diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/im/immich/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/im/immich/package.nix
index 324e5b9790ba..bb1778ee207f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/im/immich/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/im/immich/package.nix
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
   cacert,
   unzip,
   # runtime deps
+  exiftool,
   jellyfin-ffmpeg, # Immich depends on the jellyfin customizations, see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/351943
   imagemagick,
   libraw,
   libheif,
   vips,
-  perl,
 }:
 let
   buildNpmPackage' = buildNpmPackage.override { inherit nodejs; };
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ buildNpmPackage' {
   makeCacheWritable = true;
 
   preBuild = ''
-    cd node_modules/sharp
+    pushd node_modules/sharp
 
     mkdir node_modules
     ln -s ${node-addon-api} node_modules/node-addon-api
@@ -183,8 +183,13 @@ buildNpmPackage' {
 
     rm -r node_modules
 
-    cd ../..
+    popd
     rm -r node_modules/@img/sharp*
+
+    # If exiftool-vendored.pl isn't found, exiftool is searched for on the PATH
+    rm -r node_modules/exiftool-vendored.*
+    substituteInPlace node_modules/exiftool-vendored/dist/DefaultExifToolOptions.js \
+      --replace-fail "checkPerl: !(0, IsWin32_1.isWin32)()," "checkPerl: false,"
   '';
 
   installPhase = ''
@@ -205,7 +210,7 @@ buildNpmPackage' {
       --set IMMICH_BUILD_DATA $out/build --set NODE_ENV production \
       --suffix PATH : "${
         lib.makeBinPath [
-          perl
+          exiftool
           jellyfin-ffmpeg
         ]
       }"