diff --git a/src/cli.zig b/src/cli.zig
index 9389e03474..6883edd321 100644
--- a/src/cli.zig
+++ b/src/cli.zig
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ pub const ShellCompletions = @import("./cli/shell_completions.zig");
 pub const UpdateCommand = @import("./cli/update_command.zig").UpdateCommand;
 pub const UpgradeCommand = @import("./cli/upgrade_command.zig").UpgradeCommand;
 pub const BunxCommand = @import("./cli/bunx_command.zig").BunxCommand;
-pub const ExecCommand = @import("./cli/exec_command.zig").ExecCommand;
 
 pub const Arguments = struct {
     pub fn loader_resolver(in: string) !Api.Loader {
@@ -783,11 +782,6 @@ pub const Arguments = struct {
                         entry_points = entry_points[1..];
                     }
                 },
-                .ExecCommand => {
-                    if (entry_points.len > 0 and (strings.eqlComptime(entry_points[0], "exec"))) {
-                        entry_points = entry_points[1..];
-                    }
-                },
                 else => {},
             }
 
@@ -1312,7 +1306,6 @@ pub const Command = struct {
 
             RootCommandMatcher.case("run") => .RunCommand,
             RootCommandMatcher.case("help") => .HelpCommand,
-            RootCommandMatcher.case("exec") => .ExecCommand,
 
             // These are reserved for future use by Bun, so that someone
             // doing `bun deploy` to run a script doesn't accidentally break
@@ -1854,12 +1847,6 @@ pub const Command = struct {
                 Output.flush();
                 try HelpCommand.exec(allocator);
             },
-            .ExecCommand => {
-                if (comptime bun.fast_debug_build_mode and bun.fast_debug_build_cmd != .ExecCommand) unreachable;
-                const ctx = try Command.Context.create(allocator, log, .ExecCommand);
-                try ExecCommand.exec(ctx);
-                return;
-            },
         }
     }
 
@@ -1983,7 +1970,6 @@ pub const Command = struct {
         UpdateCommand,
         UpgradeCommand,
         ReplCommand,
-        ExecCommand,
         ReservedCommand,
 
         pub fn params(comptime cmd: Tag) []const Arguments.ParamType {
@@ -2185,10 +2171,6 @@ pub const Command = struct {
                     Output.pretty("<b>Usage<r>: <b><green>bun completions<r>", .{});
                     Output.flush();
                 },
-                Command.Tag.ExecCommand => {
-                    Output.pretty("<b>Usage<r>: <b><green>bun exec [...cmd]<r>", .{});
-                    Output.flush();
-                },
                 else => {
                     HelpCommand.printWithReason(.explicit);
                 },
diff --git a/src/cli/exec_command.zig b/src/cli/exec_command.zig
deleted file mode 100644
index 92747f9cfa..0000000000
--- a/src/cli/exec_command.zig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-const std = @import("std");
-const bun = @import("root").bun;
-const string = bun.string;
-const Output = bun.Output;
-const Global = bun.Global;
-
-// TODO: shell escaping is hard and happens twice in some scenarios
-// if '-c' is implemented here, make sure to use it in src/install/lifecycle_script_runner.zig
-pub const ExecCommand = struct {
-    pub fn exec(ctx: bun.CLI.Command.Context) !void {
-        //
-        var commandline = std.ArrayList(u8).init(bun.default_allocator);
-
-        for (bun.argv()[2..], 0..) |item, i| {
-            if (i > 0) try commandline.append(' ');
-            try commandline.appendSlice(item);
-        }
-
-        const commandline_pretty = try std.fmt.allocPrint(bun.default_allocator, "\"{s}\"", .{commandline.items});
-
-        var ORIGINAL_PATH: string = "";
-        var this_bundler: bun.bundler.Bundler = undefined;
-        const root_dir_info = try bun.RunCommand.configureEnvForRun(ctx, &this_bundler, null, true, false);
-        try bun.RunCommand.configurePathForRun(ctx, root_dir_info, &this_bundler, &ORIGINAL_PATH, root_dir_info.abs_path, false);
-
-        var arena = bun.ArenaAllocator.init(bun.default_allocator);
-        const mini = bun.JSC.MiniEventLoop.initGlobal(this_bundler.env);
-
-        const code = bun.shell.Interpreter.initAndRunFromFileSource(mini, &arena, commandline_pretty, commandline.items) catch |err| {
-            Output.prettyErrorln("<r><red>error<r>: Failed to run script <b>{s}<r> due to error <b>{s}<r>", .{ commandline_pretty, @errorName(err) });
-            Global.exit(1);
-        };
-
-        if (code > 0) {
-            if (code != 2) {
-                Output.prettyErrorln("<r><red>error<r><d>:<r> script <b>\"{s}\"<r> exited with code {d}<r>", .{ commandline_pretty, code });
-                Output.flush();
-            }
-
-            Global.exitWide(code);
-        }
-    }
-};