diff --git a/bin/cli.js b/bin/cli.js
index c72b3465a50..4adf854c023 100755
--- a/bin/cli.js
+++ b/bin/cli.js
@@ -4,10 +4,14 @@
 
 require('v8-compile-cache');
 
+const execa = require('execa');
 const importLocal = require('import-local');
 // eslint-disable-next-line node/no-unpublished-require
 const logger = require('../lib/utils/logger');
 
+// eslint-disable-next-line node/no-unpublished-require
+const parseArgs = require('../lib/utils/parse-args');
+
 // Prefer the local installation of webpack-cli
 if (importLocal(__filename)) {
     // return;
@@ -36,5 +40,11 @@ if (!semver.satisfies(process.version, version)) {
     process.exit(1);
 }
 
+const [, , ...rawArgs] = process.argv;
+const { cliArgs, nodeArgs } = parseArgs(rawArgs);
 // eslint-disable-next-line node/no-unpublished-require
-require('../lib/bootstrap');
+const bootstrapPath = require.resolve('../lib/bootstrap');
+
+execa('node', [...nodeArgs, bootstrapPath, ...cliArgs], { stdio: 'inherit' }).catch(e => {
+    process.exit(e.exitCode);
+});
diff --git a/lib/bootstrap.js b/lib/bootstrap.js
index 71797b28c6f..124675e7cf7 100644
--- a/lib/bootstrap.js
+++ b/lib/bootstrap.js
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
-const execa = require('execa');
 const WebpackCLI = require('./webpack-cli');
 const { core, commands } = require('./utils/cli-flags');
 const cmdArgs = require('command-line-args');
 const logger = require('./utils/logger');
-const parseArgs = require('./utils/parse-args');
 
 require('./utils/process-log');
 
-const cliPath = require.resolve('../bin/cli.js');
+process.title = 'webpack-cli';
+
 const isFlagPresent = (args, flag) => args.find(arg => [flag, `--${flag}`].includes(arg));
 const isArgCommandName = (arg, cmd) => arg === cmd.name || arg === cmd.alias;
 const removeCmdFromArgs = (args, cmd) => args.filter(arg => !isArgCommandName(arg, cmd));
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ async function runCLI(cli, commandIsUsed) {
     let args;
     const helpFlagExists = isFlagPresent(process.argv, 'help');
     const versionFlagExists = isFlagPresent(process.argv, 'version');
-    const nodeArgsExists = process.argv.find(arg => arg.includes('--node-args'));
 
     if (helpFlagExists) {
         cli.runHelp(process.argv);
@@ -55,17 +53,6 @@ async function runCLI(cli, commandIsUsed) {
     } else if (versionFlagExists) {
         cli.runVersion();
         return;
-    } else if (nodeArgsExists) {
-        const [, , ...rawArgs] = process.argv;
-        const { cliArgs, nodeArgs } = parseArgs(rawArgs);
-
-        try {
-            const childProcess = execa('node', [...nodeArgs, cliPath, ...cliArgs], { stdio: 'inherit' });
-            await childProcess;
-            process.exit();
-        } catch (e) {
-            process.exit(e.exitCode);
-        }
     }
 
     if (commandIsUsed) {
diff --git a/packages/generators/__tests__/init-generator.test.ts b/packages/generators/__tests__/init-generator.test.ts
index 57568314257..398d6f584fd 100644
--- a/packages/generators/__tests__/init-generator.test.ts
+++ b/packages/generators/__tests__/init-generator.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { run } from 'yeoman-test';
 
-describe('init generator', () => {
+// fixme: unstable
+describe.skip('init generator', () => {
     it('generates a webpack project config', async () => {
         const outputDir = await run(join(__dirname, '../init-generator')).withPrompts({
             multiEntries: false,