diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/playwright/driver.nix b/pkgs/development/web/playwright/driver.nix
index 66e3fb2a9c6b..4ce10dfdd235 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/web/playwright/driver.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/playwright/driver.nix
@@ -122,9 +122,6 @@ let
 
       shopt -s extglob
 
-      mkdir -p "$out/lib"
-      cp -r packages/playwright/node_modules "$out/lib/node_modules"
-
       mkdir -p "$out/lib/node_modules/playwright"
       cp -r packages/playwright/!(bundles|src|node_modules|.*) "$out/lib/node_modules/playwright"