diff --git a/build/gulpfile.cli.mjs b/build/gulpfile.cli.mjs
index 637bd30cbe7..fadd9274b58 100644
--- a/build/gulpfile.cli.mjs
+++ b/build/gulpfile.cli.mjs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 
 const { debounce } = utilModule;
 const { createReporter } = reporterModule;
-const __dirname = fileURLToPath(new URL('.', import.meta.url));
+const __dirname = import.meta.dirname
 
 const root = 'cli';
 const rootAbs = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', root);
diff --git a/build/gulpfile.compile.mjs b/build/gulpfile.compile.mjs
index b5773fcd9aa..0a55cd26d13 100644
--- a/build/gulpfile.compile.mjs
+++ b/build/gulpfile.compile.mjs
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
  *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
 //@ts-check
-
 import gulp from 'gulp';
 import util from './lib/util.js';
 import date from './lib/date.js';
diff --git a/build/gulpfile.editor.mjs b/build/gulpfile.editor.mjs
index 599deff2c9f..78efe4890f5 100644
--- a/build/gulpfile.editor.mjs
+++ b/build/gulpfile.editor.mjs
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
  *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
 //@ts-check
-
 import gulp from 'gulp';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import util from './lib/util.js';
@@ -20,10 +18,9 @@ import monacoapi from './lib/monaco-api.js';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import filter from 'gulp-filter';
 import reporterModule from './lib/reporter.js';
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 import monacoPackage from './monaco/package.json' with { type: 'json' };
 
-const __dirname = fileURLToPath(new URL('.', import.meta.url));
+const __dirname = import.meta.dirname
 const { getVersion } = getVersionModule;
 const { createReporter } = reporterModule;
 const root = path.dirname(__dirname);
diff --git a/build/gulpfile.extensions.mjs b/build/gulpfile.extensions.mjs
index 78e59464d77..0c4f29b2141 100644
--- a/build/gulpfile.extensions.mjs
+++ b/build/gulpfile.extensions.mjs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 
 EventEmitter.defaultMaxListeners = 100;
 
-const __dirname = fileURLToPath(new URL('.', import.meta.url));
+const __dirname = import.meta.dirname
 const { getVersion } = getVersionModule;
 const { createReporter } = reporterModule;
 const root = path.dirname(__dirname);
diff --git a/build/gulpfile.mjs b/build/gulpfile.mjs
index 03195b93c8c..2b9ded125e8 100644
--- a/build/gulpfile.mjs
+++ b/build/gulpfile.mjs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import util from './lib/util.js';
 EventEmitter.defaultMaxListeners = 100;
 
 const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
-const __dirname = fileURLToPath(new URL('.', import.meta.url));
+const __dirname = import.meta.dirname
 
 const { transpileTask, compileTask, watchTask, compileApiProposalNamesTask, watchApiProposalNamesTask } = compilation;
 
diff --git a/build/gulpfile.reh.mjs b/build/gulpfile.reh.mjs
index fd2ada5d163..5a047557119 100644
--- a/build/gulpfile.reh.mjs
+++ b/build/gulpfile.reh.mjs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ const { getVersion } = getVersionModule;
 const { getProductionDependencies } = dependenciesModule;
 const { readISODate } = dateModule;
 const { fetchUrls, fetchGithub } = fetchModule;
-const __dirname = fileURLToPath(new URL('.', import.meta.url));
+const __dirname = import.meta.dirname
 
 const REPO_ROOT = path.dirname(__dirname);
 const commit = getVersion(REPO_ROOT);
diff --git a/build/gulpfile.scan.mjs b/build/gulpfile.scan.mjs
index 7669cac499e..2680b000e8e 100644
--- a/build/gulpfile.scan.mjs
+++ b/build/gulpfile.scan.mjs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 
 const { config } = electronConfigModule;
 
-const __dirname = fileURLToPath(new URL('.', import.meta.url));
+const __dirname = import.meta.dirname
 const root = path.dirname(__dirname);
 
 const BUILD_TARGETS = [
diff --git a/build/gulpfile.vscode.linux.mjs b/build/gulpfile.vscode.linux.mjs
index c87975335ab..68a45c99d39 100644
--- a/build/gulpfile.vscode.linux.mjs
+++ b/build/gulpfile.vscode.linux.mjs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 const { rimraf } = utilModule;
 const { getVersion } = getVersionModule;
 const { recommendedDeps: debianRecommendedDependencies } = depLists;
-const __dirname = fileURLToPath(new URL('.', import.meta.url));
+const __dirname = import.meta.dirname
 const exec = promisify(cp.exec);
 const root = path.dirname(__dirname);
 const commit = getVersion(root);
diff --git a/build/gulpfile.vscode.mjs b/build/gulpfile.vscode.mjs
index 5bcef49513e..1f36875522c 100644
--- a/build/gulpfile.vscode.mjs
+++ b/build/gulpfile.vscode.mjs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const { config } = electronModule;
 const { createAsar } = asarModule;
 const glob = promisify(globCallback);
 const rcedit = promisify(rceditCallback);
-const __dirname = fileURLToPath(new URL('.', import.meta.url));
+const __dirname = import.meta.dirname
 const root = path.dirname(__dirname);
 const commit = getVersion(root);
 
diff --git a/build/gulpfile.vscode.web.mjs b/build/gulpfile.vscode.web.mjs
index 5dc9838e5b8..6efdd94e216 100644
--- a/build/gulpfile.vscode.web.mjs
+++ b/build/gulpfile.vscode.web.mjs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 const { getVersion } = getVersionModule;
 const { readISODate } = dateModule;
 const { getProductionDependencies } = dependenciesModule;
-const __dirname = fileURLToPath(new URL('.', import.meta.url));
+const __dirname = import.meta.dirname
 
 const REPO_ROOT = path.dirname(__dirname);
 const BUILD_ROOT = path.dirname(REPO_ROOT);
diff --git a/build/gulpfile.vscode.win32.mjs b/build/gulpfile.vscode.win32.mjs
index 0d38d1c1647..b844baf730a 100644
--- a/build/gulpfile.vscode.win32.mjs
+++ b/build/gulpfile.vscode.win32.mjs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import rcedit from 'rcedit';
 import { createRequire } from 'module';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 
-const __dirname = fileURLToPath(new URL('.', import.meta.url));
+const __dirname = import.meta.dirname;
 const repoPath = path.dirname(__dirname);
 const buildPath = (/** @type {string} */ arch) => path.join(path.dirname(repoPath), `VSCode-win32-${arch}`);
 const setupDir = (/** @type {string} */ arch, /** @type {string} */ target) => path.join(repoPath, '.build', `win32-${arch}`, `${target}-setup`);