diff --git a/pkgs/servers/openvscode-server/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/openvscode-server/default.nix
index f5c17fcaff64..046a68f9d030 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/openvscode-server/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/openvscode-server/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, buildGoModule, makeWrapper
 , cacert, moreutils, jq, git, pkg-config, yarn, python3
-, esbuild, nodejs_16, libsecret, xorg, ripgrep
+, esbuild, nodejs, libsecret, xorg, ripgrep
 , AppKit, Cocoa, Security, cctools, nixosTests }:
 
 let
   system = stdenv.hostPlatform.system;
 
-  nodejs = nodejs_16;
   yarn' = yarn.override { inherit nodejs; };
   defaultYarnOpts = [ "frozen-lockfile" "non-interactive" "no-progress"];
 
@@ -108,9 +107,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
     # set offline mirror to yarn cache we created in previous steps
     yarn --offline config set yarn-offline-mirror "${yarnCache}"
-
-    # set nodedir, so we can build binaries later
-    npm config set nodedir "${nodejs}"
   '';
 
   buildPhase = ''
@@ -147,7 +143,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # rebuild binaries, we use npm here, as yarn does not provide an alternative
     # that would not attempt to try to reinstall everything and break our
     # patching attempts
-    npm --prefix ./remote rebuild --build-from-source
+    npm --prefix ./remote rebuild --build-from-source --nodedir ${nodejs}
 
     # run postinstall scripts after patching
     find . -path "*node_modules" -prune -o \
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/openvscode-server/remove-node-download.patch b/pkgs/servers/openvscode-server/remove-node-download.patch
index c53b79de019e..f8df53770acc 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/openvscode-server/remove-node-download.patch
+++ b/pkgs/servers/openvscode-server/remove-node-download.patch
@@ -1,27 +1,28 @@
 diff --git a/build/gulpfile.reh.js b/build/gulpfile.reh.js
-index a44941a1e73..5fc924cb367 100644
+index 4630eaad3cc..96b165b0949 100644
 --- a/build/gulpfile.reh.js
 +++ b/build/gulpfile.reh.js
-@@ -265,8 +265,6 @@ function packageTask(type, platform, arch, sourceFolderName, destinationFolderNa
+@@ -271,9 +271,6 @@ function packageTask(type, platform, arch, sourceFolderName, destinationFolderNa
  			.pipe(util.stripSourceMappingURL())
  			.pipe(jsFilter.restore);
- 
+
 -		const nodePath = `.build/node/v${nodeVersion}/${platform}-${arch}`;
 -		const node = gulp.src(`${nodePath}/**`, { base: nodePath, dot: true });
- 
+-
  		let web = [];
  		if (type === 'reh-web') {
-@@ -284,7 +282,6 @@ function packageTask(type, platform, arch, sourceFolderName, destinationFolderNa
+ 			web = [
+@@ -290,7 +287,6 @@ function packageTask(type, platform, arch, sourceFolderName, destinationFolderNa
  			license,
  			sources,
  			deps,
 -			node,
  			...web
  		);
- 
-@@ -382,7 +379,6 @@ function tweakProductForServerWeb(product) {
+
+@@ -408,7 +404,6 @@ function tweakProductForServerWeb(product) {
  			const destinationFolderName = `vscode-${type}${dashed(platform)}${dashed(arch)}`;
- 
+
  			const serverTaskCI = task.define(`vscode-${type}${dashed(platform)}${dashed(arch)}${dashed(minified)}-ci`, task.series(
 -				gulp.task(`node-${platform}-${arch}`),
  				util.rimraf(path.join(BUILD_ROOT, destinationFolderName)),
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e47611ae21ec..8c589ea4ce86 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -34952,6 +34952,7 @@ with pkgs;
   vscodium-fhsWithPackages = vscodium.fhsWithPackages;
 
   openvscode-server = callPackage ../servers/openvscode-server {
+    nodejs = nodejs_18;
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) AppKit Cocoa Security;
     inherit (darwin) cctools;
   };