diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gr/gramma/package.json b/pkgs/by-name/gr/gramma/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 5aa4d87333b0..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gr/gramma/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "gramma",
-  "version": "1.6.0",
-  "license": "ISC",
-  "repository": "https://github.com/caderek/gramma",
-  "homepage": "https://caderek.github.io/gramma/",
-  "description": "Command line grammar checker",
-  "main": "src/index.js",
-  "bin": "src/cli.js",
-  "exports": {
-    ".": "./src/index.js",
-    "./esm": "./bundle/gramma.esm.js",
-    "./esm-min": "./bundle/gramma.esm.min.js",
-    "./iife": "./bundle/gramma.min.js"
-  },
-  "types": "src/index.d.ts",
-  "scripts": {
-    "build": "rm -rf bin; yarn run build:win64; yarn run build:macos; yarn run build:linux64; yarn run build:zip; yarn run build:bundles",
-    "build:win64": "pkg -c package.json -t node16-win-x64 --out-path bin/windows64 src/cli.js",
-    "build:macos": "pkg -c package.json -t node16-macos-x64 --out-path bin/macos src/cli.js",
-    "build:linux64": "pkg -c package.json -t node16-linux-x64 --out-path bin/linux64 src/cli.js",
-    "build:bundles": "yarn run build:esm; yarn run build:esm-min; yarn run build:iife",
-    "build:esm": "esbuild src/index.js --bundle --outfile=bundle/gramma.esm.js --format=esm",
-    "build:esm-min": "esbuild src/index.js --bundle --outfile=bundle/gramma.esm.min.js --format=esm --minify",
-    "build:iife": "esbuild src/index.js --bundle --outfile=bundle/gramma.min.js --format=iife --minify --global-name=gramma",
-    "build:zip": "node scripts/zipBinaries.js",
-    "format": "prettier --write \"src/**/*.js\"",
-    "lint": "eslint src/**",
-    "test": "jest",
-    "test:ci": "jest --coverage && cat ./coverage/lcov.info | codacy-coverage",
-    "check:langs": "node scripts/checkLanguagesSupport.js",
-    "prepare": "husky install",
-    "definitions": "tsc"
-  },
-  "keywords": [
-    "grammar",
-    "command-line",
-    "checker"
-  ],
-  "author": "Maciej Cąderek | maciej.caderek@gmail.com",
-  "dependencies": {
-    "cli-progress": "^3.9.1",
-    "decompress": "^4.2.1",
-    "decompress-unzip": "^4.0.1",
-    "dotenv": "^10.0.0",
-    "intercept-stdout": "^0.1.2",
-    "isomorphic-fetch": "^3.0.0",
-    "kleur": "^4.1.4",
-    "portfinder": "^1.0.28",
-    "progress-stream": "^2.0.0",
-    "prompts": "^2.4.1",
-    "query-string": "^7.0.1",
-    "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
-    "tcp-port-used": "^1.0.2",
-    "yargs": "^17.2.1"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/jest": "^27.0.2",
-    "codacy-coverage": "^3.4.0",
-    "esbuild": "^0.13.4",
-    "eslint": "^7.32.0",
-    "eslint-config-airbnb": "^18.2.1",
-    "eslint-config-prettier": "^8.3.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.24.2",
-    "eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "^6.4.1",
-    "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.26.1",
-    "gramma": "^1.5.0",
-    "husky": "^7.0.0",
-    "jest": "^27.2.4",
-    "pkg": "^5.3.3",
-    "prettier": "^2.4.1",
-    "shelljs": "^0.8.4",
-    "typescript": "^4.4.3"
-  },
-  "jest": {
-    "verbose": true,
-    "testMatch": [
-      "**/?(*.)(spec|test).?(m)js"
-    ]
-  },
-  "engines": {
-    "node": ">=12.0.0"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gr/gramma/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gr/gramma/package.nix
index d5ba331d0003..2161522c3fb3 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gr/gramma/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gr/gramma/package.nix
@@ -1,34 +1,50 @@
 {
   lib,
-  mkYarnPackage,
+  stdenvNoCC,
   fetchYarnDeps,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  nix-update-script
-}: mkYarnPackage rec {
+  yarnConfigHook,
+  yarnInstallHook,
+  nodejs,
+  nix-update-script,
+}:
+
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "gramma";
   version = "1.6.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "caderek";
     repo = "gramma";
-    rev = "v${version}";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${finalAttrs.version}";
     hash = "sha256-gfBwKpsttdhjD/Opn8251qskURpwLX2S5NSbpwP3hFg=";
   };
 
-  packageJSON = ./package.json;
+  postPatch = ''
+    # Set a script name to avoid yargs using cli.js as $0
+    substituteInPlace src/cli.js \
+      --replace-fail '.demandCommand()' '.demandCommand().scriptName("gramma")'
+  '';
+
   offlineCache = fetchYarnDeps {
-    yarnLock = "${src}/yarn.lock";
+    yarnLock = "${finalAttrs.src}/yarn.lock";
     hash = "sha256-FuR6wUhAaej/vMgjAlICMEj1pPf+7PFrdu2lTFshIkg=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    yarnConfigHook
+    yarnInstallHook
+    nodejs
+  ];
+
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
   meta = {
     description = "command-line grammar checker";
     homepage = "https://caderek.github.io/gramma/";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/caderek/gramma/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/caderek/gramma/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
     license = lib.licenses.isc;
     mainProgram = "gramma";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ pyrox0 ];
   };
-}
+})