diff --git a/bin/testObservability/crashReporter/index.js b/bin/testObservability/crashReporter/index.js
index 1839c168..95c01881 100644
--- a/bin/testObservability/crashReporter/index.js
+++ b/bin/testObservability/crashReporter/index.js
@@ -27,9 +27,7 @@ let packages = {};
 
 exports.requireModule = (module, internal = false) => {
   let local_path = "";
-  if(process.env["browserStackCwd"]){
-   local_path = path.join(process.env["browserStackCwd"], 'node_modules', module);
-  } else if(internal) {
+  if(internal) {
     local_path = path.join(process.cwd(), 'node_modules', 'browserstack-cypress-cli', 'node_modules', module);
   } else {
     local_path = path.join(process.cwd(), 'node_modules', module);
diff --git a/bin/testObservability/helper/helper.js b/bin/testObservability/helper/helper.js
index 264639b5..fceb4a65 100644
--- a/bin/testObservability/helper/helper.js
+++ b/bin/testObservability/helper/helper.js
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ exports.runCypressTestsLocally = (bsConfig, args, rawArgs) => {
     const cypressProcess = spawn(
       'npx',
       ['cypress', 'run', ...getReRunSpecs(rawArgs.slice(1)), ...getLocalSessionReporter()],
-      { stdio: 'inherit', cwd: process.cwd(), env: process.env, shell: true }
+      { stdio: 'inherit', cwd: process.cwd(), env: process.env }
     );
     cypressProcess.on('close', async (code) => {
       logger.info(`Cypress process exited with code ${code}`);