeCompileCache(kind: NodeCompileCacheKind): boolean {
 	enabledKind = kind;
 	process.env['VSCODE_NODE_COMPILE_CACHE_ROOT'] = getNodeCompileCacheRoot();
 	const cacheDirectory = getNodeCompileCacheDirectory(kind);
-	const isGeneratingCache = process.env['VSCODE_GENERATE_NODE_COMPILE_CACHE'] === '1';
-	const runtimeCachePrefix = `${process.version}-${process.arch}-`;
-	const hasRuntimeCache = fs.existsSync(cacheDirectory) && fs.readdirSync(cacheDirectory).some(entry => entry.startsWith(runtimeCachePrefix));
 
 	if (process.env['VSCODE_DEV']) {
 		setNodeCompileCacheStatus({
@@ -64,6 +61,21 @@ export function enableNodeCompileCache(kind: NodeCompileCacheKind): boolean {
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	// TODO: Re-enable POSIX caches once the runtime fixes portable caching with eager/read-only options.
+	if (process.platform !== 'win32') {
+		setNodeCompileCacheStatus({
+			kind,
+			status: 'disabled',
+			configuredDirectory: cacheDirectory,
+			isPackagedCacheEnabled: false
+		});
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	const isGeneratingCache = process.env['VSCODE_GENERATE_NODE_COMPILE_CACHE'] === '1';
+	const runtimeCachePrefix = `${process.version}-${process.arch}-`;
+	const hasRuntimeCache = fs.existsSync(cacheDirectory) && fs.readdirSync(cacheDirectory).some(entry => entry.startsWith(runtimeCachePrefix));
+
 	if (!isGeneratingCache && !hasRuntimeCache) {
 		setNodeCompileCacheStatus({
 			kind,