diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/uptime-kuma/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/uptime-kuma/default.nix
index e6df980b77ef..b58579cc1e29 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/uptime-kuma/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/uptime-kuma/default.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ buildNpmPackage rec {
 
   postInstall = ''
     cp -r dist $out/lib/node_modules/uptime-kuma/
+
+    # remove references to nodejs source
+    rm -r $out/lib/node_modules/uptime-kuma/node_modules/@louislam/sqlite3/build-tmp-napi-v6
   '';
 
   postFixup = ''