diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/zerobin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/zerobin/default.nix
index e75f121d5fee..62201ba6ca08 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/zerobin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/zerobin/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , python3Packages
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, nodePackages
+, uglify-js
 }:
 
 python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     python3Packages.doit
     python3Packages.pyscss
-    nodePackages.uglify-js
+    uglify-js
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/writers/scripts.nix b/pkgs/build-support/writers/scripts.nix
index 93fac09c07ba..bceac1b0c959 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/writers/scripts.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/writers/scripts.nix
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ rec {
   # returns an executable
   #
   # Example:
-  #   writeJS "example" { libraries = [ pkgs.nodePackages.uglify-js ]; } ''
+  #   writeJS "example" { libraries = [ pkgs.uglify-js ]; } ''
   #     var UglifyJS = require("uglify-js");
   #     var code = "function add(first, second) { return first + second; }";
   #     var result = UglifyJS.minify(code);
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix
index e3391a037981..8a088f092e21 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix
@@ -90192,24 +90192,6 @@ in
     bypassCache = true;
     reconstructLock = true;
   };
-  uglify-js = nodeEnv.buildNodePackage {
-    name = "uglify-js";
-    packageName = "uglify-js";
-    version = "3.18.0";
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "https://registry.npmjs.org/uglify-js/-/uglify-js-3.18.0.tgz";
-      sha512 = "SyVVbcNBCk0dzr9XL/R/ySrmYf0s372K6/hFklzgcp2lBFyXtw4I7BOdDjlLhE1aVqaI/SHWXWmYdlZxuyF38A==";
-    };
-    buildInputs = globalBuildInputs;
-    meta = {
-      description = "JavaScript parser, mangler/compressor and beautifier toolkit";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/mishoo/UglifyJS#readme";
-      license = "BSD-2-Clause";
-    };
-    production = true;
-    bypassCache = true;
-    reconstructLock = true;
-  };
   undollar = nodeEnv.buildNodePackage {
     name = "undollar";
     packageName = "undollar";
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/default.nix
index 79d7d096f668..8d2ee2ea83bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/default.nix
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 , jq
 , moreutils
 , terser
+, uglify-js
 
 , plugins ? []
 }@args:
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@ let
     nativeBuildInputs = runtimeDeps ++ [
       postgresql
       redis
-      nodePackages.uglify-js
+      uglify-js
       terser
       yarn
       jq