diff --git a/lib/cli/entry.js b/lib/cli/entry.js
index ed73eb89e2d36..f36bc59feaec9 100644
--- a/lib/cli/entry.js
+++ b/lib/cli/entry.js
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@ module.exports = async (process, validateEngines) => {
   // leak any private CLI configs to other programs
   process.title = 'npm'
 
-  // if npm is called as "npmg" or "npm_g", then run in global mode.
-  if (process.argv[1][process.argv[1].length - 1] === 'g') {
-    process.argv.splice(1, 1, 'npm', '-g')
-  }
-
   // Patch the global fs module here at the app level
   require('graceful-fs').gracefulify(require('node:fs'))
 
diff --git a/test/lib/cli/entry.js b/test/lib/cli/entry.js
index 900e3ab794317..369927dace0f2 100644
--- a/test/lib/cli/entry.js
+++ b/test/lib/cli/entry.js
@@ -35,16 +35,16 @@ const cliMock = async (t, opts) => {
   }
 }
 
-t.test('print the version, and treat npm_g as npm -g', async t => {
+t.test('print the version ', async t => {
   const { logs, cli, Npm, outputs, exitHandlerCalled } = await cliMock(t, {
-    globals: { 'process.argv': ['node', 'npm_g', 'root'] },
+    globals: { 'process.argv': ['node', 'npm', 'root'] },
   })
   await cli(process)
 
-  t.strictSame(process.argv, ['node', 'npm', '-g', 'root'], 'system process.argv was rewritten')
+  t.strictSame(process.argv, ['node', 'npm', 'root'], 'system process.argv was rewritten')
   t.strictSame(logs.verbose.byTitle('cli'), ['cli node npm'])
   t.strictSame(logs.verbose.byTitle('title'), ['title npm root'])
-  t.match(logs.verbose.byTitle('argv'), ['argv "--global" "root"'])
+  t.match(logs.verbose.byTitle('argv'), ['argv "root"'])
   t.strictSame(logs.info, [`using npm@${Npm.version}`, `using node@${process.version}`])
   t.equal(outputs.length, 1)
   t.match(outputs[0], dirname(process.cwd()))