diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixui/generate.sh b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixui/generate.sh
index 915497208fa..e3a7d9f69e4 100755
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixui/generate.sh
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixui/generate.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
-node2nix -i pkg.json -c nixui.nix -e ../../../development/node-packages/node-env.nix
+node2nix -i pkg.json -c nixui.nix -e ../../../development/node-packages/node-env.nix --no-copy-node-env