diff --git a/.changeset/slimy-pugs-vanish.md b/.changeset/slimy-pugs-vanish.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b05863aa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/slimy-pugs-vanish.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@effect/platform-node": patch
+---
+
+remove Scope requirement from NodeHttpServer.makeHandler
diff --git a/packages/platform-node/src/NodeHttpServer.ts b/packages/platform-node/src/NodeHttpServer.ts
index fbd8885385..efac775fa0 100644
--- a/packages/platform-node/src/NodeHttpServer.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-node/src/NodeHttpServer.ts
@@ -41,17 +41,17 @@ export const makeHandler: {
   <R, E>(
     httpApp: App.Default<E, R>
   ): Effect.Effect<
-    (nodeRequest: Http.IncomingMessage, nodeResponse: Http.ServerResponse<Http.IncomingMessage>) => void,
+    (nodeRequest: Http.IncomingMessage, nodeResponse: Http.ServerResponse) => void,
     never,
-    Exclude<R, Scope.Scope | ServerRequest.HttpServerRequest>
+    Exclude<R, ServerRequest.HttpServerRequest | Scope.Scope>
   >
   <R, E, App extends App.Default<any, any>>(
     httpApp: App.Default<E, R>,
     middleware: Middleware.HttpMiddleware.Applied<App, E, R>
   ): Effect.Effect<
-    (nodeRequest: Http.IncomingMessage, nodeResponse: Http.ServerResponse<Http.IncomingMessage>) => void,
+    (nodeRequest: Http.IncomingMessage, nodeResponse: Http.ServerResponse) => void,
     never,
-    Exclude<Effect.Effect.Context<App>, Scope.Scope | ServerRequest.HttpServerRequest>
+    Exclude<Effect.Effect.Context<App>, ServerRequest.HttpServerRequest | Scope.Scope>
   >
 } = internal.makeHandler
 
diff --git a/packages/platform-node/src/internal/httpServer.ts b/packages/platform-node/src/internal/httpServer.ts
index 13a966397f..337278b744 100644
--- a/packages/platform-node/src/internal/httpServer.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-node/src/internal/httpServer.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { type LazyArg } from "effect/Function"
 import * as Layer from "effect/Layer"
 import * as Option from "effect/Option"
 import type { ReadonlyRecord } from "effect/Record"
+import * as Runtime from "effect/Runtime"
 import * as Scope from "effect/Scope"
 import * as Stream from "effect/Stream"
 import * as Http from "node:http"
@@ -134,8 +135,9 @@ export const makeHandler: {
   >
 } = <E, R>(httpApp: App.Default<E, R>, middleware?: Middleware.HttpMiddleware) => {
   const handledApp = App.toHandled(httpApp, handleResponse, middleware)
-  return Effect.map(FiberSet.makeRuntime<R>(), (runFork) =>
-    function handler(
+  return Effect.map(Effect.runtime<R>(), (runtime) => {
+    const runFork = Runtime.runFork(runtime)
+    return function handler(
       nodeRequest: Http.IncomingMessage,
       nodeResponse: Http.ServerResponse
     ) {
@@ -151,7 +153,8 @@ export const makeHandler: {
           fiber.unsafeInterruptAsFork(Error.clientAbortFiberId)
         }
       })
-    })
+    }
+  })
 }
 
 /** @internal */