diff --git a/ext/node/polyfills/child_process.ts b/ext/node/polyfills/child_process.ts
index 041a7b6c54..aef695acf3 100644
--- a/ext/node/polyfills/child_process.ts
+++ b/ext/node/polyfills/child_process.ts
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ export function fork(
       } else if (flag.startsWith("--no-warnings")) {
         execArgv[index] = "--quiet";
       } else if (flag.startsWith("--experimental")) {
-        // Do Nothing
+        execArgv[index] = "";
       } else {
         index++;
       }
diff --git a/ext/node/polyfills/internal/child_process.ts b/ext/node/polyfills/internal/child_process.ts
index 2749e22964..71097fd0b7 100644
--- a/ext/node/polyfills/internal/child_process.ts
+++ b/ext/node/polyfills/internal/child_process.ts
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ function toDenoArgs(args: string[]): string[] {
       if (arg === "--no-warnings") {
         denoArgs.push("--quiet");
       } else if (arg.startsWith("--experimental")) {
-        // Do Nothing
+        denoArgs.push("");
       } else {
         // Not a known flag that expects a value. Just copy it to the output.
         denoArgs.push(arg);