diff --git a/packages/dev-middleware/src/__tests__/InspectorProxyHttpApi-test.js b/packages/dev-middleware/src/__tests__/InspectorProxyHttpApi-test.js
index 2b7a1e710c7ce2..cb94b100bfbf9e 100644
--- a/packages/dev-middleware/src/__tests__/InspectorProxyHttpApi-test.js
+++ b/packages/dev-middleware/src/__tests__/InspectorProxyHttpApi-test.js
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ describe('inspector proxy HTTP API', () => {
           app: 'bar-app',
           id: 'page1',
           title: 'bar-title',
-          vm: 'bar-vm',
         },
       ]);
 
@@ -209,7 +208,6 @@ describe('inspector proxy HTTP API', () => {
             },
             title: 'bar-title',
             type: 'node',
-            vm: 'bar-vm',
             webSocketDebuggerUrl: expect.any(String),
           },
         ]);
diff --git a/packages/dev-middleware/src/inspector-proxy/InspectorProxy.js b/packages/dev-middleware/src/inspector-proxy/InspectorProxy.js
index 4cde8e9172f254..b0b8264e3f1e72 100644
--- a/packages/dev-middleware/src/inspector-proxy/InspectorProxy.js
+++ b/packages/dev-middleware/src/inspector-proxy/InspectorProxy.js
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ export default class InspectorProxy implements InspectorProxyQueries {
       type: 'node',
       devtoolsFrontendUrl,
       webSocketDebuggerUrl,
-      vm: page.vm,
+      ...(page.vm != null ? {vm: page.vm} : null),
       deviceName: device.getName(),
       reactNative: {
         logicalDeviceId: deviceId,
diff --git a/packages/dev-middleware/src/inspector-proxy/types.js b/packages/dev-middleware/src/inspector-proxy/types.js
index bcfba57fa962b0..72b975b27489a5 100644
--- a/packages/dev-middleware/src/inspector-proxy/types.js
+++ b/packages/dev-middleware/src/inspector-proxy/types.js
@@ -53,12 +53,16 @@ export type TargetCapabilityFlags = $ReadOnly<{
 export type PageFromDevice = $ReadOnly<{
   id: string,
   title: string,
-  vm: string,
+  /** @deprecated This is sent from legacy targets only */
+  vm?: string,
   app: string,
   capabilities?: TargetCapabilityFlags,
 }>;
 
-export type Page = Required<PageFromDevice>;
+export type Page = $ReadOnly<{
+  ...PageFromDevice,
+  capabilities: $NonMaybeType<PageFromDevice['capabilities']>,
+}>;
 
 // Chrome Debugger Protocol message/event passed between device and debugger.
 export type WrappedEvent = $ReadOnly<{
@@ -116,7 +120,8 @@ export type PageDescription = $ReadOnly<{
 
   // React Native specific fields
   deviceName: string,
-  vm: string,
+  /** @deprecated This is sent from legacy targets only */
+  vm?: string,
 
   // React Native specific metadata
   reactNative: $ReadOnly<{
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/InspectorPackagerConnection.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/InspectorPackagerConnection.cpp
index 5d9712d1b44a18..85cf1f1f069458 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/InspectorPackagerConnection.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/InspectorPackagerConnection.cpp
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ folly::dynamic InspectorPackagerConnection::Impl::pages() {
     pageDescription["id"] = std::to_string(page.id);
     pageDescription["title"] = page.title + " [C++ connection]";
     pageDescription["app"] = app_;
-    pageDescription["vm"] = page.vm;
     pageDescription["capabilities"] =
         targetCapabilitiesToDynamic(page.capabilities);
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/tests/InspectorPackagerConnectionTest.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/tests/InspectorPackagerConnectionTest.cpp
index 6cc8d87c66796c..db23471a638259 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/tests/InspectorPackagerConnectionTest.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/tests/InspectorPackagerConnectionTest.cpp
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ TEST_F(InspectorPackagerConnectionTest, TestGetPages) {
               ElementsAreArray({AllOf(
                   AtJsonPtr("/app", Eq("my-app")),
                   AtJsonPtr("/title", Eq("mock-title [C++ connection]")),
-                  AtJsonPtr("/vm", Eq("mock-vm")),
                   AtJsonPtr("/id", Eq(std::to_string(pageId))),
                   AtJsonPtr("/capabilities/nativePageReloads", Eq(true)),
                   AtJsonPtr(