diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js b/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js
index 47d936f67a2d4..cc08f667e6a22 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js
@@ -1423,6 +1423,8 @@ module.exports = cls => class Reifier extends cls {
     // Locations are normalized to forward slashes here because IsolatedNode/IsolatedLink locations are built with path.join, which uses backslashes on Windows.
     const validKeys = new Set()
     const nmDirs = new Map()
+    // Valid bin shim names per node_modules dir, collected from each top-level link's package.bin so the .bin sweep keeps only shims a still-linked package provides.
+    const binsByDir = new Map()
     const NM_PREFIX = 'node_modules/'
     const STORE_MARKER = '/.store/'
     for (const child of this.idealTree.children.values()) {
@@ -1462,6 +1464,19 @@ module.exports = cls => class Reifier extends cls {
         nmDirs.set(dir, set)
       }
       set.add(entry)
+
+      // package.bin is normalized to an object keyed by bin name; shim names are unscoped even for scoped packages.
+      const bin = child.package?.bin
+      if (bin && typeof bin === 'object') {
+        let binSet = binsByDir.get(dir)
+        if (!binSet) {
+          binSet = new Set()
+          binsByDir.set(dir, binSet)
+        }
+        for (const bn of Object.keys(bin)) {
+          binSet.add(bn)
+        }
+      }
     }
 
     // Determine which node_modules directories to sweep.
@@ -1535,7 +1550,38 @@ module.exports = cls => class Reifier extends cls {
 
     for (const [dir, valid] of nmDirs) {
       await this.#cleanOrphanedTopLevelLinks(dir, valid)
+      await this.#cleanStaleBinLinks(dir, binsByDir.get(dir))
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Remove stale bin shims left in node_modules/.bin after an uninstall under linked, where the diff never emits an action to drop them.
+  // A shim is stale when no still-linked package provides its name, or when it is a dangling symlink; matching by name handles both POSIX symlinks and Windows .cmd/.ps1 shims.
+  async #cleanStaleBinLinks (nmDir, validBins = new Set()) {
+    const binDir = resolve(nmDir, '.bin')
+    let names
+    try {
+      names = await readdir(binDir)
+    } catch {
+      return
     }
+
+    const stale = names.filter(name => {
+      const base = name.replace(/\.(cmd|ps1)$/, '')
+      return !validBins.has(base) || !existsSync(resolve(binDir, name))
+    })
+
+    if (!stale.length) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    log.silly('reify', 'cleaning stale bin links', stale)
+    await promiseAllRejectLate(
+      stale.map(name =>
+        rm(resolve(binDir, name), { force: true })
+          .catch(/* istanbul ignore next -- rm with force rarely fails */
+            er => log.warn('cleanup', `Failed to remove stale bin link ${name}`, er))
+      )
+    )
   }
 
   // Remove node_modules/ entries that aren't represented in the ideal tree.
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/test/arborist/reify.js b/workspaces/arborist/test/arborist/reify.js
index 81d91f08f1d95..adb8bab5ae135 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/test/arborist/reify.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/test/arborist/reify.js
@@ -4252,6 +4252,40 @@ t.test('install strategy linked', async (t) => {
       'packages/b should remain absent after reinstall'
     )
   })
+
+  t.test('removes stale .bin shims after uninstall, keeps surviving ones', async t => {
+    // Regression test for https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/9613
+    const path = t.testdir({
+      'package.json': JSON.stringify({ name: 'un', version: '1.0.0' }),
+    })
+    createRegistry(t, true)
+    const binDir = resolve(path, 'node_modules/.bin')
+    const rbin = resolve(binDir, 'rimraf')
+    const sbin = resolve(binDir, 'semver')
+
+    await reify(path, { add: ['rimraf@2.7.1', 'semver@7.3.2'], installStrategy: 'linked' })
+    // lstatSync throws if missing; don't assert symlink since Windows shims are regular files.
+    t.ok(fs.lstatSync(rbin), 'rimraf shim created')
+    t.ok(fs.lstatSync(sbin), 'semver shim created')
+
+    // Plant Windows shim files alongside the POSIX symlinks to cover both layouts: stale (rimraf) and surviving (semver).
+    const rcmd = resolve(binDir, 'rimraf.cmd')
+    const rps1 = resolve(binDir, 'rimraf.ps1')
+    const scmd = resolve(binDir, 'semver.cmd')
+    const sps1 = resolve(binDir, 'semver.ps1')
+    fs.writeFileSync(rcmd, '@echo off\r\n"%~dp0\\..\\rimraf\\bin.js" %*\r\n')
+    fs.writeFileSync(rps1, '& "$basedir/../rimraf/bin.js" $args\r\n')
+    fs.writeFileSync(scmd, '@echo off\r\n"%~dp0\\..\\semver\\bin\\semver.js" %*\r\n')
+    fs.writeFileSync(sps1, '& "$basedir/../semver/bin/semver.js" $args\r\n')
+
+    await reify(path, { rm: ['rimraf'], installStrategy: 'linked' })
+    t.throws(() => fs.lstatSync(rbin), 'stale rimraf symlink removed')
+    t.throws(() => fs.lstatSync(rcmd), 'stale rimraf.cmd removed')
+    t.throws(() => fs.lstatSync(rps1), 'stale rimraf.ps1 removed')
+    t.ok(fs.lstatSync(sbin), 'surviving semver shim kept')
+    t.ok(fs.lstatSync(scmd), 'surviving semver.cmd kept')
+    t.ok(fs.lstatSync(sps1), 'surviving semver.ps1 kept')
+  })
 })
 
 t.test('linked strategy exposes store node_modules via NODE_PATH for lifecycle scripts', async t => {