diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3762b62..dfee082 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ classifiers = [
 	"Topic :: Terminals",
 	"Topic :: Utilities",
 ]
-dependencies = ["aiohttp >=3.12.13", "nodejs-wheel-binaries >= 22.20.0"]
+dependencies = ["aiohttp >=3.12.13"]
 
 [project.urls]
 "Homepage" = "https://github.com/juanbindez/pytubefix"
diff --git a/pytubefix/botGuard/bot_guard.py b/pytubefix/botGuard/bot_guard.py
index d7bde7e..ca10816 100644
--- a/pytubefix/botGuard/bot_guard.py
+++ b/pytubefix/botGuard/bot_guard.py
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import os
 import subprocess
 import sys
-import nodejs_wheel.executable
 
 PLATFORM = sys.platform
 
-NODE_DIR = nodejs_wheel.executable.ROOT_DIR
+NODE_DIR = "@nodejs@"
 
 def _node_path() -> str:
     suffix = ".exe" if os.name == "nt" else ""
diff --git a/pytubefix/sig_nsig/node_runner.py b/pytubefix/sig_nsig/node_runner.py
index 9ac068a..a7a2c72 100644
--- a/pytubefix/sig_nsig/node_runner.py
+++ b/pytubefix/sig_nsig/node_runner.py
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import os
 import json
 import subprocess
-import nodejs_wheel.executable
 
 
 RUNNER_PATH = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "vm", "runner.js")
-NODE_DIR = nodejs_wheel.executable.ROOT_DIR
+NODE_DIR = "@nodejs@"
 
 class NodeRunner:
     def __init__(self, code: str):
@@ -44,4 +43,4 @@ class NodeRunner:
     def close(self):
         self.proc.stdin.close()
         self.proc.terminate()
-        self.proc.wait()
\ No newline at end of file
+        self.proc.wait()