diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/em/emmet-language-server/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/em/emmet-language-server/package.nix
index 57b57c82ee7b..cb4eb5393f93 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/em/emmet-language-server/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/em/emmet-language-server/package.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   lib,
   stdenvNoCC,
-  nodejs,
+  nodejs-slim,
   pnpm_11,
   fetchPnpmDeps,
   pnpmConfigHook,
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    nodejs
+    nodejs-slim
     pnpmConfigHook
     pnpmBuildHook
     pnpm