diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/th/thelounge/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/th/thelounge/package.nix
index 951215bde679..219881398473 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/th/thelounge/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/th/thelounge/package.nix
@@ -81,9 +81,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   postInstall = ''
-    rm -r $out/lib/node_modules/thelounge/node_modules/sqlite3/build/
+    rm -rf node_modules/sqlite3/build-tmp-napi-v6/{Release/obj.target,node_sqlite3.target.mk}
   '';
 
+  disallowedReferences = [ nodejs.src ];
+
   dontNpmPrune = true;
 
   # Takes way, way, way too long.