diff --git a/js/private/bash.bzl b/js/private/bash.bzl
index ac005db9c..651773124 100644
--- a/js/private/bash.bzl
+++ b/js/private/bash.bzl
@@ -61,13 +61,10 @@ if [ "${TEST_SRCDIR:-}" ]; then
 elif [ "${RUNFILES_MANIFEST_FILE:-}" ]; then
     RUNFILES=$(_normalize_path "$RUNFILES_MANIFEST_FILE")
     if [[ "${RUNFILES}" == *.runfiles_manifest ]]; then
-        # Newer versions of Bazel put the manifest besides the runfiles with the suffix .runfiles_manifest.
+        # Bazel puts the manifest besides the runfiles with the suffix .runfiles_manifest.
         # For example, the runfiles directory is named my_binary.runfiles then the manifest is beside the
         # runfiles directory and named my_binary.runfiles_manifest
         RUNFILES=${RUNFILES%_manifest}
-    elif [[ "${RUNFILES}" == */MANIFEST ]]; then
-        # Older versions of Bazel put the manifest file named MANIFEST in the runfiles directory
-        RUNFILES=${RUNFILES%/MANIFEST}
     else
         logf_fatal "Unexpected RUNFILES_MANIFEST_FILE value $RUNFILES_MANIFEST_FILE"
         exit 1
diff --git a/js/private/test/image/asserts.bzl b/js/private/test/image/asserts.bzl
index a2aeccdde..a08d9eb8c 100644
--- a/js/private/test/image/asserts.bzl
+++ b/js/private/test/image/asserts.bzl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ load("//js:defs.bzl", "js_image_layer")
 # buildifier: disable=function-docstring
 def assert_tar_listing(name, actual, expected):
     # Either of these two file sizes may be observed on a file like /js/private/test/image/bin
-    sanitize_cmd = "sed -E 's/239[0-9]{2}/xxxxx/g'"
+    sanitize_cmd = "sed -E 's/237[0-9]{2}/xxxxx/g'"
     actual_listing = "_{}_listing".format(name)
     native.genrule(
         name = actual_listing,
diff --git a/js/private/test/image/non_ascii/custom_layer_groups_test_app.listing b/js/private/test/image/non_ascii/custom_layer_groups_test_app.listing
index 46846288d..b775aa984 100644
--- a/js/private/test/image/non_ascii/custom_layer_groups_test_app.listing
+++ b/js/private/test/image/non_ascii/custom_layer_groups_test_app.listing
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ drwxr-xr-x  0 0      0           0 Jan  1  1970 ./app/js/private/
 drwxr-xr-x  0 0      0           0 Jan  1  1970 ./app/js/private/test/
 drwxr-xr-x  0 0      0           0 Jan  1  1970 ./app/js/private/test/image/
 drwxr-xr-x  0 0      0           0 Jan  1  1970 ./app/js/private/test/image/non_ascii/
--r-xr-xr-x  0 0      0       24076 Jan  1  1970 ./app/js/private/test/image/non_ascii/bin2
+-r-xr-xr-x  0 0      0       23874 Jan  1  1970 ./app/js/private/test/image/non_ascii/bin2
 drwxr-xr-x  0 0      0           0 Jan  1  1970 ./app/js/private/test/image/non_ascii/bin2.runfiles/
 drwxr-xr-x  0 0      0           0 Jan  1  1970 ./app/js/private/test/image/non_ascii/bin2.runfiles/_main/
 drwxr-xr-x  0 0      0           0 Jan  1  1970 ./app/js/private/test/image/non_ascii/bin2.runfiles/_main/js/
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ drwxr-xr-x  0 0      0           0 Jan  1  1970 ./app/js/private/test/image/non_
 drwxr-xr-x  0 0      0           0 Jan  1  1970 ./app/js/private/test/image/non_ascii/bin2.runfiles/_main/js/private/test/image/non_ascii/
 -r-xr-xr-x  0 0      0           0 Jan  1  1970 ./app/js/private/test/image/non_ascii/bin2.runfiles/_main/js/private/test/image/non_ascii/ㅑㅕㅣㅇ.ㄴㅅ
 drwxr-xr-x  0 0      0           0 Jan  1  1970 ./app/js/private/test/image/non_ascii/bin2.runfiles/_main/js/private/test/image/non_ascii/bin2_/
--r-xr-xr-x  0 0      0       24076 Jan  1  1970 ./app/js/private/test/image/non_ascii/bin2.runfiles/_main/js/private/test/image/non_ascii/bin2_/bin2
+-r-xr-xr-x  0 0      0       23874 Jan  1  1970 ./app/js/private/test/image/non_ascii/bin2.runfiles/_main/js/private/test/image/non_ascii/bin2_/bin2
 drwxr-xr-x  0 0      0           0 Jan  1  1970 ./app/js/private/test/image/non_ascii/bin2.runfiles/_main/js/private/test/image/non_ascii/bin2_node_bin/
 -r-xr-xr-x  0 0      0         133 Jan  1  1970 ./app/js/private/test/image/non_ascii/bin2.runfiles/_main/js/private/test/image/non_ascii/bin2_node_bin/node
 -r-xr-xr-x  0 0      0           0 Jan  1  1970 ./app/js/private/test/image/non_ascii/bin2.runfiles/_main/js/private/test/image/non_ascii/empty empty.ㄴㅅ
diff --git a/js/private/test/snapshots/launcher.sh b/js/private/test/snapshots/launcher.sh
index 106b436e3..57b84d18f 100644
--- a/js/private/test/snapshots/launcher.sh
+++ b/js/private/test/snapshots/launcher.sh
@@ -211,13 +211,10 @@ if [ "${TEST_SRCDIR:-}" ]; then
 elif [ "${RUNFILES_MANIFEST_FILE:-}" ]; then
     RUNFILES=$(_normalize_path "$RUNFILES_MANIFEST_FILE")
     if [[ "${RUNFILES}" == *.runfiles_manifest ]]; then
-        # Newer versions of Bazel put the manifest besides the runfiles with the suffix .runfiles_manifest.
+        # Bazel puts the manifest besides the runfiles with the suffix .runfiles_manifest.
         # For example, the runfiles directory is named my_binary.runfiles then the manifest is beside the
         # runfiles directory and named my_binary.runfiles_manifest
         RUNFILES=${RUNFILES%_manifest}
-    elif [[ "${RUNFILES}" == */MANIFEST ]]; then
-        # Older versions of Bazel put the manifest file named MANIFEST in the runfiles directory
-        RUNFILES=${RUNFILES%/MANIFEST}
     else
         logf_fatal "Unexpected RUNFILES_MANIFEST_FILE value $RUNFILES_MANIFEST_FILE"
         exit 1