diff --git a/packages/client/src/generation/TSClient/TSClient.ts b/packages/client/src/generation/TSClient/TSClient.ts
index d3687a0102d7..4b5c97abc703 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/generation/TSClient/TSClient.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/generation/TSClient/TSClient.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export interface TSClientOptions {
   generator?: GeneratorConfig
   platforms?: Platform[] // TODO: consider making it non-nullable
   sqliteDatasourceOverrides?: DatasourceOverwrite[]
-  schemaDir: string
+  schemaPath: string
   outputDir: string
   activeProvider: string
   dataProxy?: boolean
@@ -59,13 +59,12 @@ export class TSClient implements Generatable {
       generator,
       sqliteDatasourceOverrides,
       outputDir,
-      schemaDir,
+      schemaPath,
       runtimeDir,
       runtimeName,
       datasources,
       dataProxy,
     } = this.options
-    const schemaPath = path.join(schemaDir, 'schema.prisma')
     const envPaths = getEnvPaths(schemaPath, { cwd: outputDir })
 
     const relativeEnvPaths = {
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ export class TSClient implements Generatable {
       generator,
       relativeEnvPaths,
       sqliteDatasourceOverrides,
-      relativePath: path.relative(outputDir, schemaDir),
+      relativePath: path.relative(outputDir, path.dirname(schemaPath)),
       clientVersion: this.options.clientVersion,
       engineVersion: this.options.engineVersion,
       datasourceNames: datasources.map((d) => d.name),
@@ -142,7 +141,7 @@ ${buildNFTAnnotations(dataProxy, engineType, platforms, relativeOutdir)}
       this.options.browser,
       this.options.generator,
       this.options.sqliteDatasourceOverrides,
-      this.options.schemaDir,
+      path.dirname(this.options.schemaPath),
     )
 
     const collector = new ExportCollector()
diff --git a/packages/client/src/generation/generateClient.ts b/packages/client/src/generation/generateClient.ts
index 0d4b48f4a48b..342b0b10c632 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/generation/generateClient.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/generation/generateClient.ts
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ export class DenylistError extends Error {
 export interface GenerateClientOptions {
   projectRoot?: string
   datamodel: string
-  datamodelPath: string
-  schemaDir?: string
+  schemaPath: string
   transpile?: boolean
   runtimeDirs?: { node: string; edge: string }
   outputDir: string
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ export interface BuildClientResult {
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/require-await
 export async function buildClient({
-  schemaDir,
+  schemaPath,
   runtimeDirs,
   binaryPaths,
   outputDir,
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ export async function buildClient({
   projectRoot,
   activeProvider,
   dataProxy,
-}: O.Required<GenerateClientOptions, 'schemaDir' | 'runtimeDirs'>): Promise<BuildClientResult> {
+}: O.Required<GenerateClientOptions, 'runtimeDirs'>): Promise<BuildClientResult> {
   // we define the basic options for the client generation
   const document = getPrismaClientDMMF(dmmf)
   const clientEngineType = getClientEngineType(generator!)
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ export async function buildClient({
       clientEngineType === ClientEngineType.Library
         ? (Object.keys(binaryPaths.libqueryEngine ?? {}) as Platform[])
         : (Object.keys(binaryPaths.queryEngine ?? {}) as Platform[]),
-    schemaDir,
+    schemaPath,
     outputDir,
     clientVersion,
     engineVersion,
@@ -171,8 +170,7 @@ async function getDefaultOutdir(outputDir: string): Promise<string> {
 export async function generateClient(options: GenerateClientOptions): Promise<void> {
   const {
     datamodel,
-    datamodelPath,
-    schemaDir = datamodelPath ? path.dirname(datamodelPath) : process.cwd(),
+    schemaPath,
     outputDir,
     transpile,
     generator,
@@ -192,8 +190,7 @@ export async function generateClient(options: GenerateClientOptions): Promise<vo
 
   const { prismaClientDmmf, fileMap } = await buildClient({
     datamodel,
-    datamodelPath,
-    schemaDir,
+    schemaPath,
     transpile,
     runtimeDirs,
     outputDir: finalOutputDir,
@@ -213,7 +210,7 @@ export async function generateClient(options: GenerateClientOptions): Promise<vo
   if (denylistsErrors) {
     let message = `${chalk.redBright.bold(
       'Error: ',
-    )}The schema at "${datamodelPath}" contains reserved keywords.\n       Rename the following items:`
+    )}The schema at "${schemaPath}" contains reserved keywords.\n       Rename the following items:`
 
     for (const error of denylistsErrors) {
       message += '\n         - ' + error.message
@@ -316,9 +313,9 @@ export async function generateClient(options: GenerateClientOptions): Promise<vo
     }
   }
 
-  const datamodelTargetPath = path.join(finalOutputDir, 'schema.prisma')
-  if (datamodelPath !== datamodelTargetPath) {
-    await copyFile(datamodelPath, datamodelTargetPath)
+  const schemaTargetPath = path.join(finalOutputDir, 'schema.prisma')
+  if (schemaPath !== schemaTargetPath) {
+    await copyFile(schemaPath, schemaTargetPath)
   }
 
   const proxyIndexJsPath = path.join(outputDir, 'index.js')
@@ -436,7 +433,7 @@ async function getGenerationDirs({ testMode, runtimeDirs, generator, outputDir }
   const useDefaultOutdir = testMode ? !runtimeDirs : !generator?.isCustomOutput
 
   const _runtimeDirs = {
-    // if we have an override we use it, but if not then use the defaults
+    // if we have an override, we use it, but if not then use the defaults
     node: runtimeDirs?.node || (useDefaultOutdir ? '@prisma/client/runtime' : './runtime'),
     edge: runtimeDirs?.edge || (useDefaultOutdir ? '@prisma/client/runtime' : '../runtime'),
   }
diff --git a/packages/client/src/generation/generator.ts b/packages/client/src/generation/generator.ts
index 175fd3b9e8ea..4957d97a95fc 100755
--- a/packages/client/src/generation/generator.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/generation/generator.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ if (process.argv[1] === __filename) {
 
       return generateClient({
         datamodel: options.datamodel,
-        datamodelPath: options.schemaPath,
+        schemaPath: options.schemaPath,
         binaryPaths: options.binaryPaths!,
         datasources: options.datasources,
         outputDir,
diff --git a/packages/client/src/utils/generateInFolder.ts b/packages/client/src/utils/generateInFolder.ts
index 7f3573aed8bb..62817318c0ef 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/utils/generateInFolder.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/utils/generateInFolder.ts
@@ -133,11 +133,10 @@ export async function generateInFolder({
     dmmf,
     ...config,
     outputDir,
-    schemaDir: path.dirname(schemaPath),
     runtimeDirs,
     transpile,
     testMode: true,
-    datamodelPath: schemaPath,
+    schemaPath,
     copyRuntime: false,
     generator: config.generators[0],
     clientVersion: 'local',
diff --git a/packages/client/tests/functional/_utils/setupTestSuiteClient.ts b/packages/client/tests/functional/_utils/setupTestSuiteClient.ts
index 2182bbcbd8dd..bbb313ceb8c9 100644
--- a/packages/client/tests/functional/_utils/setupTestSuiteClient.ts
+++ b/packages/client/tests/functional/_utils/setupTestSuiteClient.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export async function setupTestSuiteClient(suiteMeta: TestSuiteMeta, suiteConfig
 
   await generateClient({
     datamodel: schema,
-    datamodelPath: getTestSuiteSchemaPath(suiteMeta, suiteConfig),
+    schemaPath: getTestSuiteSchemaPath(suiteMeta, suiteConfig),
     binaryPaths: { libqueryEngine: {}, queryEngine: {} },
     datasources: config.datasources,
     outputDir: path.join(suiteFolderPath, 'node_modules/@prisma/client'),