diff --git a/cli/tests/testdata/run/internal_dynamic_import.ts b/cli/tests/testdata/run/internal_dynamic_import.ts
index 940c22e597..9dd2ce2e1f 100644
--- a/cli/tests/testdata/run/internal_dynamic_import.ts
+++ b/cli/tests/testdata/run/internal_dynamic_import.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-await import("internal:runtime/01_build.js");
+await import("internal:runtime/01_errors.js");
diff --git a/cli/tests/testdata/run/internal_dynamic_import.ts.out b/cli/tests/testdata/run/internal_dynamic_import.ts.out
index 3f74f95658..3deb9366eb 100644
--- a/cli/tests/testdata/run/internal_dynamic_import.ts.out
+++ b/cli/tests/testdata/run/internal_dynamic_import.ts.out
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 error: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot load internal module from external code
-await import("internal:runtime/01_build.js");
+await import("internal:runtime/01_errors.js");
 ^
     at [WILDCARD]/internal_dynamic_import.ts:1:1
diff --git a/cli/tests/testdata/run/internal_import.ts b/cli/tests/testdata/run/internal_import.ts
index eb38d973c5..2cb834d330 100644
--- a/cli/tests/testdata/run/internal_import.ts
+++ b/cli/tests/testdata/run/internal_import.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-import "internal:runtime/01_build.js";
+import "internal:runtime/01_errors.js";
diff --git a/cli/tests/testdata/run/internal_import.ts.out b/cli/tests/testdata/run/internal_import.ts.out
index 5fba0dfc00..ca82cc21e8 100644
--- a/cli/tests/testdata/run/internal_import.ts.out
+++ b/cli/tests/testdata/run/internal_import.ts.out
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: Unsupported scheme "internal" for module "internal:runtime/01_build.js". Supported schemes: [
+error: Unsupported scheme "internal" for module "internal:runtime/01_errors.js". Supported schemes: [
     "data",
     "blob",
     "file",
diff --git a/core/01_core.js b/core/01_core.js
index 5a622b0ea8..07ab758f13 100644
--- a/core/01_core.js
+++ b/core/01_core.js
@@ -3,33 +3,57 @@
 
 ((window) => {
   const {
+    Array,
+    ArrayPrototypeFill,
+    ArrayPrototypeMap,
+    ArrayPrototypePush,
     Error,
+    ErrorCaptureStackTrace,
+    Map,
+    MapPrototypeDelete,
+    MapPrototypeGet,
+    MapPrototypeHas,
+    MapPrototypeSet,
+    ObjectAssign,
+    ObjectFreeze,
+    ObjectFromEntries,
+    Promise,
+    PromisePrototypeThen,
     RangeError,
     ReferenceError,
+    SafePromisePrototypeFinally,
+    setQueueMicrotask,
+    StringPrototypeSlice,
+    StringPrototypeSplit,
+    SymbolFor,
     SyntaxError,
     TypeError,
     URIError,
-    Array,
-    ArrayPrototypeFill,
-    ArrayPrototypePush,
-    ArrayPrototypeMap,
-    ErrorCaptureStackTrace,
-    Promise,
-    ObjectAssign,
-    ObjectFromEntries,
-    Map,
-    MapPrototypeGet,
-    MapPrototypeHas,
-    MapPrototypeDelete,
-    MapPrototypeSet,
-    PromisePrototypeThen,
-    SafePromisePrototypeFinally,
-    StringPrototypeSlice,
-    SymbolFor,
-    setQueueMicrotask,
   } = window.__bootstrap.primordials;
   const { ops } = window.Deno.core;
 
+  const build = {
+    target: "unknown",
+    arch: "unknown",
+    os: "unknown",
+    vendor: "unknown",
+    env: undefined,
+  };
+
+  function setBuildInfo(target) {
+    const { 0: arch, 1: vendor, 2: os, 3: env } = StringPrototypeSplit(
+      target,
+      "-",
+      4,
+    );
+    build.target = target;
+    build.arch = arch;
+    build.vendor = vendor;
+    build.os = os;
+    build.env = env;
+    ObjectFreeze(build);
+  }
+
   const errorMap = {};
   // Builtin v8 / JS errors
   registerErrorClass("Error", Error);
@@ -408,6 +432,8 @@
     eventLoopHasMoreWork: () => ops.op_event_loop_has_more_work(),
     setPromiseRejectCallback: (fn) => ops.op_set_promise_reject_callback(fn),
     byteLength: (str) => ops.op_str_byte_length(str),
+    build,
+    setBuildInfo,
   });
 
   ObjectAssign(globalThis.__bootstrap, { core });
diff --git a/ext/node/polyfills/_process/process.ts b/ext/node/polyfills/_process/process.ts
index 3bcf6dcf99..bee65f9056 100644
--- a/ext/node/polyfills/_process/process.ts
+++ b/ext/node/polyfills/_process/process.ts
@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@
 // The following are all the process APIs that don't depend on the stream module
 // They have to be split this way to prevent a circular dependency
 
-import { build } from "internal:runtime/01_build.js";
+const core = globalThis.Deno.core;
 import { nextTick as _nextTick } from "internal:deno_node/_next_tick.ts";
 import { _exiting } from "internal:deno_node/_process/exiting.ts";
 import * as fs from "internal:runtime/30_fs.js";
 
 /** Returns the operating system CPU architecture for which the Deno binary was compiled */
 export function arch(): string {
-  if (build.arch == "x86_64") {
+  if (core.build.arch == "x86_64") {
     return "x64";
-  } else if (build.arch == "aarch64") {
+  } else if (core.build.arch == "aarch64") {
     return "arm64";
   } else {
     throw Error("unreachable");
diff --git a/runtime/build.rs b/runtime/build.rs
index 153a856286..76c0534bf1 100644
--- a/runtime/build.rs
+++ b/runtime/build.rs
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ mod startup_snapshot {
       ])
       .esm(include_js_files!(
         dir "js",
-        "01_build.js",
         "01_errors.js",
         "01_version.ts",
         "06_util.js",
diff --git a/runtime/js/01_build.js b/runtime/js/01_build.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a9515c5b84..0000000000
--- a/runtime/js/01_build.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2018-2023 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
-
-const primordials = globalThis.__bootstrap.primordials;
-const { ObjectFreeze, StringPrototypeSplit } = primordials;
-
-const build = {
-  target: "unknown",
-  arch: "unknown",
-  os: "unknown",
-  vendor: "unknown",
-  env: undefined,
-};
-
-function setBuildInfo(target) {
-  const { 0: arch, 1: vendor, 2: os, 3: env } = StringPrototypeSplit(
-    target,
-    "-",
-    4,
-  );
-  build.target = target;
-  build.arch = arch;
-  build.vendor = vendor;
-  build.os = os;
-  build.env = env;
-  ObjectFreeze(build);
-}
-
-export { build, setBuildInfo };
diff --git a/runtime/js/06_util.js b/runtime/js/06_util.js
index d3c95edba4..fc134d52d9 100644
--- a/runtime/js/06_util.js
+++ b/runtime/js/06_util.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2023 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 
+const core = globalThis.Deno.core;
 const internals = globalThis.__bootstrap.internals;
 const primordials = globalThis.__bootstrap.primordials;
 const {
@@ -11,7 +12,6 @@ const {
   StringPrototypeReplace,
   TypeError,
 } = primordials;
-import { build } from "internal:runtime/01_build.js";
 import { URLPrototype } from "internal:deno_url/00_url.js";
 let logDebug = false;
 let logSource = "JS";
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ function pathFromURL(pathOrUrl) {
       throw new TypeError("Must be a file URL.");
     }
 
-    return build.os == "windows"
+    return core.build.os == "windows"
       ? pathFromURLWin32(pathOrUrl)
       : pathFromURLPosix(pathOrUrl);
   }
diff --git a/runtime/js/30_fs.js b/runtime/js/30_fs.js
index a7936085ef..fc0bbdca51 100644
--- a/runtime/js/30_fs.js
+++ b/runtime/js/30_fs.js
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import {
   writableStreamForRid,
 } from "internal:deno_web/06_streams.js";
 import { pathFromURL } from "internal:runtime/06_util.js";
-import { build } from "internal:runtime/01_build.js";
 
 function chmodSync(path, mode) {
   ops.op_chmod_sync(pathFromURL(path), mode);
@@ -272,7 +271,7 @@ const { 0: statStruct, 1: statBuf } = createByteStruct({
 });
 
 function parseFileInfo(response) {
-  const unix = build.os === "darwin" || build.os === "linux";
+  const unix = core.build.os === "darwin" || core.build.os === "linux";
   return {
     isFile: response.isFile,
     isDirectory: response.isDirectory,
diff --git a/runtime/js/90_deno_ns.js b/runtime/js/90_deno_ns.js
index f83695952c..45db052923 100644
--- a/runtime/js/90_deno_ns.js
+++ b/runtime/js/90_deno_ns.js
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import * as net from "internal:deno_net/01_net.js";
 import * as tls from "internal:deno_net/02_tls.js";
 import * as http from "internal:deno_http/01_http.js";
 import * as flash from "internal:deno_flash/01_http.js";
-import * as build from "internal:runtime/01_build.js";
 import * as errors from "internal:runtime/01_errors.js";
 import * as version from "internal:runtime/01_version.ts";
 import * as permissions from "internal:runtime/10_permissions.js";
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ const denoNs = {
   renameSync: fs.renameSync,
   rename: fs.rename,
   version: version.version,
-  build: build.build,
+  build: core.build,
   statSync: fs.statSync,
   lstatSync: fs.lstatSync,
   stat: fs.stat,
diff --git a/runtime/js/99_main.js b/runtime/js/99_main.js
index 58465f3a2c..0199c5148a 100644
--- a/runtime/js/99_main.js
+++ b/runtime/js/99_main.js
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ const {
 import * as util from "internal:runtime/06_util.js";
 import * as event from "internal:deno_web/02_event.js";
 import * as location from "internal:deno_web/12_location.js";
-import * as build from "internal:runtime/01_build.js";
 import * as version from "internal:runtime/01_version.ts";
 import * as os from "internal:runtime/30_os.js";
 import * as timers from "internal:deno_web/02_timers.js";
@@ -305,7 +304,7 @@ function runtimeStart(runtimeOptions, source) {
     runtimeOptions.v8Version,
     runtimeOptions.tsVersion,
   );
-  build.setBuildInfo(runtimeOptions.target);
+  core.setBuildInfo(runtimeOptions.target);
   util.setLogDebug(runtimeOptions.debugFlag, source);
   colors.setNoColor(runtimeOptions.noColor || !runtimeOptions.isTty);
   // deno-lint-ignore prefer-primordials