diff --git a/docs/architecture.md b/docs/architecture.md
index 1464fc97da..98a9f8b406 100644
--- a/docs/architecture.md
+++ b/docs/architecture.md
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ In the early stages of the project, we [had some difficulties](https://dev.to/an
 Corresponding tasks are defined in the `package.json.scripts`:
 ```json
 {
-  "prebuild":     "rm -rf build",
+  "prebuild":     "node -e \"require('node:fs').rmSync('build', { recursive: true, force: true })\"",
   "build":        "npm run build:js && npm run build:dts && npm run build:tests",
   "build:js":     "node scripts/build-js.mjs --format=cjs --hybrid --entry=src/*.ts:!src/error.ts:!src/repl.ts:!src/md.ts:!src/log.ts:!src/globals-jsr.ts:!src/goods.ts && npm run build:vendor",
   "build:vendor": "node scripts/build-js.mjs --format=cjs --entry=src/vendor-*.ts --bundle=all --external='./internals.ts'",
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ Static analyzers are responsible for code quality.
 ```json
 {
   "fmt:check": "prettier --check .",
-  "test:circular": "madge --circular src/*"
+  "test:circular": "madge --circular --extensions ts src"
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 98dc3f67d8..7ed63b4103 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "fmt": "prettier --write .",
     "fmt:check": "prettier --check .",
-    "prebuild": "rm -rf build",
+    "prebuild": "node -e \"require('node:fs').rmSync('build', { recursive: true, force: true })\"",
     "build": "npm run build:versions && npm run build:js && npm run build:dts && npm run build:tests",
     "build:js": "node scripts/build-js.mjs --format=cjs --hybrid --entry='src/{cli,core,deps,globals,index,internals,util,vendor*}.ts' && npm run build:vendor",
     "build:vendor": "node scripts/build-js.mjs --format=cjs --entry=src/vendor-*.ts --bundle=all --external='./internals.ts'",
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     "test:dcr": "node ./test/it/build-dcr.test.js",
     "test:unit": "node --experimental-transform-types ./test/all.test.js",
     "test:coverage": "c8 -c .nycrc --check-coverage npm run test:unit",
-    "test:circular": "madge --circular src/*",
+    "test:circular": "madge --circular --extensions ts src",
     "test:types": "tsd",
     "test:license": "node ./test/extra.test.js",
     "test:audit": "node scripts/npm-audit.js",
diff --git a/scripts/build-js.mjs b/scripts/build-js.mjs
index e7228ee935..b3cbec581c 100644
--- a/scripts/build-js.mjs
+++ b/scripts/build-js.mjs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import path from 'node:path'
 import fs from 'node:fs'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
 import esbuild from 'esbuild'
 import { injectCode, injectFile } from 'esbuild-plugin-utils'
 import { nodeExternalsPlugin } from 'esbuild-node-externals'
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ import esbuildResolvePlugin from 'esbuild-plugin-resolve'
 import minimist from 'minimist'
 import glob from 'fast-glob'
 
-const __dirname = path.dirname(new URL(import.meta.url).pathname)
+const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))
 
 const argv = minimist(process.argv.slice(2), {
   default: {
diff --git a/scripts/build-jsr.mjs b/scripts/build-jsr.mjs
index 5975a51e23..dc0dcb04ea 100644
--- a/scripts/build-jsr.mjs
+++ b/scripts/build-jsr.mjs
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
 
 import fs from 'node:fs'
 import path from 'node:path'
-const __dirname = path.dirname(new URL(import.meta.url).pathname)
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
+
+const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))
 const root = path.resolve(__dirname, '..')
 const pkgJson = JSON.parse(
   fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(root, 'package.json'), 'utf-8')
diff --git a/scripts/build-pkgjson-lite.mjs b/scripts/build-pkgjson-lite.mjs
index ec433df6c4..d866ff2604 100644
--- a/scripts/build-pkgjson-lite.mjs
+++ b/scripts/build-pkgjson-lite.mjs
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@
 
 import fs from 'node:fs'
 import path from 'node:path'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
 import { depseekSync } from 'depseek'
 
-const __dirname = path.dirname(new URL(import.meta.url).pathname)
+const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))
 const root = path.resolve(__dirname, '..')
 const source = 'package.json'
 const dest = 'package-lite.json'
diff --git a/scripts/build-pkgjson-main.mjs b/scripts/build-pkgjson-main.mjs
index 4786832b55..645507e3d4 100644
--- a/scripts/build-pkgjson-main.mjs
+++ b/scripts/build-pkgjson-main.mjs
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@
 
 import fs from 'node:fs'
 import path from 'node:path'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
 
-const __dirname = path.dirname(new URL(import.meta.url).pathname)
+const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))
 const root = path.resolve(__dirname, '..')
 const source = 'package.json'
 const dest = 'package-main.json'
diff --git a/scripts/build-size-limit.mjs b/scripts/build-size-limit.mjs
index f1ab224008..d73b77c17b 100644
--- a/scripts/build-size-limit.mjs
+++ b/scripts/build-size-limit.mjs
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs'
 import path from 'node:path'
 import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
 
-const root = path.resolve(new URL(import.meta.url).pathname, '../..')
+const root = path.resolve(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url), '../..')
 const configPath = path.join(root, '.size-limit.json')
 const original = fs.readFileSync(configPath, 'utf8')
 const config = JSON.parse(original)
diff --git a/scripts/build-tests.mjs b/scripts/build-tests.mjs
index 35a773e5f5..9ad1150e86 100644
--- a/scripts/build-tests.mjs
+++ b/scripts/build-tests.mjs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import fs from 'node:fs'
 import path from 'node:path'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
 import * as core from '../build/core.js'
 import * as cli from '../build/cli.js'
 import * as index from '../build/index.js'
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ const modules = [
   ['cli', cli],
   ['index', index],
 ]
-const root = path.resolve(new URL(import.meta.url).pathname, '../..')
+const root = path.resolve(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url), '../..')
 const filePath = path.resolve(root, `test/export.test.js`)
 
 const copyright = fs.readFileSync(
diff --git a/scripts/build-versions.mjs b/scripts/build-versions.mjs
index aea3e2a6bf..41e2a954a3 100644
--- a/scripts/build-versions.mjs
+++ b/scripts/build-versions.mjs
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@
 
 import fs from 'fs-extra'
 import path from 'node:path'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
 import minimist from 'minimist'
 
-const root = path.resolve(new URL(import.meta.url).pathname, '../..')
+const root = path.resolve(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url), '../..')
 const copyright = fs.readFileSync(
   path.resolve(root, 'test/fixtures/copyright.txt'),
   'utf8'
diff --git a/test/extra.test.js b/test/extra.test.js
index f74d82fe33..d9270b1364 100644
--- a/test/extra.test.js
+++ b/test/extra.test.js
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@
 
 import assert from 'node:assert'
 import { test, describe } from 'node:test'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
 import { globby, fs, path } from '../build/index.js'
 
-const __dirname = path.dirname(new URL(import.meta.url).pathname)
+const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))
 
 describe('extra', () => {
   test('every file should have a license', async () => {
diff --git a/test/it/build-jsr.test.js b/test/it/build-jsr.test.js
index 52bd1d6de9..de9dd8c04e 100644
--- a/test/it/build-jsr.test.js
+++ b/test/it/build-jsr.test.js
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@
 
 import { tempdir, $, path, fs } from '../../build/index.js'
 import { describe, before, after, it } from 'node:test'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
 
-const __dirname = path.dirname(new URL(import.meta.url).pathname)
+const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))
 const root = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../')
 
 describe('jsr artifact', () => {