diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/node-red.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/node-red.nix
index 2d59783d3bbe..cf6429c0094e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/node-red.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/node-red.nix
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ in
       environment = {
         HOME = cfg.userDir;
       };
-      path = lib.optionals cfg.withNpmAndGcc [ pkgs.nodePackages.npm pkgs.gcc ];
+      path = lib.optionals cfg.withNpmAndGcc [ pkgs.nodejs pkgs.gcc ];
       serviceConfig = mkMerge [
         {
           User = cfg.user;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/au/authentik/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/au/authentik/package.nix
index 74511b866a38..82a0144e1a58 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/au/authentik/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/au/authentik/package.nix
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ let
       openapi-generator-cli generate -i ./schema.yml \
       -g typescript-fetch -o $out \
       -c ./scripts/api-ts-config.yaml \
-        --additional-properties=npmVersion=${nodejs.pkgs.npm.version} \
+        --additional-properties=npmVersion="$(${lib.getExe' nodejs "npm"} --version)" \
         --git-repo-id authentik --git-user-id goauthentik
       runHook postBuild
     '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix
index f8332ddd3654..b81b0d60678a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ mapAliases {
   inherit (pkgs) node-pre-gyp; # added 2024-08-05
   inherit (pkgs) node-red; # added 2024-10-06
   inherit (pkgs) nodemon; # added 2024-06-28
+  npm = pkgs.nodejs.overrideAttrs (old: { meta = old.meta // { mainProgram = "npm"; }; }); # added 2024-10-04
   inherit (pkgs) npm-check-updates; # added 2023-08-22
   ocaml-language-server = throw "ocaml-language-server was removed because it was abandoned upstream"; # added 2023-09-04
   parcel-bundler = self.parcel; # added 2023-09-04
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json
index 3844e327f3da..ba88f38d9fcf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@
 , "node-gyp-build"
 , "node2nix"
 , "np"
-, "npm"
 , "npm-merge-driver"
 , "nrm"
 , "orval"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix
index 42ca576348cb..5183a1811ca7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix
@@ -76280,24 +76280,6 @@ in
     bypassCache = true;
     reconstructLock = true;
   };
-  npm = nodeEnv.buildNodePackage {
-    name = "npm";
-    packageName = "npm";
-    version = "10.8.3";
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "https://registry.npmjs.org/npm/-/npm-10.8.3.tgz";
-      sha512 = "0IQlyAYvVtQ7uOhDFYZCGK8kkut2nh8cpAdA9E6FvRSJaTgtZRZgNjlC5ZCct//L73ygrpY93CxXpRJDtNqPVg==";
-    };
-    buildInputs = globalBuildInputs;
-    meta = {
-      description = "a package manager for JavaScript";
-      homepage = "https://docs.npmjs.com/";
-      license = "Artistic-2.0";
-    };
-    production = true;
-    bypassCache = true;
-    reconstructLock = true;
-  };
   npm-merge-driver = nodeEnv.buildNodePackage {
     name = "npm-merge-driver";
     packageName = "npm-merge-driver";
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/authelia/update.sh b/pkgs/servers/authelia/update.sh
index 21776af2a033..a7f56fc6c571 100755
--- a/pkgs/servers/authelia/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/servers/authelia/update.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#! nix-shell -I nixpkgs=./. -i bash -p coreutils gnused curl nix jq nodePackages.npm
+#! nix-shell -I nixpkgs=./. -i bash -p coreutils gnused curl nix jq nodejs
 set -euo pipefail
 
 DRV_DIR="$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"