diff --git a/st3/lsp_utils/node_runtime.py b/st3/lsp_utils/node_runtime.py
index 846b764..356157c 100755
--- a/st3/lsp_utils/node_runtime.py
+++ b/st3/lsp_utils/node_runtime.py
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ def npm_install(self, package_dir: str, use_ci: bool = True) -> None:
             '--scripts-prepend-node-path',
             '--verbose',
             '--production',
-            '--prefix', package_dir,
-            package_dir
         ]
         _, error = run_command_sync(args, cwd=package_dir)
         if error is not None: