diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/default.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/default.nix
index 36fd48681c16..4ef3de0bb4e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/default.nix
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ let
       buildInputs = [ pkgs.phantomjs2 ];
     };
 
-    expo-cli = super."expo-cli".overrideNodeAttrs (attrs: {
-      __acceptOverrideNodeAttrsCanBeDroppedAnytime = true;
+    expo-cli = super."expo-cli".override (attrs: {
       # The traveling-fastlane-darwin optional dependency aborts build on Linux.
       dependencies = builtins.filter (d: d.packageName != "@expo/traveling-fastlane-${if stdenv.isLinux then "darwin" else "linux"}") attrs.dependencies;
     });
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-env.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-env.nix
index b30df577f20d..e1abf5304935 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-env.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-env.nix
@@ -372,37 +372,8 @@ let
         fi
     '';
 
-  # Derivations built with `buildNodePackage` can already be overriden with `override`, `overrideAttrs`, and `overrideDerivation`.
-  # This function introduces `overrideNodeAttrs` and it overrides the call to `buildNodePackage`.
-  #
-  # THIS FUNCTION IS TEMPORARY until we have a better mechanism in place:
-  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/96509#issuecomment-682381592
-  # YOU SHOULD NOT USE IT UNLESS YOU ACCEPT THAT.
-  makeOverridableNodePackage = f: origArgs:
-    let
-      ff = f origArgs;
-      overrideWith = newArgs: origArgs // (
-        let args = if stdenv.lib.isFunction newArgs then newArgs origArgs else newArgs;
-        in
-          assert stdenv.lib.assertMsg (args.__acceptOverrideNodeAttrsCanBeDroppedAnytime or false) ''
-            overrideNodeAttrs is temporary function that will be removed once a better mechanism exists.
-            Pass it `__acceptOverrideNodeAttrsCanBeDroppedAnytime = true;` to aknowledge the fact.
-          '';
-          builtins.removeAttrs args [ "__acceptOverrideNodeAttrsCanBeDroppedAnytime" ]
-      );
-    in
-      if builtins.isAttrs ff then (ff // {
-        overrideNodeAttrs = newArgs: makeOverridableNodePackage f (overrideWith newArgs);
-      })
-      else if builtins.isFunction ff then {
-        overrideNodeAttrs = newArgs: makeOverridableNodePackage f (overrideWith newArgs);
-        __functor = self: ff;
-      }
-      else ff;
-
-
   # Builds and composes an NPM package including all its dependencies
-  buildNodePackage = makeOverridableNodePackage (
+  buildNodePackage =
     { name
     , packageName
     , version
@@ -472,7 +443,7 @@ let
         # Run post install hook, if provided
         runHook postInstall
       '';
-    } // extraArgs));
+    } // extraArgs);
 
   # Builds a development shell
   buildNodeShell =