diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/youtube-music/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/youtube-music/default.nix
index 642ba8e3fc0f..32a94f4eb7ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/youtube-music/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/youtube-music/default.nix
@@ -4,12 +4,9 @@
 , electron
 , python3
 , stdenv
-, stdenvNoCC
 , copyDesktopItems
-, moreutils
-, cacert
-, jq
-, nodePackages
+, nodejs
+, pnpm
 , makeDesktopItem
 }:
 
@@ -24,54 +21,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-nxpctEG4XoxW6jOAxGdgTEYr6YnhFRR8+5HUQLxRJB0=";
   };
 
-  pnpmDeps = stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
-    pname = "${finalAttrs.pname}-pnpm-deps";
-    inherit (finalAttrs) src version ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD;
-
-    nativeBuildInputs = [ jq moreutils nodePackages.pnpm cacert ];
-
-    installPhase = ''
-      export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
-
-      pnpm config set store-dir $out
-      pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --ignore-script
-
-      rm -rf $out/v3/tmp
-      for f in $(find $out -name "*.json"); do
-        sed -i -E -e 's/"checkedAt":[0-9]+,//g' $f
-        jq --sort-keys . $f | sponge $f
-      done
-    '';
-
-    dontBuild = true;
-    dontFixup = true;
-    outputHashMode = "recursive";
-    outputHash = {
-      x86_64-linux = "sha256-bujlQxP6Lr3qPUDxYXKyb702ZJY/xbuCsu3wVDhcb+8=";
-      aarch64-linux = "sha256-0kyjjttpXpFVhdza5NAjGrRn++qc/N5/u2dQl7VufLE=";
-      x86_64-darwin = "sha256-Q37QJt/mhfpSguOlkJGKFTCrIOrpbG3OBwaD/Bg09Us=";
-      aarch64-darwin = "sha256-wbfjzoGa/6vIlOOVX3bKNQ2uxzph3WSofo3MGXqA6yQ=";
-    }.${stdenv.system} or (throw "Unsupported system: ${stdenv.system}");
+  pnpmDeps = pnpm.fetchDeps {
+    inherit (finalAttrs) pname version src;
+    hash = "sha256-8oeloQYiwUy+GDG4R+XtiynT+8Fad4WYFWTO1KANZKQ=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper python3 nodePackages.pnpm nodePackages.nodejs ]
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper python3 nodejs pnpm.configHook ]
     ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.isDarwin) [ copyDesktopItems ];
 
 
   ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD = 1;
 
-  preBuild = ''
-    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
-    export STORE_PATH=$(mktemp -d)
-
-    cp -Tr "$pnpmDeps" "$STORE_PATH"
-    chmod -R +w "$STORE_PATH"
-
-    pnpm config set store-dir "$STORE_PATH"
-    pnpm install --offline --frozen-lockfile --ignore-script
-    patchShebangs node_modules/{*,.*}
-  '';
-
   postBuild = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
     cp -R ${electron}/Applications/Electron.app Electron.app
     chmod -R u+w Electron.app
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 99e79372b4e4..a90c5d034bcd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -35833,7 +35833,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   youtube-dl-light = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication youtube-dl-light;
 
-  youtube-music = callPackage ../applications/audio/youtube-music { };
+  youtube-music = callPackage ../applications/audio/youtube-music { pnpm = pnpm_8; };
 
   youtube-tui = callPackage ../applications/video/youtube-tui {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreFoundation Security AppKit;