diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/node/import-npm-lock/hooks/link-node-modules.js b/pkgs/build-support/node/import-npm-lock/hooks/link-node-modules.js
index 79e247eb4acb..b045e4e0918c 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/node/import-npm-lock/hooks/link-node-modules.js
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/node/import-npm-lock/hooks/link-node-modules.js
@@ -69,19 +69,17 @@ async function main() {
       // Don't unlink this file, we just wrote it.
       managed.delete(file);
 
-      // Link to a temporary dummy path and rename.
-      // This is to get some degree of atomicity.
+      // Link file
       try {
-        await fs.promises.symlink(sourcePath, targetPath + "-nix-hook-temp");
+        await fs.promises.symlink(sourcePath, targetPath);
       } catch (err) {
+        // If the target file already exists remove it and try again
         if (err.code !== "EEXIST") {
           throw err;
         }
-
-        await fs.promises.unlink(targetPath + "-nix-hook-temp");
-        await fs.promises.symlink(sourcePath, targetPath + "-nix-hook-temp");
+        await fs.promises.unlink(targetPath);
+        await fs.promises.symlink(sourcePath, targetPath);
       }
-      await fs.promises.rename(targetPath + "-nix-hook-temp", targetPath);
     })
   );