diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/me/mealie/mealie-frontend.nix b/pkgs/by-name/me/mealie/mealie-frontend.nix
index 444e0eac309f..75bac29f308f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/me/mealie/mealie-frontend.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/me/mealie/mealie-frontend.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ src: version:
   fixup-yarn-lock,
   stdenv,
   yarn,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
 }:
 let
   nodejs = nodePackages_latest.nodejs;
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     fixup-yarn-lock
     nodejs
     (yarn.override { inherit nodejs; })
+    writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
   ];
 
   configurePhase = ''
@@ -33,7 +35,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
     sed -i 's+"@nuxt/fonts",+// NUXT FONTS DISABLED+g' nuxt.config.ts
 
-    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
     yarn config --offline set yarn-offline-mirror "$yarnOfflineCache"
     fixup-yarn-lock yarn.lock
     yarn install --frozen-lockfile --offline --no-progress --non-interactive