diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/node/build-npm-package/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/node/build-npm-package/default.nix
index 0a988cbbaf3f..7cfc0e9f9c0a 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/node/build-npm-package/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/node/build-npm-package/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchNpmDeps, npmHooks, nodejs }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchNpmDeps, buildPackages, nodejs }:
 
 { name ? "${args.pname}-${args.version}"
 , src ? null
@@ -44,7 +44,12 @@ let
     hash = npmDepsHash;
   };
 
-  inherit (npmHooks.override { inherit nodejs; }) npmConfigHook npmBuildHook npmInstallHook;
+  # .override {} negates splicing, so we need to use buildPackages explicitly
+  npmHooks = buildPackages.npmHooks.override {
+    inherit nodejs;
+  };
+
+  inherit (npmHooks) npmConfigHook npmBuildHook npmInstallHook;
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation (args // {
   inherit npmDeps npmBuildScript;
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/node/build-npm-package/hooks/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/node/build-npm-package/hooks/default.nix
index 3f2b0adf1668..36f0319e3d23 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/node/build-npm-package/hooks/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/node/build-npm-package/hooks/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
-{ lib, makeSetupHook, nodejs, srcOnly, buildPackages, makeWrapper }:
+{ lib
+, srcOnly
+, makeSetupHook
+, makeWrapper
+, nodejs
+, jq
+, prefetch-npm-deps
+, diffutils
+, installShellFiles
+}:
 
 {
   npmConfigHook = makeSetupHook
@@ -6,13 +15,13 @@
       name = "npm-config-hook";
       substitutions = {
         nodeSrc = srcOnly nodejs;
-        nodeGyp = "${buildPackages.nodejs}/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js";
+        nodeGyp = "${nodejs}/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js";
 
         # Specify `diff`, `jq`, and `prefetch-npm-deps` by abspath to ensure that the user's build
         # inputs do not cause us to find the wrong binaries.
-        diff = "${buildPackages.diffutils}/bin/diff";
-        jq = "${buildPackages.jq}/bin/jq";
-        prefetchNpmDeps = "${buildPackages.prefetch-npm-deps}/bin/prefetch-npm-deps";
+        diff = "${diffutils}/bin/diff";
+        jq = "${jq}/bin/jq";
+        prefetchNpmDeps = "${prefetch-npm-deps}/bin/prefetch-npm-deps";
 
         nodeVersion = nodejs.version;
         nodeVersionMajor = lib.versions.major nodejs.version;
@@ -27,13 +36,13 @@
   npmInstallHook = makeSetupHook
     {
       name = "npm-install-hook";
-      propagatedBuildInputs = with buildPackages; [
+      propagatedBuildInputs = [
         installShellFiles
         makeWrapper
       ];
       substitutions = {
         hostNode = "${nodejs}/bin/node";
-        jq = "${buildPackages.jq}/bin/jq";
+        jq = "${jq}/bin/jq";
       };
     } ./npm-install-hook.sh;
 }