diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
index c6935696cd7b..399703cbd6cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
@@ -2756,9 +2756,15 @@ in
     ];
   };
 
-  peek-nvim = super.peek-nvim.overrideAttrs {
-    runtimeDeps = [ deno ];
-  };
+  peek-nvim = super.peek-nvim.overrideAttrs (old: {
+    patches = [
+      # Patch peek-nvim to run using nixpkgs deno
+      # This means end-users have to build peek-nvim the first time they use it...
+      (replaceVars ./patches/peek-nvim/cmd.patch {
+        deno = lib.getExe deno;
+      })
+    ];
+  });
 
   persisted-nvim = super.persisted-nvim.overrideAttrs {
     nvimSkipModules = [
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/patches/peek-nvim/cmd.patch b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/patches/peek-nvim/cmd.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3c80e55e285b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/patches/peek-nvim/cmd.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+diff --git a/app/src/main.ts b/app/src/main.ts
+index c82d914..e8542f3 100644
+--- a/app/src/main.ts
++++ b/app/src/main.ts
+@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ async function init(socket: WebSocket) {
+     const onListen: Deno.ServeOptions['onListen'] = ({ hostname, port }) => {
+       const serverUrl = `${hostname.replace('0.0.0.0', 'localhost')}:${port}`;
+       logger.info(`listening on ${serverUrl}`);
+-      const webview = new Deno.Command('deno', {
++      const webview = new Deno.Command('@deno@', {
+         cwd: dirname(fromFileUrl(Deno.mainModule)),
+         args: [
+           'run',
+diff --git a/lua/peek/app.lua b/lua/peek/app.lua
+index af5148e..5e67563 100644
+--- a/lua/peek/app.lua
++++ b/lua/peek/app.lua
+@@ -38,10 +38,17 @@ function module.setup()
+   end
+
+   cmd = vim.list_extend({
+-    'deno',
+-    'task',
+-    '--quiet',
++    '@deno@',
+     'run',
++    '--allow-read',
++    '--allow-write',
++    '--allow-net',
++    '--allow-env',
++    '--allow-run',
++    '--no-check',
++    '--allow-import',
++    '--no-lock',
++    '../../app/src/main.ts',
+   }, args)
+ end