diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/de/deno/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/de/deno/package.nix
index 73eebbd47a289..ecdb5054db23f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/de/deno/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/de/deno/package.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
   nodejs,
   git,
   python3,
-  esbuild,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -31,6 +30,13 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "deno";
   version = "2.5.1";
 
+  outputs = [
+    "out"
+    # holds denort, used for standalone binaries produced with deno
+    # https://github.com/denoland/deno/blob/45d333a1c331926d7df80f63c533293be03b0070/cli/standalone/binary.rs#L1206
+    "rt"
+  ];
+
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "denoland";
     repo = "deno";
@@ -91,17 +97,15 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   # To avoid this we pre-download the file and export it via RUSTY_V8_ARCHIVE
   env.RUSTY_V8_ARCHIVE = librusty_v8;
 
-  # Many tests depend on prebuilt binaries being present at `./third_party/prebuilt`.
-  # We provide nixpkgs binaries for these for all platforms, but the test runner itself only handles
-  # these four arch+platform combinations.
-  doCheck =
-    stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin
-    || (stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux && (stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64 || stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64));
-
   preCheck =
-    # Provide esbuild binary at `./third_party/prebuilt/` just like upstream:
-    # https://github.com/denoland/deno_third_party/tree/master/prebuilt
-    # https://github.com/denoland/deno/blob/main/tests/util/server/src/servers/npm_registry.rs#L402
+    # Provide placeholder file for esbuild.
+    # The version of esbuild needs to exactly match the version deno requires
+    # for currently one integration test.
+    # https://github.com/evanw/esbuild/blob/195e05c16f03a341390feef38b8ebf17d3075e14/cmd/esbuild/main.go#L206-L214
+    # Updating esbuild in lockstep with deno releases isn't ideal and neither is
+    # modifying the deno source and diverging from upstream.
+    # A placeholder must be provided or the code which mocks an npm registry
+    # will fail for over 260 tests which use it.
     let
       platform =
         if stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux then
@@ -120,7 +124,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
     in
     ''
       mkdir -p ./third_party/prebuilt/${platform}
-      cp ${lib.getExe esbuild} ./third_party/prebuilt/${platform}/esbuild-${arch}
+      touch ./third_party/prebuilt/${platform}/esbuild-${arch}
     ''
     + lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
       # Unset the env var defined by bintools-wrapper because it triggers Deno's sandbox protection in some tests.
@@ -169,6 +173,9 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
     # Use of VSOCK, might not be available on all platforms
     "--skip=js_unit_tests::serve_test"
     "--skip=js_unit_tests::fetch_test"
+
+    # Requires a specific release of esbuild.
+    "--skip=watcher::bundle_watch"
   ]
   ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
     # Expects specific shared libraries from macOS to be linked
@@ -204,7 +211,9 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   postInstall = ''
-    # Remove non-essential binaries like denort and test_server
+    mkdir -p "$rt/bin"
+    mv "$out/bin/denort" "$rt/bin/"
+    # Remove non-essential binaries like test_server
     find $out/bin/* -not -name "deno" -delete
   ''
   + lib.optionalString canExecute ''
@@ -225,7 +234,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   passthru.updateScript = ./update/update.ts;
   passthru.tests = callPackage ./tests { };
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     homepage = "https://deno.land/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
     description = "Secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript";
@@ -238,9 +247,9 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
       Among other things, Deno is a great replacement for utility scripts that may have been historically written with
       bash or python.
     '';
-    license = licenses.mit;
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     mainProgram = "deno";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       jk
       ofalvai
     ];