diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
index 6ce8f928d6..b3681dbd8a 100644
--- a/.npmrc
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 symlink=true
 node-linker=isolated
 hoist-workspace-packages=false # the default in pnpm v9 is true, but that can break our runtime dependency checks
+save-prefix=''