diff --git a/src/cpp/conf/rsession-dev.conf b/src/cpp/conf/rsession-dev.conf
index d18362b..98cdd4c 100644
--- a/src/cpp/conf/rsession-dev.conf
+++ b/src/cpp/conf/rsession-dev.conf
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ external-mathjax-path=${RSTUDIO_DEPENDENCIES_MATHJAX_DIR}
 external-pandoc-path=${RSTUDIO_DEPENDENCIES_PANDOC_DIR}
 external-quarto-path=${RSTUDIO_DEPENDENCIES_QUARTO_DIR}
 external-libclang-path=${RSTUDIO_DEPENDENCIES_DIR}/common/libclang
-external-node-path=${RSTUDIO_DEPENDENCIES_DIR}/common/node/18.18.2/bin/node
+external-node-path=@node@/bin/node
 
 # enable copilot
 copilot-enabled=1
diff --git a/src/cpp/server/CMakeLists.txt b/src/cpp/server/CMakeLists.txt
index 30dd638..cb4a645 100644
--- a/src/cpp/server/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/cpp/server/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -250,10 +250,6 @@ if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
            DESTINATION ${RSERVER_SYSTEMD_DIR})
 
    # install node
-   install(
-      DIRECTORY "${RSTUDIO_DEPENDENCIES_DIR}/common/node/${RSTUDIO_NODE_VERSION}/"
-      DESTINATION "${RSTUDIO_INSTALL_BIN}/node"
-      USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS)
 
 elseif(APPLE)
 
diff --git a/src/gwt/build.xml b/src/gwt/build.xml
index 033d605..f1ee63d 100644
--- a/src/gwt/build.xml
+++ b/src/gwt/build.xml
@@ -87,29 +87,7 @@
    <!-- ensure version matches RSTUDIO_NODE_VERSION -->
    <property name="node.version" value="18.18.2"/>
    <property name="node.dir" value="../../dependencies/common/node/${node.version}"/>
-   <!-- use yarn from system but will prefer yarn from dependencies if available -->
-   <condition property="yarn.bin" value="yarn">
-     <not>
-        <os family="windows" />
-     </not>
-   </condition>
-   <available
-      property="yarn.bin"
-      value="${node.dir}/bin/yarn"
-      file="${node.dir}/bin/yarn"/>
-   <condition property="yarn.bin" value="${node.dir}/node_modules/yarn/bin/yarn.cmd">
-     <os family="windows" />
-   </condition>
-   <!-- use yarn from /opt/rstudio-tools if installed (typical for Docker) -->
-   <available
-      property="yarn.bin"
-      value="/opt/rstudio-tools/dependencies/common/node/${node.version}/bin/yarn"
-      file="/opt/rstudio-tools/dependencies/common/node/${node.version}/bin/yarn"/>
-   <!-- use yarn from c:/rstudio-tools if installed (typical for Docker on Windows) -->
-   <available
-      property="yarn.bin"
-      value="c:\rstudio-tools\dependencies\common\node\${node.version}\node_modules\yarn\bin\yarn.cmd"
-      file="c:\rstudio-tools\dependencies\common\node\${node.version}\node_modules\yarn\bin\yarn.cmd"/>
+   <property name="node.bin" value="@node@/bin/node"/>

    <property name="panmirror.dir" value="./lib/quarto/apps/panmirror"/>
    <property name="panmirror.build.dir" value="./www/js/panmirror"/>
@@ -133,28 +111,11 @@
             <isset property="panmirror.minify" />
          </not>
       </condition>
-
-      <echo message="yarn location: ${yarn.bin}"/>
-      <echo message="panmirror location: ${panmirror.dir}"/>
-      <echo message="panmirror minify: ${panmirror.minify}"/>
-
       <mkdir dir="${panmirror.build.dir}"/>
-      <exec executable="${yarn.bin}" dir="${panmirror.dir}" resolveexecutable="true" failonerror="true">
-         <arg value="install"/>
-         <arg value="--network-timeout"/>
-         <arg value="240000"/>
-      </exec>
-      <exec executable="${yarn.bin}" dir="${panmirror.dir}" resolveexecutable="true" failonerror="true">
-         <arg value="build"/>
-         <arg value="--minify"/>
-         <arg value="${panmirror.minify}"/>
-         <arg value="--sourcemap"/>
-         <arg value="true"/>
-         <env key="PANMIRROR_OUTDIR" value="dist-rstudio"/>
+     <exec executable="${node.bin}" dir="${panmirror.dir}" spawn="${panmirror.spawn}">
+          <arg value="fuse"/>
+          <arg value="${panmirror.target}"/>
       </exec>
-      <copy todir="${panmirror.build.dir}">
-         <fileset dir="${panmirror.dir}/dist-rstudio"/>
-      </copy>
    </target>

    <target name="javac" description="Compile java source">