diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a7f99e826..0db2ee765 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@
     "@babel/eslint-parser": "^7.14.7",
     "@babel/preset-env": "^7.14.7",
     "@babel/register": "^7.17.7",
+    "babel-plugin-transform-import-meta": "^2.2.1",
     "@rollup/plugin-alias": "^5.1.1",
     "@rollup/plugin-babel": "^6.0.0",
     "@rollup/plugin-commonjs": "^21.0.0",
     "@rollup/plugin-node-resolve": "^15.0.0",
     "babel-plugin-istanbul": "^7.0.0",
     "babel-plugin-module-resolver": "^5.0.2",
-    "babel-plugin-transform-import-meta": "^2.2.1",
     "cross-env": "^7.0.2",
     "eslint": "^7.30.0",
     "eslint-config-standard": "^16.0.2",
diff --git a/packages/cli-build/test/finalize.test.js b/packages/cli-build/test/finalize.test.js
index f425f83ef..34a257726 100644
--- a/packages/cli-build/test/finalize.test.js
+++ b/packages/cli-build/test/finalize.test.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ describe('percy build:finalize', () => {
 
   it('defaults PERCY_PARALLEL_TOTAL to -1', async () => {
     process.env.PERCY_TOKEN = '<<PERCY_TOKEN>>';
-    process.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE = JSON.stringify({ name: '@percy/client', version: '1.0.0' });
+
     expect(process.env.PERCY_PARALLEL_TOTAL).toBeUndefined();
     await finalize();
     expect(process.env.PERCY_PARALLEL_TOTAL).toEqual('-1');
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ describe('percy build:finalize', () => {
 
   it('gets parallel build info and finalizes all parallel builds', async () => {
     process.env.PERCY_TOKEN = '<<PERCY_TOKEN>>';
-    process.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE = JSON.stringify({ name: '@percy/client', version: '1.0.0' });
     await finalize();
 
     expect(logger.stderr).toEqual([]);
diff --git a/packages/cli-build/test/wait.test.js b/packages/cli-build/test/wait.test.js
index e9e64521d..83431943a 100644
--- a/packages/cli-build/test/wait.test.js
+++ b/packages/cli-build/test/wait.test.js
@@ -18,14 +18,12 @@ describe('percy build:wait', () => {
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
     process.env.PERCY_TOKEN = '<<PERCY_TOKEN>>';
-    process.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE = JSON.stringify({ name: '@percy/client', version: '1.0.0' });
     await setupTest({ loggerTTY: true });
   });
 
   afterEach(() => {
     delete process.env.PERCY_TOKEN;
     delete process.env.PERCY_ENABLE;
-    delete process.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE;
   });
 
   it('does nothing and logs when percy is not enabled', async () => {
@@ -234,6 +232,7 @@ describe('percy build:wait', () => {
       })]);
 
       await expectAsync(wait(['--build=123'])).toBeRejected();
+
       expect(logger.stdout).toEqual([]);
       expect(logger.stderr).toEqual(jasmine.arrayContaining([
         '[percy] Build #10 failed! https://percy.io/test/test/123',
diff --git a/packages/cli-exec/test/exec.test.js b/packages/cli-exec/test/exec.test.js
index c67a84cec..9fef56ca2 100644
--- a/packages/cli-exec/test/exec.test.js
+++ b/packages/cli-exec/test/exec.test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import exec from '@percy/cli-exec';
 describe('percy exec', () => {
   beforeEach(async () => {
     process.env.PERCY_TOKEN = '<<PERCY_TOKEN>>';
-    process.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE = JSON.stringify({ name: '@percy/client', version: '1.0.0' });
     jasmine.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL = 25000;
     await setupTest();
 
@@ -11,14 +10,10 @@ describe('percy exec', () => {
     spyOn(which, 'sync').and.callFake(c => c);
     spyOn(process, 'exit').and.callFake(c => c);
     process.env.PERCY_CLIENT_ERROR_LOGS = false;
-
-    // Ensure global.__MOCK_IMPORTS__ is defined
-    global.__MOCK_IMPORTS__ = global.__MOCK_IMPORTS__ || new Map();
   });
 
   afterEach(() => {
     delete process.env.PERCY_TOKEN;
-    delete process.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE;
     delete process.env.PERCY_ENABLE;
     delete process.env.PERCY_BUILD_ID;
     delete process.env.PERCY_PARALLEL_TOTAL;
@@ -248,11 +243,9 @@ describe('percy exec', () => {
     let [e, err] = [new EventEmitter(), new Error('spawn error')];
     let crossSpawn = () => (setImmediate(() => e.emit('error', err)), e);
     global.__MOCK_IMPORTS__.set('cross-spawn', { default: crossSpawn });
-
     let stdinSpy = spyOn(process.stdin, 'pipe').and.resolveTo('some response');
 
     await expectAsync(exec(['--', 'foobar'])).toBeRejected();
-
     expect(stdinSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
     console.log(logger.stderr);
     expect(logger.stderr).toEqual(jasmine.arrayContaining([
diff --git a/packages/cli-exec/test/ping.test.js b/packages/cli-exec/test/ping.test.js
index 0d75fe388..d9bfa67b1 100644
--- a/packages/cli-exec/test/ping.test.js
+++ b/packages/cli-exec/test/ping.test.js
@@ -6,13 +6,11 @@ describe('percy exec:ping', () => {
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
     process.env.PERCY_TOKEN = '<<PERCY_TOKEN>>';
-    process.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE = JSON.stringify({ name: '@percy/client', version: '1.0.0' });
     await setupTest();
   });
 
   afterEach(async () => {
     delete process.env.PERCY_TOKEN;
-    delete process.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE;
     delete process.env.PERCY_ENABLE;
     delete process.env.PERCY_PARALLEL_TOTAL;
     delete process.env.PERCY_PARTIAL_BUILD;
diff --git a/packages/cli-exec/test/start.test.js b/packages/cli-exec/test/start.test.js
index 6296543bc..fe6bd123c 100644
--- a/packages/cli-exec/test/start.test.js
+++ b/packages/cli-exec/test/start.test.js
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ describe('percy exec:start', () => {
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
     process.env.PERCY_TOKEN = '<<PERCY_TOKEN>>';
-    process.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE = JSON.stringify({ name: '@percy/client', version: '1.0.0' });
     await setupTest();
 
     started = start(['--quiet']);
@@ -118,7 +117,6 @@ describe('percy exec:start', () => {
     logger.reset();
 
     process.env.PERCY_ENABLE = '0';
-    process.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE = JSON.stringify({ name: '@percy/client', version: '1.0.0' });
     await start();
 
     expect(logger.stdout).toEqual([]);
diff --git a/packages/cli-exec/test/stop.test.js b/packages/cli-exec/test/stop.test.js
index 1fe43006e..dd958c5dc 100644
--- a/packages/cli-exec/test/stop.test.js
+++ b/packages/cli-exec/test/stop.test.js
@@ -6,13 +6,11 @@ describe('percy exec:stop', () => {
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
     process.env.PERCY_TOKEN = '<<PERCY_TOKEN>>';
-    process.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE = JSON.stringify({ name: '@percy/client', version: '1.0.0' });
     await setupTest();
   });
 
   afterEach(async () => {
     delete process.env.PERCY_TOKEN;
-    delete process.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE;
     delete process.env.PERCY_ENABLE;
     delete process.env.PERCY_PARALLEL_TOTAL;
     delete process.env.PERCY_PARTIAL_BUILD;
diff --git a/packages/cli-snapshot/test/directory.test.js b/packages/cli-snapshot/test/directory.test.js
index dccab72a3..22c9ac2a6 100644
--- a/packages/cli-snapshot/test/directory.test.js
+++ b/packages/cli-snapshot/test/directory.test.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ describe('percy snapshot <directory>', () => {
   beforeEach(async () => {
     snapshot.packageInformation = { name: '@percy/cli-snapshot' };
     process.env.PERCY_TOKEN = '<<PERCY_TOKEN>>';
-    process.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE = JSON.stringify({ name: '@percy/client', version: '1.0.0' });
 
     await setupTest({
       filesystem: {
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ describe('percy snapshot <directory>', () => {
 
   afterEach(() => {
     delete process.env.PERCY_TOKEN;
-    delete process.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE;
     delete process.env.PERCY_ENABLE;
     delete snapshot.packageInformation;
     delete process.env.PERCY_CLIENT_ERROR_LOGS;
diff --git a/packages/cli-snapshot/test/file.test.js b/packages/cli-snapshot/test/file.test.js
index 7af0eeb17..512e9edf3 100644
--- a/packages/cli-snapshot/test/file.test.js
+++ b/packages/cli-snapshot/test/file.test.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ describe('percy snapshot <file>', () => {
   beforeEach(async () => {
     snapshot.packageInformation = { name: '@percy/cli-snapshot' };
     process.env.PERCY_TOKEN = '<<PERCY_TOKEN>>';
-    process.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE = JSON.stringify({ name: '@percy/client', version: '1.0.0' });
 
     server = await createTestServer({
       default: () => [200, 'text/html', '<p>Test</p>']
@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@ describe('percy snapshot <file>', () => {
 
   afterEach(async () => {
     delete process.env.PERCY_TOKEN;
-    delete process.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE;
     delete process.env.PERCY_CLIENT_ERROR_LOGS;
     delete snapshot.packageInformation;
     await server.close();
diff --git a/packages/cli-snapshot/test/sitemap.test.js b/packages/cli-snapshot/test/sitemap.test.js
index 25746b978..0b186a0fc 100644
--- a/packages/cli-snapshot/test/sitemap.test.js
+++ b/packages/cli-snapshot/test/sitemap.test.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ describe('percy snapshot <sitemap>', () => {
   beforeEach(async () => {
     snapshot.packageInformation = { name: '@percy/cli-snapshot' };
     process.env.PERCY_TOKEN = '<<PERCY_TOKEN>>';
-    process.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE = JSON.stringify({ name: '@percy/client', version: '1.0.0' });
     await setupTest();
 
     server = await createTestServer({
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ describe('percy snapshot <sitemap>', () => {
 
   afterEach(async () => {
     delete process.env.PERCY_TOKEN;
-    delete process.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE;
     delete snapshot.packageInformation;
     await server.close();
   });
diff --git a/packages/cli-upload/test/upload.test.js b/packages/cli-upload/test/upload.test.js
index 26afc7a30..db023c90d 100644
--- a/packages/cli-upload/test/upload.test.js
+++ b/packages/cli-upload/test/upload.test.js
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ describe('percy upload', () => {
     upload.packageInformation = { name: '@percy/cli-upload' };
     process.env.PERCY_TOKEN = 'web_<<PERCY_TOKEN>>';
     process.env.PERCY_CLIENT_ERROR_LOGS = false;
-    process.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE = JSON.stringify({ name: '@percy/client', version: '1.0.0' });
     await setupTest({
       filesystem: {
         'images/test-1.png': pixel,
diff --git a/packages/client/package.json b/packages/client/package.json
index 6a8fda25f..1f98dfcb9 100644
--- a/packages/client/package.json
+++ b/packages/client/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@percy/env": "1.30.6",
     "@percy/logger": "1.30.6",
-    "pac-proxy-agent": "^7.0.2",
     "pako": "^2.1.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/client/src/client.js b/packages/client/src/client.js
index a889c71a1..e3a93fc91 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/client.js
+++ b/packages/client/src/client.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
 
 // Default client API URL can be set with an env var for API development
 const { PERCY_CLIENT_API_URL = 'https://percy.io/api/v1' } = process.env;
-let pkg = getPackageJSON(import.meta.url);
+const pkg = getPackageJSON(import.meta.url);
 // minimum polling interval milliseconds
 const MIN_POLLING_INTERVAL = 1_000;
 const INVALID_TOKEN_ERROR_MESSAGE = 'Unable to retrieve snapshot details with write access token. Kindly use a full access token for retrieving snapshot details with Synchronous CLI.';
@@ -83,10 +83,6 @@ export class PercyClient {
 
   // Stringifies client and environment info.
   userAgent() {
-    // forcedPkgValue has been added since when percy package is bundled inside Electron app (LCNC)
-    // we can't read Percy's package json for package name and version, so we are passing it via env variables
-    if (this.env.forcedPkgValue) pkg = this.env.forcedPkgValue;
-
     let client = new Set([`Percy/${/\w+$/.exec(this.apiUrl)}`]
       .concat(`${pkg.name}/${pkg.version}`, ...this.clientInfo)
       .filter(Boolean));
diff --git a/packages/client/src/proxy.js b/packages/client/src/proxy.js
index bd16e49c7..4f5d133af 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/proxy.js
+++ b/packages/client/src/proxy.js
@@ -4,28 +4,10 @@ import http from 'http';
 import https from 'https';
 import logger from '@percy/logger';
 import { stripQuotesAndSpaces } from '@percy/env/utils';
-import { PacProxyAgent } from 'pac-proxy-agent';
 
 const CRLF = '\r\n';
 const STATUS_REG = /^HTTP\/1.[01] (\d*)/;
 
-// function to create PAC proxy agent
-export function createPacAgent(pacUrl, options = {}) {
-  pacUrl = stripQuotesAndSpaces(pacUrl);
-  try {
-    const agent = new PacProxyAgent(pacUrl, {
-      keepAlive: true,
-      ...options
-    });
-
-    logger('client:proxy').info(`Successfully loaded PAC file from: ${pacUrl}`);
-    return agent;
-  } catch (error) {
-    logger('client:proxy').error(`Failed to load PAC file, error message: ${error.message},  stack: ${error.stack}`);
-    throw new Error(`Failed to initialize PAC proxy: ${error.message}`);
-  }
-}
-
 // Returns true if the URL hostname matches any patterns
 export function hostnameMatches(patterns, url) {
   let subject = new URL(url);
@@ -237,31 +219,11 @@ export function proxyAgentFor(url, options) {
   let { protocol, hostname } = new URL(url);
   let cachekey = `${protocol}//${hostname}`;
 
-  // If we already have a cached agent, return it
-  if (cache.has(cachekey)) {
-    return cache.get(cachekey);
+  if (!cache.has(cachekey)) {
+    cache.set(cachekey, protocol === 'https:'
+      ? new ProxyHttpsAgent(options)
+      : new ProxyHttpAgent(options));
   }
 
-  try {
-    let agent;
-    const pacUrl = process.env.PERCY_PAC_FILE_URL;
-
-    // If PAC URL is provided, use PAC proxy
-    if (pacUrl) {
-      logger('client:proxy').info(`Using PAC file from: ${pacUrl}`);
-      agent = createPacAgent(pacUrl, options);
-    } else {
-      // Fall back to other proxy configuration
-      agent = protocol === 'https:'
-        ? new ProxyHttpsAgent(options)
-        : new ProxyHttpAgent(options);
-    }
-
-    // Cache the created agent
-    cache.set(cachekey, agent);
-    return agent;
-  } catch (error) {
-    logger('client:proxy').error(`Failed to create proxy agent: ${error.message}`);
-    throw error;
-  }
+  return cache.get(cachekey);
 }
diff --git a/packages/client/src/utils.js b/packages/client/src/utils.js
index 369c14a59..9bb0f81fd 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/utils.js
+++ b/packages/client/src/utils.js
@@ -135,9 +135,7 @@ export async function request(url, options = {}, callback) {
   let { protocol, hostname, port, pathname, search, hash } = new URL(url);
 
   // reference the default export so tests can mock it
-  // bundling cli inside electron or another package fails if we import it
-  // like this: await import(protocol === 'https:' ? 'https' : 'http');
-  let { default: http } = protocol === 'https:' ? await import('https') : await import('http');
+  let { default: http } = await import(protocol === 'https:' ? 'https' : 'http');
   let { proxyAgentFor } = await import('./proxy.js');
 
   // automatically stringify body content
diff --git a/packages/client/test/client.test.js b/packages/client/test/client.test.js
index a723ea5f6..5fd2564d7 100644
--- a/packages/client/test/client.test.js
+++ b/packages/client/test/client.test.js
@@ -15,21 +15,13 @@ describe('PercyClient', () => {
     await logger.mock({ level: 'debug' });
     await api.mock();
     delete process.env.PERCY_GZIP;
-    process.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE = JSON.stringify({ name: '@percy/client', version: '1.0.0' });
+
     client = new PercyClient({
       token: 'PERCY_TOKEN'
     });
   });
 
   describe('#userAgent()', () => {
-    it('uses default package value when env.forcedPkgValue is not set', () => {
-      delete process.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE;
-      client = new PercyClient({ token: 'PERCY_TOKEN' });
-
-      expect(client.userAgent()).toMatch(
-        /^Percy\/v1 @percy\/client\/\S+ \(node\/v[\d.]+.*\)$/
-      );
-    });
     it('contains client and environment information', () => {
       expect(client.userAgent()).toMatch(
         /^Percy\/v1 @percy\/client\/\S+ \(node\/v[\d.]+.*\)$/
@@ -46,7 +38,7 @@ describe('PercyClient', () => {
       expect(client.userAgent()).toMatch(
         /^Percy\/v1 @percy\/client\/\S+ client-info \(env-info; node\/v[\d.]+.*\)$/
       );
-      expect(logger.stderr.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2);
+      expect(logger.stderr.length).toEqual(2);
     });
 
     it('it logs a debug warning when no info is passed', async () => {
@@ -106,17 +98,6 @@ describe('PercyClient', () => {
         /^Percy\/v1 @percy\/client\/\S+ client-info \(env-info; node\/v[\d.]+.*\)$/
       );
     });
-
-    it('uses forced package value when set', () => {
-      client.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE = JSON.stringify({ name: '@percy/client', version: '1.0.0' });
-      client = new PercyClient({
-        token: 'PERCY_TOKEN'
-      });
-      client.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE = JSON.stringify({ name: '@percy/client', version: '1.0.0' });
-      expect(client.userAgent()).toMatch(
-        /^Percy\/v1 @percy\/client\/1.0.0 \(node\/v[\d.]+.*\)$/
-      );
-    });
   });
 
   describe('#get()', () => {
diff --git a/packages/client/test/unit/proxy.test.js b/packages/client/test/unit/proxy.test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 7bc93a695..000000000
--- a/packages/client/test/unit/proxy.test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-import { ProxyHttpAgent, ProxyHttpsAgent, createPacAgent, getProxy, proxyAgentFor } from '../../src/proxy.js';
-import { PacProxyAgent } from 'pac-proxy-agent';
-import logger from '@percy/logger/test/helpers';
-
-describe('proxy', () => {
-  describe('getProxy', () => {
-    beforeEach(async () => {
-      process.env.http_proxy = 'http://proxy.com:8080';
-    });
-
-    it('should return proxy object if proxy is set', () => {
-      const options = { protocol: 'http:', hostname: 'example.com' };
-      const proxy = getProxy(options);
-      expect(proxy).toBeInstanceOf(Object);
-    });
-
-    it('should return undefined if no proxy is set', () => {
-      delete process.env.http_proxy;
-      const options = { protocol: 'http:', hostname: 'example.com' };
-      expect(getProxy(options)).toBeUndefined();
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('createPacAgent', () => {
-    it('should create a PAC proxy agent successfully', () => {
-      const pacUrl = 'http://example.com/proxy.pac';
-      const options = { keepAlive: true };
-      const agent = createPacAgent(pacUrl, options);
-      expect(agent).toBeInstanceOf(PacProxyAgent);
-    });
-
-    it('should throw an error if PAC proxy agent creation fails', () => {
-      const pacUrl = 'http://invalid-url/proxy.pac';
-      const options = { keepAlive: true };
-      createPacAgent(pacUrl, options);
-      expect(createPacAgent).toThrow();
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('proxyAgentFor', () => {
-    beforeEach(async () => {
-      await logger.mock({ level: 'debug' });
-      proxyAgentFor.cache?.clear();
-      process.env.PERCY_PAC_FILE_URL = 'http://example.com/proxy.pac';
-    });
-
-    afterEach(async () => {
-      delete process.env.PERCY_PAC_FILE_URL;
-    });
-
-    it('should return cached agent if available', () => {
-      delete process.env.PERCY_PAC_FILE_URL;
-      const url = 'http://example.com';
-      const options = {};
-      const agent = new ProxyHttpAgent(options);
-      proxyAgentFor.cache?.set('http://example.com', agent);
-      expect(proxyAgentFor(url, options)).toBe(agent);
-    });
-
-    it('should create and cache new HTTP agent if not available', () => {
-      delete process.env.PERCY_PAC_FILE_URL;
-      const url = 'http://example.com';
-      const options = {};
-      const agent = proxyAgentFor(url, options);
-      expect(agent).toBeInstanceOf(ProxyHttpAgent);
-      expect(proxyAgentFor.cache.get('http://example.com')).toBe(agent);
-    });
-
-    it('should create and cache new HTTPS agent if not available', () => {
-      delete process.env.PERCY_PAC_FILE_URL;
-      const url = 'https://example.com';
-      const options = {};
-      const agent = proxyAgentFor(url, options);
-      expect(agent).toBeInstanceOf(ProxyHttpsAgent);
-      expect(proxyAgentFor.cache.get('https://example.com')).toBe(agent);
-    });
-
-    it('should create PAC proxy agent if PAC URL is provided', () => {
-      const url = 'http://example.com';
-      const options = {};
-      const agent = proxyAgentFor(url, options);
-      expect(agent).toBeInstanceOf(PacProxyAgent);
-    });
-
-    it('logs an error and throws when proxy agent creation fails', () => {
-      const url = 'http://example.com';
-      const options = {};
-      process.env.PERCY_PAC_FILE_URL = 'invalid-url';
-      expect(() => proxyAgentFor(url, options)).toThrowError('Failed to initialize PAC proxy: Invalid URL: invalid-url');
-    });
-  });
-});
diff --git a/packages/core/src/api.js b/packages/core/src/api.js
index 23e29f601..357f6a0a8 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/api.js
+++ b/packages/core/src/api.js
@@ -1,34 +1,13 @@
 import fs from 'fs';
-import path, { dirname, resolve } from 'path';
+import path from 'path';
+import { createRequire } from 'module';
 import logger from '@percy/logger';
 import { normalize } from '@percy/config/utils';
 import { getPackageJSON, Server, percyAutomateRequestHandler, percyBuildEventHandler } from './utils.js';
 import WebdriverUtils from '@percy/webdriver-utils';
 import { handleSyncJob } from './snapshot.js';
-// Previously, we used `createRequire(import.meta.url).resolve` to resolve the path to the module.
-// This approach relied on `createRequire`, which is Node.js-specific and less compatible with modern ESM (ECMAScript Module) standards.
-// This was leading to hard coded paths when CLI is used as a dependency in another project.
-// Now, we use `fileURLToPath` and `path.resolve` to determine the absolute path in a way that's more aligned with ESM conventions.
-// This change ensures better compatibility and avoids relying on Node.js-specific APIs that might cause issues in ESM environments.
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
-import { createRequire } from 'module';
-
-export const getPercyDomPath = (url) => {
-  try {
-    return createRequire(url).resolve('@percy/dom');
-  } catch (error) {
-    logger('core:server').warn([
-      'Failed to resolve @percy/dom path using createRequire.',
-      'Falling back to using fileURLToPath and path.resolve.'
-    ].join(' '));
-  }
-  const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
-  const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
-  return resolve(__dirname, 'node_modules/@percy/dom');
-};
-
-// Resolved path for PERCY_DOM
-export const PERCY_DOM = getPercyDomPath(import.meta.url);
+// need require.resolve until import.meta.resolve can be transpiled
+export const PERCY_DOM = createRequire(import.meta.url).resolve('@percy/dom');
 
 // Returns a URL encoded string of nested query params
 function encodeURLSearchParams(subj, prefix) {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/percy.js b/packages/core/src/percy.js
index f17d9aaae..33316b811 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/percy.js
+++ b/packages/core/src/percy.js
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ import { getProxy } from '@percy/client/utils';
 import Browser from './browser.js';
 import Pako from 'pako';
 import {
-  base64encode,
+  base64encode
+  ,
   generatePromise,
   yieldAll,
-  yieldTo,
-  redactSecrets,
+  yieldTo
+  , redactSecrets,
   detectSystemProxyAndLog
 } from './utils.js';
 
diff --git a/packages/core/test/api.test.js b/packages/core/test/api.test.js
index 727f74c1d..7cc581a3e 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/api.test.js
+++ b/packages/core/test/api.test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import PercyConfig from '@percy/config';
 import { logger, setupTest, fs } from './helpers/index.js';
 import Percy from '@percy/core';
 import WebdriverUtils from '@percy/webdriver-utils';
-import { getPercyDomPath } from '../src/api.js';
 
 describe('API Server', () => {
   let percy;
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ describe('API Server', () => {
   }
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
-    process.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE = JSON.stringify({ name: '@percy/client', version: '1.0.0' });
     await setupTest();
 
     percy = new Percy({
@@ -27,7 +25,6 @@ describe('API Server', () => {
   afterEach(async () => {
     percy.stop.and?.callThrough();
     await percy.stop();
-    delete process.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE;
   });
 
   it('has a default port', () => {
@@ -38,11 +35,6 @@ describe('API Server', () => {
     expect(percy).toHaveProperty('server.port', 1337);
   });
 
-  it('should log on createRequire failure', () => {
-    getPercyDomPath(undefined);
-    expect(logger.stderr.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-  });
-
   it('starts a server at the specified port', async () => {
     await expectAsync(percy.start()).toBeResolved();
     await expectAsync(request('/', false)).toBeResolved();
diff --git a/packages/core/test/discovery.test.js b/packages/core/test/discovery.test.js
index 05ae96dc4..c99ba2cfe 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/discovery.test.js
+++ b/packages/core/test/discovery.test.js
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ describe('Discovery', () => {
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
     captured = [];
-    process.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE = JSON.stringify({ name: '@percy/client', version: '1.0.0' });
     await setupTest();
     originalTimeout = jasmine.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL;
     jasmine.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL = 30000;
@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@ describe('Discovery', () => {
   afterEach(async () => {
     await percy?.stop(true);
     await server.close();
-    delete process.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE;
     jasmine.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL = originalTimeout;
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/core/test/percy.test.js b/packages/core/test/percy.test.js
index 620ecc7ff..4f2f84b75 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/percy.test.js
+++ b/packages/core/test/percy.test.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ describe('Percy', () => {
   let percy, server;
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
-    process.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE = JSON.stringify({ name: '@percy/client', version: '1.0.0' });
     await setupTest();
 
     server = await createTestServer({
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ describe('Percy', () => {
     await percy.stop();
     await server.close();
     delete process.env.PERCY_TOKEN;
-    delete process.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE;
     delete process.env.PERCY_CLIENT_ERROR_LOGS;
     delete process.env.PERCY_IGNORE_TIMEOUT_ERROR;
   });
diff --git a/packages/core/test/snapshot-multiple.test.js b/packages/core/test/snapshot-multiple.test.js
index af50e9589..8dc71b1eb 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/snapshot-multiple.test.js
+++ b/packages/core/test/snapshot-multiple.test.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ describe('Snapshot multiple', () => {
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
     sitemap = ['/'];
-    process.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE = JSON.stringify({ name: '@percy/client', version: '1.0.0' });
     await setupTest();
 
     percy = await Percy.start({
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ describe('Snapshot multiple', () => {
   });
 
   afterEach(async () => {
-    delete process.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE;
     await percy.stop(true);
     await server?.close();
   });
diff --git a/packages/core/test/snapshot.test.js b/packages/core/test/snapshot.test.js
index 04d8f372c..456b9afa3 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/snapshot.test.js
+++ b/packages/core/test/snapshot.test.js
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ describe('Snapshot', () => {
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
     testDOM = '<p>Test</p>';
-    process.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE = JSON.stringify({ name: '@percy/client', version: '1.0.0' });
     await setupTest();
 
     server = await createTestServer({
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ describe('Snapshot', () => {
 
   afterEach(async () => {
     delete process.env.PERCY_CLIENT_ERROR_LOGS;
-    delete process.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE;
     await percy.stop(true);
     await server?.close();
   });
diff --git a/packages/core/test/utils.test.js b/packages/core/test/utils.test.js
index b400bfaf5..3457e44dd 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/utils.test.js
+++ b/packages/core/test/utils.test.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ describe('utils', () => {
   beforeEach(async () => {
     log = percyLogger();
     logger.reset(true);
-    process.env.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE = JSON.stringify({ name: '@percy/client', version: '1.0.0' });
     await logger.mock({ level: 'debug' });
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/env/src/environment.js b/packages/env/src/environment.js
index a62a635aa..a99e4d331 100644
--- a/packages/env/src/environment.js
+++ b/packages/env/src/environment.js
@@ -297,17 +297,6 @@ export class PercyEnv {
   get token() {
     return this.vars.PERCY_TOKEN || null;
   }
-
-  // PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE for forcing package.json values
-  // to be used as the current environment values in client
-  get forcedPkgValue() {
-    try {
-      let pkg = this.vars.PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE;
-      return JSON.parse(pkg) || null;
-    } catch (e) {
-      return null;
-    }
-  }
 }
 
 // cache getters on initial call so subsequent calls are not re-computed
diff --git a/packages/env/test/environment.test.js b/packages/env/test/environment.test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c16f27249..000000000
--- a/packages/env/test/environment.test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-import PercyEnv from '@percy/env';
-
-describe('PercyEnv', () => {
-  describe('forcedPkgValue', () => {
-    it('should return parsed JSON from PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE', () => {
-      let env = new PercyEnv({ PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE: JSON.stringify({ name: '@percy/client', version: '1.0.0' }) });
-      expect(env.forcedPkgValue).toEqual({ name: '@percy/client', version: '1.0.0' });
-    });
-
-    it('should return null if PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE is not set', () => {
-      let env = new PercyEnv({});
-      expect(env.forcedPkgValue).toBeNull();
-    });
-
-    it('should return null if PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE is invalid JSON', () => {
-      let env = new PercyEnv({ PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE: 'invalid' });
-      expect(env.forcedPkgValue).toBeNull();
-    });
-
-    it('should return null if PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE is null', () => {
-      let env = new PercyEnv({ PERCY_FORCE_PKG_VALUE: null });
-      expect(env.forcedPkgValue).toBeNull();
-    });
-  });
-});