diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/node/fetch-pnpm-deps/pnpm-config-hook.sh b/pkgs/build-support/node/fetch-pnpm-deps/pnpm-config-hook.sh
index e481f627c66e..2590de95343a 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/node/fetch-pnpm-deps/pnpm-config-hook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/node/fetch-pnpm-deps/pnpm-config-hook.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ pnpmConfigHook() {
       exit 1
     fi
 
+    # If the packageManager field in package.json is set to a different pnpm version than what is in nixpkgs,
+    # any pnpm command would fail in that directory, the following disables this
+    pushd $HOME
+    pnpm config set manage-package-manager-versions false
+    popd
+
     echo "Found 'pnpm' with version '$(pnpm --version)'"
 
     fetcherVersion=$(cat "${pnpmDeps}/.fetcher-version" || echo 1)
@@ -37,13 +43,6 @@ pnpmConfigHook() {
 
     chmod -R +w "$STORE_PATH"
 
-
-    # If the packageManager field in package.json is set to a different pnpm version than what is in nixpkgs,
-    # any pnpm command would fail in that directory, the following disables this
-    pushd $HOME
-    pnpm config set manage-package-manager-versions false
-    popd
-
     pnpm config set store-dir "$STORE_PATH"
 
     # Prevent hard linking on file systems without clone support.