diff --git a/build/ninja_gen/src/node.rs b/build/ninja_gen/src/node.rs
index 9d0c4fa10..82f30e0c6 100644
--- a/build/ninja_gen/src/node.rs
+++ b/build/ninja_gen/src/node.rs
@@ -372,12 +372,6 @@ impl BuildAction for GenTypescriptProto<'_> {
         );
         build.add_inputs("protoc", inputs![":protoc_binary"]);
         build.add_inputs("gen-es", inputs![":node_modules:protoc-gen-es"]);
-        if cfg!(windows) {
-            build.add_env_var(
-                "PATH",
-                &format!("node_modules/.bin;{}", std::env::var("PATH").unwrap()),
-            );
-        }
         build.add_inputs_vec("in", proto_files);
         build.add_inputs("", inputs!["yarn.lock"]);
         build.add_inputs("pyenv_bin", inputs![":pyenv:bin"]);
diff --git a/build/runner/src/build.rs b/build/runner/src/build.rs
index 7b5f1f599..950a99aec 100644
--- a/build/runner/src/build.rs
+++ b/build/runner/src/build.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ pub fn run_build(args: BuildArgs) {
 
     let path = if cfg!(windows) {
         format!(
-            "out\\bin;out\\extracted\\node;{};\\msys64\\usr\\bin",
+            "out\\bin;out\\extracted\\node;node_modules\\.bin;out\\extracted\\win_amd64_audio;{};\\msys64\\usr\\bin",
             env::var("PATH").unwrap()
         )
     } else {
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ pub fn run_build(args: BuildArgs) {
         .arg(&build_file)
         .args(ninja_args)
         .env("NINJA_STATUS", "[%f/%t; %r active; %es] ")
-        .env("PATH", path)
+        .env("PATH", &path)
         .env(
             "MYPY_CACHE_DIR",
             build_root.join("tests").join("mypy").into_string(),
diff --git a/run.bat b/run.bat
index c8a1fb306..56ae269f4 100755
--- a/run.bat
+++ b/run.bat
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ set PYTHONWARNINGS=default
 set PYTHONPYCACHEPREFIX=out\pycache
 set ANKIDEV=1
 
-REM put mpv on the path
-set PATH=%PATH%;out\extracted\win_amd64_audio
-
 call tools\ninja pylib qt extract:win_amd64_audio || exit /b 1
 .\out\pyenv\scripts\python tools\run.py %* || exit /b 1
 popd