diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix
index f711e850cb0d..4812038665db 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ mapAliases {
   eslint_d = pkgs.eslint_d; # Added 2023-05-26
   flood = pkgs.flood; # Added 2023-07-25
   gtop = pkgs.gtop; # added 2023-07-31
+  karma = pkgs.karma-runner; # added 2023-07-29
   manta = pkgs.node-manta; # Added 2023-05-06
   markdownlint-cli = pkgs.markdownlint-cli; # added 2023-07-29
   readability-cli = pkgs.readability-cli; # Added 2023-06-12
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json
index f7d78c0d9257..6bff5fb8c38d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@
 , "jsonplaceholder"
 , "kaput-cli"
 , "katex"
-, "karma"
 , "keyoxide"
 , "lcov-result-merger"
 , "leetcode-cli"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix
index b60818fbc4ad..472013244eb0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix
@@ -116782,185 +116782,6 @@ in
     bypassCache = true;
     reconstructLock = true;
   };
-  karma = nodeEnv.buildNodePackage {
-    name = "karma";
-    packageName = "karma";
-    version = "6.4.2";
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "https://registry.npmjs.org/karma/-/karma-6.4.2.tgz";
-      sha512 = "C6SU/53LB31BEgRg+omznBEMY4SjHU3ricV6zBcAe1EeILKkeScr+fZXtaI5WyDbkVowJxxAI6h73NcFPmXolQ==";
-    };
-    dependencies = [
-      sources."@colors/colors-1.5.0"
-      sources."@socket.io/component-emitter-3.1.0"
-      sources."@types/cookie-0.4.1"
-      sources."@types/cors-2.8.13"
-      sources."@types/node-20.4.5"
-      sources."accepts-1.3.8"
-      sources."ansi-regex-5.0.1"
-      sources."ansi-styles-4.3.0"
-      sources."anymatch-3.1.3"
-      sources."balanced-match-1.0.2"
-      sources."base64id-2.0.0"
-      sources."binary-extensions-2.2.0"
-      sources."body-parser-1.20.2"
-      sources."brace-expansion-1.1.11"
-      sources."braces-3.0.2"
-      sources."bufferutil-4.0.7"
-      sources."bytes-3.1.2"
-      sources."call-bind-1.0.2"
-      sources."chokidar-3.5.3"
-      sources."cliui-7.0.4"
-      sources."color-convert-2.0.1"
-      sources."color-name-1.1.4"
-      sources."concat-map-0.0.1"
-      sources."connect-3.7.0"
-      sources."content-type-1.0.5"
-      sources."cookie-0.4.2"
-      sources."cors-2.8.5"
-      sources."custom-event-1.0.1"
-      sources."date-format-4.0.14"
-      sources."debug-2.6.9"
-      sources."depd-2.0.0"
-      sources."destroy-1.2.0"
-      sources."di-0.0.1"
-      sources."dom-serialize-2.2.1"
-      sources."ee-first-1.1.1"
-      sources."emoji-regex-8.0.0"
-      sources."encodeurl-1.0.2"
-      (sources."engine.io-6.5.1" // {
-        dependencies = [
-          sources."debug-4.3.4"
-          sources."ms-2.1.2"
-        ];
-      })
-      sources."engine.io-parser-5.1.0"
-      sources."ent-2.2.0"
-      sources."escalade-3.1.1"
-      sources."escape-html-1.0.3"
-      sources."eventemitter3-4.0.7"
-      sources."extend-3.0.2"
-      sources."fill-range-7.0.1"
-      (sources."finalhandler-1.1.2" // {
-        dependencies = [
-          sources."on-finished-2.3.0"
-          sources."statuses-1.5.0"
-        ];
-      })
-      sources."flatted-3.2.7"
-      sources."follow-redirects-1.15.2"
-      sources."fs-extra-8.1.0"
-      sources."fs.realpath-1.0.0"
-      sources."fsevents-2.3.2"
-      sources."function-bind-1.1.1"
-      sources."get-caller-file-2.0.5"
-      sources."get-intrinsic-1.2.1"
-      sources."glob-7.2.3"
-      sources."glob-parent-5.1.2"
-      sources."graceful-fs-4.2.11"
-      sources."has-1.0.3"
-      sources."has-proto-1.0.1"
-      sources."has-symbols-1.0.3"
-      sources."http-errors-2.0.0"
-      sources."http-proxy-1.18.1"
-      sources."iconv-lite-0.4.24"
-      sources."inflight-1.0.6"
-      sources."inherits-2.0.4"
-      sources."is-binary-path-2.1.0"
-      sources."is-extglob-2.1.1"
-      sources."is-fullwidth-code-point-3.0.0"
-      sources."is-glob-4.0.3"
-      sources."is-number-7.0.0"
-      sources."isbinaryfile-4.0.10"
-      sources."jsonfile-4.0.0"
-      sources."lodash-4.17.21"
-      (sources."log4js-6.9.1" // {
-        dependencies = [
-          sources."debug-4.3.4"
-          sources."ms-2.1.2"
-        ];
-      })
-      sources."media-typer-0.3.0"
-      sources."mime-2.6.0"
-      sources."mime-db-1.52.0"
-      sources."mime-types-2.1.35"
-      sources."minimatch-3.1.2"
-      sources."minimist-1.2.8"
-      sources."mkdirp-0.5.6"
-      sources."ms-2.0.0"
-      sources."negotiator-0.6.3"
-      sources."node-gyp-build-4.6.0"
-      sources."normalize-path-3.0.0"
-      sources."object-assign-4.1.1"
-      sources."object-inspect-1.12.3"
-      sources."on-finished-2.4.1"
-      sources."once-1.4.0"
-      sources."parseurl-1.3.3"
-      sources."path-is-absolute-1.0.1"
-      sources."picomatch-2.3.1"
-      sources."qjobs-1.2.0"
-      sources."qs-6.11.0"
-      sources."range-parser-1.2.1"
-      sources."raw-body-2.5.2"
-      sources."readdirp-3.6.0"
-      sources."require-directory-2.1.1"
-      sources."requires-port-1.0.0"
-      sources."rfdc-1.3.0"
-      sources."rimraf-3.0.2"
-      sources."safer-buffer-2.1.2"
-      sources."setprototypeof-1.2.0"
-      sources."side-channel-1.0.4"
-      (sources."socket.io-4.7.1" // {
-        dependencies = [
-          sources."debug-4.3.4"
-          sources."ms-2.1.2"
-        ];
-      })
-      sources."socket.io-adapter-2.5.2"
-      (sources."socket.io-parser-4.2.4" // {
-        dependencies = [
-          sources."debug-4.3.4"
-          sources."ms-2.1.2"
-        ];
-      })
-      sources."source-map-0.6.1"
-      sources."statuses-2.0.1"
-      (sources."streamroller-3.1.5" // {
-        dependencies = [
-          sources."debug-4.3.4"
-          sources."ms-2.1.2"
-        ];
-      })
-      sources."string-width-4.2.3"
-      sources."strip-ansi-6.0.1"
-      sources."tmp-0.2.1"
-      sources."to-regex-range-5.0.1"
-      sources."toidentifier-1.0.1"
-      sources."type-is-1.6.18"
-      sources."ua-parser-js-0.7.35"
-      sources."universalify-0.1.2"
-      sources."unpipe-1.0.0"
-      sources."utf-8-validate-5.0.10"
-      sources."utils-merge-1.0.1"
-      sources."vary-1.1.2"
-      sources."void-elements-2.0.1"
-      sources."wrap-ansi-7.0.0"
-      sources."wrappy-1.0.2"
-      sources."ws-8.11.0"
-      sources."y18n-5.0.8"
-      sources."yargs-16.2.0"
-      sources."yargs-parser-20.2.9"
-    ];
-    buildInputs = globalBuildInputs;
-    meta = {
-      description = "Spectacular Test Runner for JavaScript.";
-      homepage = "https://karma-runner.github.io/";
-      license = "MIT";
-    };
-    production = true;
-    bypassCache = true;
-    reconstructLock = true;
-  };
   keyoxide = nodeEnv.buildNodePackage {
     name = "keyoxide";
     packageName = "keyoxide";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/karma-runner/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/karma-runner/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d05d0e7e3969
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/karma-runner/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ lib
+, buildNpmPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+}:
+
+buildNpmPackage rec {
+  pname = "karma";
+  version = "6.4.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "karma-runner";
+    repo = "karma";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-v6IiLz65NS8GwM/FPqRxR5qcFDDu7EqloR0SIensdDI=";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    ./fix-package-lock.patch
+  ];
+
+  npmDepsHash = "sha256-nX4/96WdPEDZ6DASp+AOBbBbHyq+p2zIh2dZUbtmIPI=";
+
+  env.PUPPETEER_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Spectacular Test Runner for JavaScript";
+    homepage = "http://karma-runner.github.io/";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    mainProgram = "karma";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/karma-runner/fix-package-lock.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/karma-runner/fix-package-lock.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c1a835382513
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/karma-runner/fix-package-lock.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
+index 413cf4d1..1d03d9f5 100644
+--- a/package-lock.json
++++ b/package-lock.json
+@@ -5226,36 +5226,6 @@
+       "integrity": "sha512-ApcjaOdVTJ7y4r08xI5wIqpvwS48Q0PBG4DJROcEkH1f8MdAiNFyFxz3xoL0LWAVwjrwPYZdVHHxhRHcx/uGLA==",
+       "dev": true
+     },
+-    "karma": {
+-      "version": "file:",
+-      "dev": true,
+-      "requires": {
+-        "@colors/colors": "1.5.0",
+-        "body-parser": "^1.19.0",
+-        "braces": "^3.0.2",
+-        "chokidar": "^3.5.1",
+-        "connect": "^3.7.0",
+-        "di": "^0.0.1",
+-        "dom-serialize": "^2.2.1",
+-        "glob": "^7.1.7",
+-        "graceful-fs": "^4.2.6",
+-        "http-proxy": "^1.18.1",
+-        "isbinaryfile": "^4.0.8",
+-        "lodash": "^4.17.21",
+-        "log4js": "^6.4.1",
+-        "mime": "^2.5.2",
+-        "minimatch": "^3.0.4",
+-        "mkdirp": "^0.5.5",
+-        "qjobs": "^1.2.0",
+-        "range-parser": "^1.2.1",
+-        "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
+-        "socket.io": "^4.4.1",
+-        "source-map": "^0.6.1",
+-        "tmp": "^0.2.1",
+-        "ua-parser-js": "^0.7.30",
+-        "yargs": "^16.1.1"
+-      }
+-    },
+     "karma-browserify": {
+       "version": "7.0.0",
+       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/karma-browserify/-/karma-browserify-7.0.0.tgz",
+diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
+index 347d9e95..90f6d036 100644
+--- a/package.json
++++ b/package.json
+@@ -471,7 +471,6 @@
+     "eslint-plugin-standard": "^4.0.1",
+     "http2": "^3.3.6",
+     "jasmine-core": "^3.6.0",
+-    "karma": ".",
+     "karma-browserify": "^7.0.0",
+     "karma-browserstack-launcher": "^1.6.0",
+     "karma-chai": "^0.1.0",
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 96a6e16dd8d3..4ba01fe3825a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18190,6 +18190,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   espup = callPackage ../development/tools/espup { };
 
+  karma-runner = callPackage ../development/tools/karma-runner { };
+
   phpunit = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/phpunit { };
 
   teller = callPackage ../development/tools/teller { };