diff --git a/Jenkinsfile.premerge b/Jenkinsfile.premerge
index f805e8c5f..3e71f76b8 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile.premerge
+++ b/Jenkinsfile.premerge
@@ -35,12 +35,6 @@ pipeline {
 
                 // pre-check that we cannot do at a later stage reliably
                 sh 'check-large-files'
-
-                // add a stub go.mod file to node projects to prevent go build ./... from scanning them
-                sh 'mkdir -p web/satellite/node_modules web/storagenode/node_modules web/multinode/node_modules'
-                sh 'echo "module stub" > web/satellite/node_modules/go.mod'
-                sh 'echo "module stub" > web/storagenode/node_modules/go.mod'
-                sh 'echo "module stub" > web/multinode/node_modules/go.mod'
             }
         }
         stage('Gerrit status') {
diff --git a/satellite/admin/ui/build.sh b/satellite/admin/ui/build.sh
index ab2822e2e..0ab4c1d66 100755
--- a/satellite/admin/ui/build.sh
+++ b/satellite/admin/ui/build.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -exuo pipefail
 cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
 
 npm install --prefer-offline --no-audit --logleve verbose
-touch ./node_modules/go.mod # prevent Go from scanning this dir
+echo "module stub" > ./node_modules/go.mod # prevent Go from scanning this dir
 npm run build
 
 npm audit || true