diff --git a/nodejs/BUILD b/nodejs/BUILD
index 263927036..b5969123a 100644
--- a/nodejs/BUILD
+++ b/nodejs/BUILD
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ USER = [
         name = "nodejs" + major_version + ("" if (not mode) else mode) + "_" + user + "_" + arch + "_" + distro + "_test",
         configs = [
             "testdata/nodejs" + major_version + ".yaml",
+            "testdata/check_headers.yaml",
             "testdata/check_npm.yaml",
         ],
         image = "nodejs" + major_version + ("" if (not mode) else mode) + "_" + user + "_" + arch + "_" + distro,
diff --git a/nodejs/testdata/check_headers.yaml b/nodejs/testdata/check_headers.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d32ee4066
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nodejs/testdata/check_headers.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+schemaVersion: "2.0.0"
+fileExistenceTests:
+  - name: npm
+    path: '/nodejs/include/node/node.h'
+    shouldExist: false
diff --git a/private/remote/node_archive.bzl b/private/remote/node_archive.bzl
index e020120a0..0aac37657 100644
--- a/private/remote/node_archive.bzl
+++ b/private/remote/node_archive.bzl
@@ -9,13 +9,9 @@ load("@rules_pkg//:pkg.bzl", "pkg_tar")
 pkg_tar(
     name = "data",
     srcs = glob(
-        ["output/**/*"],
-        exclude = [
-            "output/lib/node_modules/corepack/**",
-            "output/lib/node_modules/npm/**",
-            "output/bin/corepack",
-            "output/bin/npm",
-            "output/bin/npx",
+        [
+            "output/bin/node",
+            "output/LICENSE",
         ],
     ),
     package_dir = "/nodejs",