diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 4696df2ed..f3f3e72c7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
           name: npm-package
           path: ./release-npm-package
       - name: Run ./ci/steps/release-packages.sh
-        uses: ./ci/container
+        uses: ./ci/container/centos
         with:
           args: ./ci/steps/release-packages.sh
       - name: Upload release artifacts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
           name: npm-package
           path: ./release-npm-package
       - name: Run ./ci/steps/release-packages.sh
-        uses: ./ci/container/arm64
+        uses: ./ci/container/centos
         with:
           args: ./ci/steps/release-packages.sh
       - name: Upload release artifacts
@@ -94,8 +94,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: npm-package
           path: ./release-npm-package
-      - run: brew unlink node@12
-      - run: brew install node
       - run: ./ci/steps/release-packages.sh
         env:
           # Otherwise we get rate limited when fetching the ripgrep binary.
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5c10b8768..424cb9e70 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ release-packages/
 release-gcp/
 release-images/
 node_modules
+node-*
diff --git a/ci/build/build-standalone-release.sh b/ci/build/build-standalone-release.sh
index 2556e44b7..df6cdc56f 100755
--- a/ci/build/build-standalone-release.sh
+++ b/ci/build/build-standalone-release.sh
@@ -17,14 +17,6 @@ main() {
   mkdir -p "$RELEASE_PATH/bin"
   rsync ./ci/build/code-server.sh "$RELEASE_PATH/bin/code-server"
   rsync "$node_path" "$RELEASE_PATH/lib/node"
-  if [[ $OS == "linux" ]]; then
-    bundle_dynamic_lib libstdc++
-    bundle_dynamic_lib libgcc_s
-  elif [[ $OS == "macos" ]]; then
-    bundle_dynamic_lib libicui18n
-    bundle_dynamic_lib libicuuc
-    bundle_dynamic_lib libicudata
-  fi
 
   ln -s "./bin/code-server" "$RELEASE_PATH/code-server"
   ln -s "./lib/node" "$RELEASE_PATH/node"
@@ -33,17 +25,4 @@ main() {
   yarn --production --frozen-lockfile
 }
 
-bundle_dynamic_lib() {
-  local lib_name="$1"
-  local lib_path
-
-  if [[ $OS == "linux" ]]; then
-    lib_path="$(ldd "$RELEASE_PATH/lib/node" | grep "$lib_name" | awk '{print $3 }')"
-  elif [[ $OS == "macos" ]]; then
-    lib_path="$(otool -L "$RELEASE_PATH/lib/node" | grep "$lib_name" | awk '{print $1 }')"
-  fi
-
-  cp "$lib_path" "$RELEASE_PATH/lib"
-}
-
 main "$@"
diff --git a/ci/build/code-server.sh b/ci/build/code-server.sh
index 62b59a0f9..eae38000b 100755
--- a/ci/build/code-server.sh
+++ b/ci/build/code-server.sh
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ _realpath() {
 
   # See https://github.com/cdr/code-server/issues/1537
   if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ]; then
-    # We read the symlink, which may be relative from $1.
     script="$1"
     if [ -L "$script" ]; then
       while [ -L "$script" ]; do
+        # We recursively read the symlink, which may be relative from $script.
         script="$(readlink "$script")"
         cd "$(dirname "$script")"
       done
@@ -32,9 +32,4 @@ _realpath() {
 }
 
 ROOT="$(dirname "$(dirname "$(_realpath "$0")")")"
-if [ "$(uname)" = "Linux" ]; then
-  export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$ROOT/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH-}"
-elif [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ]; then
-  export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="$ROOT/lib:${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH-}"
-fi
 exec "$ROOT/lib/node" "$ROOT" "$@"
diff --git a/ci/build/test-standalone-release.sh b/ci/build/test-standalone-release.sh
index 0344ea39f..488a057a9 100755
--- a/ci/build/test-standalone-release.sh
+++ b/ci/build/test-standalone-release.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ main() {
   ./release-standalone/bin/code-server --extensions-dir "$EXTENSIONS_DIR" --install-extension ms-python.python
   local installed_extensions
   installed_extensions="$(./release-standalone/bin/code-server --extensions-dir "$EXTENSIONS_DIR" --list-extensions 2>&1)"
-  if [[ $installed_extensions != "ms-python.python" ]]; then
+  if [[ "$installed_extensions" != "info  Using config file ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml
+ms-python.python" ]]; then
     echo "Unexpected output from listing extensions:"
     echo "$installed_extensions"
     exit 1
diff --git a/ci/container/Dockerfile b/ci/container/Dockerfile
index 8612f84dd..fa3b16dcd 100644
--- a/ci/container/Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/container/Dockerfile
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ RUN ARCH="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" && \
 #    rm -R shellcheck*
 
 # Install Go dependencies
-RUN ARCH="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" && \
+RUN ARCH="$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/; s/aarch64/arm64/')" && \
     curl -fsSL "https://dl.google.com/go/go1.14.3.linux-$ARCH.tar.gz" | tar -C /usr/local -xz
 ENV PATH=/usr/local/go/bin:/root/go/bin:$PATH
 ENV GO111MODULE=on
diff --git a/ci/container/arm64/Dockerfile b/ci/container/arm64/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 705365bc1..000000000
--- a/ci/container/arm64/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-FROM debian:9
-
-RUN apt-get update
-
-# Needed for debian repositories added below.
-RUN apt-get install -y curl gnupg
-
-# Installs node.
-RUN curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | bash - && \
-    apt-get install -y nodejs
-
-# Installs yarn.
-RUN curl -fsSL https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | apt-key add - && \
-    echo "deb https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list && \
-    apt-get update && apt-get install -y yarn
-
-# Installs VS Code build deps.
-RUN apt-get install -y build-essential \
-                   libsecret-1-dev \
-                   libx11-dev \
-                   libxkbfile-dev
-
-# Installs envsubst.
-RUN apt-get install -y gettext-base
-
-# Misc build dependencies.
-RUN apt-get install -y git rsync unzip
-
-# We need latest jq from debian buster for date support.
-RUN ARCH="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" && \
-    curl -fsSOL http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libo/libonig/libonig5_6.9.1-1_$ARCH.deb && \
-    dpkg -i libonig*.deb && \
-    curl -fsSOL http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/j/jq/libjq1_1.5+dfsg-2+b1_$ARCH.deb && \
-    dpkg -i libjq*.deb && \
-    curl -fsSOL http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/j/jq/jq_1.5+dfsg-2+b1_$ARCH.deb && \
-    dpkg -i jq*.deb && rm *.deb
-
-# Installs shellcheck.
-# Unfortunately coredumps on debian:8 so disabled for now.
-#RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/download/v0.7.1/shellcheck-v0.7.1.linux.$(uname -m).tar.xz | \
-#    tar -xJ && \
-#    mv shellcheck*/shellcheck /usr/local/bin && \
-#    rm -R shellcheck*
-
-# Install Go dependencies
-RUN ARCH="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" && \
-    curl -fsSL "https://dl.google.com/go/go1.14.3.linux-$ARCH.tar.gz" | tar -C /usr/local -xz
-ENV PATH=/usr/local/go/bin:/root/go/bin:$PATH
-ENV GO111MODULE=on
-RUN go get mvdan.cc/sh/v3/cmd/shfmt
-RUN go get github.com/goreleaser/nfpm/cmd/nfpm
-
-RUN curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh
diff --git a/ci/container/arm64/README.md b/ci/container/arm64/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 388572caa..000000000
--- a/ci/container/arm64/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# arm64
-
-Unfortunately there is no arm64 build of `debian:8` so
-we need to use `debian:9` instead.
-
-This is just an exact copy of [../Dockerfile](../Dockerfile) with the base image change.
diff --git a/ci/container/centos/Dockerfile b/ci/container/centos/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..43ad9431c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/container/centos/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+FROM centos:7
+
+RUN curl -sL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | bash - && \
+      yum install -y nodejs &&
+      npm install -g yarn
+
+RUN yum groupinstall -y 'Development Tools'
+RUN yum install -y python2 libsecret-devel libX11-devel libxkbfile-devel
+
+RUN npm config set python python2
+
+RUN yum install -y epel-release && yum install -y jq
+RUN yum install -y rsync
+
+# Copied from ../Dockerfile
+# Install Go dependencies
+RUN ARCH="$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/; s/aarch64/arm64/')" && \
+    curl -fsSL "https://dl.google.com/go/go1.14.3.linux-$ARCH.tar.gz" | tar -C /usr/local -xz
+ENV PATH=/usr/local/go/bin:/root/go/bin:$PATH
+ENV GO111MODULE=on
+RUN go get mvdan.cc/sh/v3/cmd/shfmt
+RUN go get github.com/goreleaser/nfpm/cmd/nfpm
diff --git a/ci/steps/release-packages.sh b/ci/steps/release-packages.sh
index bb1dcf5f6..cdfcf914f 100755
--- a/ci/steps/release-packages.sh
+++ b/ci/steps/release-packages.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ set -euo pipefail
 main() {
   cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.."
 
+  if [[ "$OSTYPE" == darwin* ]]; then
+    curl -L https://nodejs.org/dist/v14.4.0/node-v14.4.0-darwin-x64.tar.gz | tar -xz
+    PATH="$PATH:node-v14.4.0-darwin-x64/bin"
+  fi
+
   # https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact/issues/38
   tar -xzf release-npm-package/package.tar.gz
 
diff --git a/doc/npm.md b/doc/npm.md
index 18d9fc5ed..a612ba8cc 100644
--- a/doc/npm.md
+++ b/doc/npm.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ sudo apt-get install -y \
 
 ```bash
 sudo yum groupinstall -y 'Development Tools'
-sudo yum config-manager --set-enabled PowerTools
+sudo yum config-manager --set-enabled PowerTools # unnecessary on CentOS 7
 sudo yum install -y python2 libsecret-devel libX11-devel libxkbfile-devel
 npm config set python python2
 ```
diff --git a/src/node/entry.ts b/src/node/entry.ts
index 53f99d105..a7d8663d1 100644
--- a/src/node/entry.ts
+++ b/src/node/entry.ts
@@ -122,25 +122,7 @@ const main = async (args: Args, cliArgs: Args, configArgs: Args): Promise<void>
   }
 }
 
-function trimLDLibraryPath(): void {
-  let ldVar: string
-  if (process.platform === "linux") {
-    ldVar = "LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
-  } else if (process.platform === "darwin") {
-    ldVar = "DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH"
-  } else {
-    return
-  }
-
-  // Removes the leading path added by ./ci/build/code-server.sh to use our bundled
-  // dynamic libraries. See ci/build/build-standalone-release.sh
-  // This is required to avoid child processes using our bundled libraries.
-  process.env[ldVar] = process.env[ldVar]?.replace(path.dirname(process.execPath) + ":", "")
-}
-
 async function entry(): Promise<void> {
-  trimLDLibraryPath()
-
   const tryParse = async (): Promise<[Args, Args, Args]> => {
     try {
       const cliArgs = parse(process.argv.slice(2))