diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index 2b41e904180bed..10e04ed8a28bd0 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -1441,13 +1441,16 @@ static ExitCode StartInternal(int argc, char** argv) {
   });
 
   uv_loop_configure(uv_default_loop(), UV_METRICS_IDLE_TIME);
-
   std::string sea_config = per_process::cli_options->experimental_sea_config;
   if (!sea_config.empty()) {
+#if !defined(DISABLE_SINGLE_EXECUTABLE_APPLICATION)
     return sea::BuildSingleExecutableBlob(
         sea_config, result->args(), result->exec_args());
+#else
+    fprintf(stderr, "Single executable application is disabled.\n");
+    return ExitCode::kGenericUserError;
+#endif  // !defined(DISABLE_SINGLE_EXECUTABLE_APPLICATION)
   }
-
   // --build-snapshot indicates that we are in snapshot building mode.
   if (per_process::cli_options->per_isolate->build_snapshot) {
     if (per_process::cli_options->per_isolate->build_snapshot_config.empty() &&
diff --git a/src/node_sea.cc b/src/node_sea.cc
index a254c910edf238..c2b409de731c6e 100644
--- a/src/node_sea.cc
+++ b/src/node_sea.cc
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
 #include <tuple>
 #include <vector>
 
-#if !defined(DISABLE_SINGLE_EXECUTABLE_APPLICATION)
-
 using node::ExitCode;
 using v8::ArrayBuffer;
 using v8::BackingStore;
@@ -189,6 +187,7 @@ SeaResource SeaDeserializer::Read() {
 }
 
 std::string_view FindSingleExecutableBlob() {
+#if !defined(DISABLE_SINGLE_EXECUTABLE_APPLICATION)
   CHECK(IsSingleExecutable());
   static const std::string_view result = []() -> std::string_view {
     size_t size;
@@ -209,6 +208,9 @@ std::string_view FindSingleExecutableBlob() {
                      result.data(),
                      result.size());
   return result;
+#else
+  UNREACHABLE();
+#endif  // !defined(DISABLE_SINGLE_EXECUTABLE_APPLICATION)
 }
 
 }  // anonymous namespace
@@ -668,5 +670,3 @@ void RegisterExternalReferences(ExternalReferenceRegistry* registry) {
 
 NODE_BINDING_CONTEXT_AWARE_INTERNAL(sea, node::sea::Initialize)
 NODE_BINDING_EXTERNAL_REFERENCE(sea, node::sea::RegisterExternalReferences)
-
-#endif  // !defined(DISABLE_SINGLE_EXECUTABLE_APPLICATION)
diff --git a/src/node_sea.h b/src/node_sea.h
index bea9d579a2aa64..f90ef63cc7fd33 100644
--- a/src/node_sea.h
+++ b/src/node_sea.h
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 
 #if defined(NODE_WANT_INTERNALS) && NODE_WANT_INTERNALS
 
-#if !defined(DISABLE_SINGLE_EXECUTABLE_APPLICATION)
-
 #include <cinttypes>
 #include <optional>
 #include <string>
@@ -52,8 +50,6 @@ node::ExitCode BuildSingleExecutableBlob(
 }  // namespace sea
 }  // namespace node
 
-#endif  // !defined(DISABLE_SINGLE_EXECUTABLE_APPLICATION)
-
 #endif  // defined(NODE_WANT_INTERNALS) && NODE_WANT_INTERNALS
 
 #endif  // SRC_NODE_SEA_H_