diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend.yml b/.github/workflows/backend.yml
index 3e452717ed41ab..2203fba6356d32 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend.yml
@@ -61,11 +61,8 @@ jobs:
           mode: default
 
       - name: Run API docs tests
-        # install ts-node for ts build scripts to execute properly without potentially installing
-        # conflicting deps when running scripts locally
-        # see: https://github.com/getsentry/sentry/pull/32328/files
         run: |
-          pnpm add ts-node && make test-api-docs
+          make test-api-docs
 
       - name: Inspect failure
         if: failure()
diff --git a/.github/workflows/openapi-diff.yml b/.github/workflows/openapi-diff.yml
index 0f8b6a1184237b..d5a33a1e41c291 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openapi-diff.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openapi-diff.yml
@@ -50,11 +50,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build OpenAPI Derefed JSON
         if: steps.changes.outputs.api_docs == 'true'
-        # install ts-node for ts build scripts to execute properly without potentially installing
-        # conflicting deps when running scripts locally
-        # see: https://github.com/getsentry/sentry/pull/32328/files
         run: |
-          pnpm add ts-node && make build-api-docs
+          make build-api-docs
 
       - name: Compare OpenAPI Derefed JSON
         if: steps.changes.outputs.api_docs == 'true'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/openapi.yml b/.github/workflows/openapi.yml
index a6239f595a1608..98405d156f33a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openapi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openapi.yml
@@ -54,11 +54,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build OpenAPI Derefed JSON
         if: steps.changes.outputs.api_docs == 'true'
-        # install ts-node for ts build scripts to execute properly without potentially installing
-        # conflicting deps when running scripts locally
-        # see: https://github.com/getsentry/sentry/pull/32328/files
         run: |
-          pnpm add ts-node && make build-api-docs
+          make build-api-docs
 
       - name: Build RPC method schema
         if: steps.changes.outputs.api_docs == 'true'
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c748eec63d1112..0d4efd339b01fd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ build-api-docs: build-deprecated-docs build-spectacular-docs
 
 watch-api-docs:
 	@cd api-docs/ && pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
-	@cd api-docs/ && ts-node ./watch.ts
+	@cd api-docs/ && node --experimental-transform-types ./watch.ts
 
 diff-api-docs:
 	@echo "--> diffing local api docs against sentry-api-schema/openapi-derefed.json"
diff --git a/knip.config.ts b/knip.config.ts
index 9d6087c65140ec..0bc6f5a518f5de 100644
--- a/knip.config.ts
+++ b/knip.config.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ const config: KnipConfig = {
     '@babel/preset-react', // Still used in jest
     '@babel/preset-typescript', // Still used in jest
     '@emotion/babel-plugin', // Still used in jest
+    'ts-node', // Still used implicitly
+    'terser', // Still used in a loader
   ],
   rules: {
     binaries: 'off',
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5f577b52c95b44..21cc63a36b48f3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -254,14 +254,14 @@
     "dev-acceptance": "NO_DEV_SERVER=1 NODE_ENV=development rspack --watch",
     "webpack-profile": "NO_TS_FORK=1 rspack --profile --json > stats.json",
     "install-api-docs": "pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --dir ./api-docs",
-    "build-deprecated-docs": "pnpm run install-api-docs && ts-node api-docs/index.ts api-docs/openapi.json tests/apidocs/openapi-deprecated.json",
-    "diff-docs": "pnpm run install-api-docs && ts-node api-docs/openapi-diff.ts",
-    "deref-api-docs": "ts-node api-docs/index.ts tests/apidocs/openapi-spectacular.json tests/apidocs/openapi-derefed.json",
+    "build-deprecated-docs": "pnpm run install-api-docs && node --experimental-transform-types api-docs/index.ts api-docs/openapi.json tests/apidocs/openapi-deprecated.json",
+    "diff-docs": "pnpm run install-api-docs && node --experimental-transform-types api-docs/openapi-diff.ts",
+    "deref-api-docs": "node --experimental-transform-types api-docs/index.ts tests/apidocs/openapi-spectacular.json tests/apidocs/openapi-derefed.json",
     "build-chartcuterie-config": "node --experimental-strip-types config/build-chartcuterie.ts",
     "build-acceptance": "CODECOV_ENABLE_BA=false IS_ACCEPTANCE_TEST=1 NODE_ENV=production rspack",
     "build-production": "NODE_ENV=production rspack --mode production",
     "build": "NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=4096 rspack",
-    "build-js-loader": "ts-node scripts/build-js-loader.ts",
+    "build-js-loader": "node --experimental-transform-types scripts/build-js-loader.ts",
     "build-js-po": "node --experimental-strip-types build-utils/ts-extract-gettext.ts",
     "validate-api-examples": "pnpm run --dir api-docs openapi-examples-validator ../tests/apidocs/openapi-derefed.json --no-additional-properties",
     "mkcert-localhost": "mkcert -key-file config/localhost-key.pem -cert-file config/localhost.pem localhost 127.0.0.1 dev.getsentry.net *.dev.getsentry.net && mkcert -install",