diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/de/devcontainer/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/de/devcontainer/package.nix
index 63b4ca0d7ddd..ff4b6d705edd 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/de/devcontainer/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/de/devcontainer/package.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   fetchYarnDeps,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   fixup-yarn-lock,
-  nodejs_20,
+  nodejs,
   node-gyp,
   python3,
   makeBinaryWrapper,
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@
   docker-compose,
   nix-update-script,
 }:
-
-let
-  nodejs = nodejs_20; # does not build with 22
-in
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "devcontainer";
   version = "0.83.0";