diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vi/vim-language-server/package.json b/pkgs/by-name/vi/vim-language-server/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index bbc996c8302a..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/vi/vim-language-server/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "vim-language-server",
-  "version": "2.3.1",
-  "description": "vim language server",
-  "keywords": [
-    "viml",
-    "vim",
-    "lsp",
-    "language",
-    "server",
-    "autocomplete"
-  ],
-  "main": "./out/index.js",
-  "repository": "https://github.com/iamcco/vim-language-server",
-  "author": "iamcco <ooiss@qq.com>",
-  "license": "MIT",
-  "scripts": {
-    "build-docs": "rm ./src/docs/builtin-docs.json && ./bin/build-docs.js",
-    "build": "rm -rf ./out && webpack",
-    "watch": "webpack -w",
-    "test": "mocha test/src/**/*.ts --require ts-node/register",
-    "lint": "tslint -c tslint.json --format verbose {.,test}/src/**/*.ts src/index.ts",
-    "fix": "tslint -c tslint.json --fix {.,test}/src/**/*.ts src/index.ts"
-  },
-  "bin": {
-    "vim-language-server": "./bin/index.js"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/mocha": "^7.0.2",
-    "@types/node": "^11.13.6",
-    "chai": "^4.2.0",
-    "chai-as-promised": "^7.1.1",
-    "fast-glob": "^3.2.4",
-    "findup": "^0.1.5",
-    "mocha": "^7.1.2",
-    "rxjs": "^6.6.7",
-    "rxjs-operators": "^1.1.3",
-    "shvl": "^2.0.0",
-    "ts-loader": "^8.1.0",
-    "ts-node": "^9.1.1",
-    "tslint": "^6.1.3",
-    "typescript": "^4.2.3",
-    "vscode-languageserver": "^7.0.0",
-    "vscode-languageserver-textdocument": "^1.0.1",
-    "vscode-uri": "^3.0.2",
-    "webpack": "^5.30.0",
-    "webpack-cli": "^4.6.0"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vi/vim-language-server/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vi/vim-language-server/package.nix
index 5e085d0f6d71..3d60dd1ca5fb 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/vi/vim-language-server/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/vi/vim-language-server/package.nix
@@ -1,38 +1,41 @@
 { lib
-, mkYarnPackage
+, stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , fetchYarnDeps
+, yarnConfigHook
+, yarnBuildHook
+, nodejs
+, npmHooks
 }:
 
-mkYarnPackage rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "vim-language-server";
   version = "2.3.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "iamcco";
     repo = "vim-language-server";
-    rev = "v${version}";
+    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
     hash = "sha256-NfBKNCTvCMIJrSiTlCG+LtVoMBMdCc3rzpDb9Vp2CGM=";
   };
 
-  packageJSON = ./package.json;
   offlineCache = fetchYarnDeps {
-    yarnLock = src + "/yarn.lock";
+    yarnLock = finalAttrs.src + "/yarn.lock";
     hash = "sha256-mo8urQaWIHu33+r0Y7mL9mJ/aSe/5CihuIetTeDHEUQ=";
   };
 
-  buildPhase = ''
-    runHook preBuild
-
-    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
-    # https://stackoverflow.com/a/69699772/4935114
-    env NODE_OPTIONS=--openssl-legacy-provider yarn --offline build
-
-    runHook postBuild
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    yarnConfigHook
+    yarnBuildHook
+    # Needed for executing package.json scripts
+    nodejs
+    npmHooks.npmInstallHook
+  ];
+  # https://stackoverflow.com/a/69699772/4935114
+  preBuild = ''
+    export NODE_OPTIONS=--openssl-legacy-provider
   '';
 
-  doDist = false;
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "VImScript language server, LSP for vim script";
     homepage = "https://github.com/iamcco/vim-language-server";
@@ -40,4 +43,4 @@ mkYarnPackage rec {
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ doronbehar ];
     mainProgram = "vim-language-server";
   };
-}
+})