diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/au/audiobookshelf/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/au/audiobookshelf/package.nix
index 91008472059b..efa34166f093 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/au/audiobookshelf/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/au/audiobookshelf/package.nix
@@ -56,14 +56,6 @@ buildNpmPackage {
   inherit pname src;
   inherit (source) version;
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    # Always skip version checks of the binary manager.
-    # We provide our own binaries, and don't want to trigger downloads.
-    substituteInPlace server/managers/BinaryManager.js --replace-fail \
-      'if (!this.validVersions.length) return true' \
-      'return true'
-  '';
-
   buildInputs = [ util-linux ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ python3 ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/au/audiobookshelf/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/by-name/au/audiobookshelf/wrapper.nix
index d8f16829ffb5..87d3358a425c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/au/audiobookshelf/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/au/audiobookshelf/wrapper.nix
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 
     NODE_ENV=production \
       SOURCE=nixpkgs \
+      SKIP_BINARIES_CHECK=1 \
       FFMPEG_PATH=${ffmpeg-full}/bin/ffmpeg \
       FFPROBE_PATH=${ffmpeg-full}/bin/ffprobe \
       CONFIG_PATH="$config" \