diff --git a/lib/internal/main/test_runner.js b/lib/internal/main/test_runner.js
index fda47897da9f06..adafb1862ecc64 100644
--- a/lib/internal/main/test_runner.js
+++ b/lib/internal/main/test_runner.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ if (isUsingInspector() && options.isolation === 'process') {
 }
 
 options.globPatterns = ArrayPrototypeSlice(process.argv, 1);
+options.cwd = process.cwd();
 
 debug('test runner configuration:', options);
 run(options).on('test:summary', (data) => {
diff --git a/lib/internal/test_runner/runner.js b/lib/internal/test_runner/runner.js
index dc6529c220539a..9593e2692e5f32 100644
--- a/lib/internal/test_runner/runner.js
+++ b/lib/internal/test_runner/runner.js
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ const {
   convertStringToRegExp,
   countCompletedTest,
   kDefaultPattern,
-  parseCommandLine,
 } = require('internal/test_runner/utils');
 const {
   validateAndCanonicalizeTagFilter,
@@ -730,7 +729,7 @@ function run(options = kEmptyObject) {
     randomSeed: suppliedRandomSeed,
     execArgv = [],
     argv = [],
-    cwd = process.cwd(),
+    cwd,
     rerunFailuresFilePath,
     env,
   } = options;
@@ -918,10 +917,7 @@ function run(options = kEmptyObject) {
   const rootTestOptions = { __proto__: null, concurrency, timeout, signal };
   const globalOptions = {
     __proto__: null,
-    // parseCommandLine() should not be used here. However, The existing run()
-    // behavior has relied on it, so removing it must be done in a semver major.
-    ...parseCommandLine(),
-    setup,  // This line can be removed when parseCommandLine() is removed here.
+    ...options,
     coverage,
     coverageExcludeGlobs,
     coverageIncludeGlobs,