diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/generate.sh b/pkgs/development/node-packages/generate.sh
index 5f9936c5124..e7a15d5d869 100755
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/generate.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/generate.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,13 @@
 set -eu -o pipefail
 
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
-node2nix=$(nix-build ../../.. --no-out-link -A nodePackages.node2nix)
-
+node2nix=$(nix-build ../../.. -A nodePackages.node2nix)
 cd ${DIR}
 rm -f ./node-env.nix
 ${node2nix}/bin/node2nix -i node-packages.json -o node-packages.nix -c composition.nix
+# using --no-out-link in nix-build argument would cause the
+# gc to run before the script finishes
+# which would cause a failure
+# it's safer to just remove the link after the script finishes
+# see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/112846 for more details
+rm ./result