diff --git a/packages/server/src/jsRunner/index.ts b/packages/server/src/jsRunner/index.ts
index 140881aa21..aab5a64098 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/jsRunner/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/jsRunner/index.ts
@@ -5,13 +5,6 @@ import tracer from "dd-trace"
 import { IsolatedVM } from "./vm"
 import { context } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 
-class ExecutionTimeoutError extends Error {
-  constructor(message: string) {
-    super(message)
-    this.name = "ExecutionTimeoutError"
-  }
-}
-
 export function init() {
   setJSRunner((js: string, ctx: Record<string, any>) => {
     return tracer.trace("runJS", {}, span => {
@@ -28,16 +21,6 @@ export function init() {
           bbCtx.vm = vm
         }
 
-        const perRequestLimit = env.JS_PER_REQUEST_TIME_LIMIT_MS
-        if (perRequestLimit) {
-          const cpuMs = Number(vm.cpuTime) / 1e6
-          if (cpuMs > perRequestLimit) {
-            throw new ExecutionTimeoutError(
-              `CPU time limit exceeded (${cpuMs}ms > ${perRequestLimit}ms)`
-            )
-          }
-        }
-
         const result = vm.execute(js)
 
         return result
diff --git a/packages/server/src/jsRunner/vm/index.ts b/packages/server/src/jsRunner/vm/index.ts
index 0f9b11e531..150456ad03 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/jsRunner/vm/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/jsRunner/vm/index.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,19 @@ import querystring from "querystring"
 import { BundleType, loadBundle } from "../bundles"
 import { VM } from "@budibase/types"
 
+class ExecutionTimeoutError extends Error {
+  constructor(message: string) {
+    super(message)
+    this.name = "ExecutionTimeoutError"
+  }
+}
+
 export class IsolatedVM implements VM {
   #isolate: ivm.Isolate
   #vm: ivm.Context
   #jail: ivm.Reference
   #timeout: number
+  #perRequestLimit?: number
 
   #modules: Record<
     string,
@@ -26,9 +34,11 @@ export class IsolatedVM implements VM {
   constructor({
     memoryLimit,
     timeout,
+    perRequestLimit,
   }: {
     memoryLimit: number
     timeout: number
+    perRequestLimit?: number
   }) {
     this.#isolate = new ivm.Isolate({ memoryLimit })
     this.#vm = this.#isolate.createContextSync()
@@ -40,10 +50,7 @@ export class IsolatedVM implements VM {
     })
 
     this.#timeout = timeout
-  }
-
-  get cpuTime() {
-    return this.#isolate.cpuTime
+    this.#perRequestLimit = perRequestLimit
   }
 
   withHelpers() {
@@ -115,6 +122,17 @@ export class IsolatedVM implements VM {
   }
 
   execute(code: string): string {
+    const perRequestLimit = this.#perRequestLimit
+
+    if (perRequestLimit) {
+      const cpuMs = Number(this.#isolate.cpuTime) / 1e6
+      if (cpuMs > perRequestLimit) {
+        throw new ExecutionTimeoutError(
+          `CPU time limit exceeded (${cpuMs}ms > ${perRequestLimit}ms)`
+        )
+      }
+    }
+
     code = [
       ...Object.values(this.#modules).map(m => m.headCode),
       `results.out=${code};`,
diff --git a/packages/types/src/sdk/vm.ts b/packages/types/src/sdk/vm.ts
index 0c85cac925..3abec4d39d 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/sdk/vm.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/sdk/vm.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 export interface VM {
-  cpuTime: bigint
   execute(code: string): string
 }