diff --git a/packages/tao/package.json b/packages/tao/package.json
index 06fdb12c41c77b..94cd629698e58a 100644
--- a/packages/tao/package.json
+++ b/packages/tao/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://nx.dev",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@swc-node/register": "^1.4.2",
+    "ts-node": "9.1.1",
     "tsconfig-paths": "^3.9.0",
     "chalk": "4.1.0",
     "enquirer": "~2.3.6",
@@ -44,11 +44,5 @@
     "tmp": "~0.2.1",
     "tslib": "^2.3.0",
     "yargs-parser": "20.0.0"
-  },
-  "optionalDependencies": {
-    "@swc/core-linux-x64-musl": "^1.2.136",
-    "@swc/core-linux-x64-gnu": "^1.2.136",
-    "@swc/core-linux-arm64-gnu": "^1.2.136",
-    "@swc/core-linux-arm64-musl": "^1.2.136"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/tao/src/shared/nx-plugin.ts b/packages/tao/src/shared/nx-plugin.ts
index f9c5427c585d87..fb63e74061e023 100644
--- a/packages/tao/src/shared/nx-plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/tao/src/shared/nx-plugin.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import { sync } from 'fast-glob';
 import { existsSync } from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
-import { register } from '@swc-node/register/register';
-import { readDefaultTsConfig } from '@swc-node/register/read-default-tsconfig';
+import { register } from 'ts-node';
 
 import { appRootPath } from '../utils/app-root';
 import { readJsonFile } from '../utils/fileutils';
@@ -156,10 +155,10 @@ export function resolveLocalNxPlugin(
 let tsNodeAndPathsRegistered = false;
 function registerTSTranspiler() {
   try {
-    const tsConfigOptions = readDefaultTsConfig(
+    const { compilerOptions } = readJsonFile(
       path.join(appRootPath, 'tsconfig.base.json')
     );
-    register(tsConfigOptions);
+    register({ compilerOptions, typeCheck: false });
 
     const tsconfigPaths: typeof import('tsconfig-paths') = require('tsconfig-paths');
 
@@ -169,7 +168,7 @@ function registerTSTranspiler() {
      */
     return tsconfigPaths.register({
       baseUrl: appRootPath,
-      paths: tsConfigOptions.paths,
+      paths: compilerOptions.paths,
     });
   } catch (err) {}
 }