diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wr/write-good/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wr/write-good/package.nix
index 96799b30e9100..c682e732de985 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/wr/write-good/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/wr/write-good/package.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ buildNpmPackage rec {
 
   dontNpmBuild = true;
 
+  postInstall = ''
+    # Remove the .bin directory as it contains broken symlinks
+    rm -rf $out/lib/node_modules/write-good/node_modules/.bin
+  '';
+
   meta = {
     description = "Naive linter for English prose";
     homepage = "https://github.com/btford/write-good";