diff --git a/cli/tests/testdata/run/042_dyn_import_evalcontext.ts b/cli/tests/testdata/run/042_dyn_import_evalcontext.ts
index 6a9ffb9715..386ae48ec7 100644
--- a/cli/tests/testdata/run/042_dyn_import_evalcontext.ts
+++ b/cli/tests/testdata/run/042_dyn_import_evalcontext.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // @ts-expect-error "Deno[Deno.internal].core" is not a public interface
 Deno[Deno.internal].core.evalContext(
   "(async () => console.log(await import('./subdir/mod4.js')))()",
+  new URL("..", import.meta.url).href,
 );
diff --git a/cli/tests/testdata/run/eval_context_throw_dom_exception.js b/cli/tests/testdata/run/eval_context_throw_dom_exception.js
index 31baeedfc3..99eaa0f4a2 100644
--- a/cli/tests/testdata/run/eval_context_throw_dom_exception.js
+++ b/cli/tests/testdata/run/eval_context_throw_dom_exception.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const [, errorInfo] = Deno[Deno.internal].core.evalContext(
   'throw new DOMException("foo")',
+  new URL("..", import.meta.url).href,
 );
 console.log(errorInfo);
diff --git a/core/lib.rs b/core/lib.rs
index 08df6e44dc..7751be6e8a 100644
--- a/core/lib.rs
+++ b/core/lib.rs
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ pub use crate::module_specifier::resolve_url;
 pub use crate::module_specifier::resolve_url_or_path;
 pub use crate::module_specifier::ModuleResolutionError;
 pub use crate::module_specifier::ModuleSpecifier;
-pub use crate::module_specifier::DUMMY_SPECIFIER;
 pub use crate::modules::ExtModuleLoader;
 pub use crate::modules::ExtModuleLoaderCb;
 pub use crate::modules::FsModuleLoader;
diff --git a/core/module_specifier.rs b/core/module_specifier.rs
index 94ccd298c4..20358e79c8 100644
--- a/core/module_specifier.rs
+++ b/core/module_specifier.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2023 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 
 use crate::normalize_path;
-use std::env::current_dir;
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::path::Path;
@@ -9,8 +8,6 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use url::ParseError;
 use url::Url;
 
-pub const DUMMY_SPECIFIER: &str = "<unknown>";
-
 /// Error indicating the reason resolving a module specifier failed.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub enum ModuleResolutionError {
@@ -85,18 +82,7 @@ pub fn resolve_import(
     // 3. Return the result of applying the URL parser to specifier with base
     //    URL as the base URL.
     Err(ParseError::RelativeUrlWithoutBase) => {
-      let base = if base == DUMMY_SPECIFIER {
-        // Handle <unknown> case, happening under e.g. repl.
-        // Use CWD for such case.
-
-        // Forcefully join base to current dir.
-        // Otherwise, later joining in Url would be interpreted in
-        // the parent directory (appending trailing slash does not work)
-        let path = current_dir().unwrap().join(base);
-        Url::from_file_path(path).unwrap()
-      } else {
-        Url::parse(base).map_err(InvalidBaseUrl)?
-      };
+      let base = Url::parse(base).map_err(InvalidBaseUrl)?;
       base.join(specifier).map_err(InvalidUrl)?
     }
 
@@ -181,20 +167,12 @@ mod tests {
   use super::*;
   use crate::serde_json::from_value;
   use crate::serde_json::json;
+  use std::env::current_dir;
   use std::path::Path;
 
   #[test]
   fn test_resolve_import() {
-    fn get_path(specifier: &str) -> Url {
-      let base_path = current_dir().unwrap().join("<unknown>");
-      let base_url = Url::from_file_path(base_path).unwrap();
-      base_url.join(specifier).unwrap()
-    }
-    let awesome = get_path("/awesome.ts");
-    let awesome_srv = get_path("/service/awesome.ts");
     let tests = vec![
-      ("/awesome.ts", "<unknown>", awesome.as_str()),
-      ("/service/awesome.ts", "<unknown>", awesome_srv.as_str()),
       (
         "./005_more_imports.ts",
         "http://deno.land/core/tests/006_url_imports.ts",
diff --git a/core/ops_builtin_v8.rs b/core/ops_builtin_v8.rs
index c66e4d3c2d..05250dc73c 100644
--- a/core/ops_builtin_v8.rs
+++ b/core/ops_builtin_v8.rs
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ use crate::error::range_error;
 use crate::error::type_error;
 use crate::error::JsError;
 use crate::ops_builtin::WasmStreamingResource;
-use crate::resolve_url_or_path;
+use crate::resolve_url;
 use crate::serde_v8::from_v8;
 use crate::source_map::apply_source_map as apply_source_map_;
 use crate::JsRealm;
 use crate::JsRuntime;
 use crate::OpDecl;
 use crate::ZeroCopyBuf;
-use anyhow::Context;
 use anyhow::Error;
 use deno_ops::op;
 use serde::Deserialize;
@@ -160,20 +159,12 @@ struct EvalContextResult<'s>(
 fn op_eval_context<'a>(
   scope: &mut v8::HandleScope<'a>,
   source: serde_v8::Value<'a>,
-  specifier: Option<String>,
+  specifier: String,
 ) -> Result<EvalContextResult<'a>, Error> {
   let tc_scope = &mut v8::TryCatch::new(scope);
   let source = v8::Local::<v8::String>::try_from(source.v8_value)
     .map_err(|_| type_error("Invalid source"))?;
-  let specifier = match specifier {
-    Some(s) => {
-      // TODO(bartlomieju): ideally we shouldn't need to call `current_dir()` on each
-      // call - maybe it should be caller's responsibility to pass fully resolved URL?
-      let cwd = std::env::current_dir().context("Unable to get CWD")?;
-      resolve_url_or_path(&s, &cwd)?.to_string()
-    }
-    None => crate::DUMMY_SPECIFIER.to_string(),
-  };
+  let specifier = resolve_url(&specifier)?.to_string();
   let specifier = v8::String::new(tc_scope, &specifier).unwrap();
   let origin = script_origin(tc_scope, specifier);
 
diff --git a/ext/node/02_require.js b/ext/node/02_require.js
index d334a60a50..43343a21ae 100644
--- a/ext/node/02_require.js
+++ b/ext/node/02_require.js
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ function wrapSafe(
   cjsModuleInstance,
 ) {
   const wrapper = Module.wrap(content);
-  const [f, err] = core.evalContext(wrapper, filename);
+  const [f, err] = core.evalContext(wrapper, `file://${filename}`);
   if (err) {
     if (node.globalThis.process.mainModule === cjsModuleInstance) {
       enrichCJSError(err.thrown);