diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/do/dokieli/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/do/dokieli/package.nix
index 5aed586fdfc5..20f9cae11f7d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/do/dokieli/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/do/dokieli/package.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   makeWrapper,
   nix-update-script,
-  nodePackages,
+  serve,
   stdenv,
   xsel,
   yarn-berry_4,
@@ -42,15 +42,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     yarn-berry.yarnBerryConfigHook
   ];
 
-  postFixup =
-    let
-      serve = lib.getExe' nodePackages.serve "serve";
-    in
-    ''
-      makeWrapper ${serve} $out/bin/dokieli \
-        --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ xsel ]} \
-        --chdir $out
-    '';
+  postFixup = ''
+    makeWrapper ${lib.getExe serve} $out/bin/dokieli \
+      --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ xsel ]} \
+      --chdir $out
+  '';
 
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script {
     extraArgs = [ "--version=branch" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/se/serve/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/se/serve/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..342c0f367280
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/se/serve/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{
+  buildNpmPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  lib,
+  makeWrapper,
+  nodejs,
+  pnpm_9,
+}:
+
+buildNpmPackage (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "serve";
+  version = "14.2.4";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "vercel";
+    repo = "serve";
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
+    hash = "sha256-QVbau4MrpgEQkwlWx4tU9H93zdM0mSZgIzXpjHRM5mk=";
+  };
+
+  npmDeps = null;
+  pnpmDeps = pnpm_9.fetchDeps {
+    inherit (finalAttrs) pname version src;
+    fetcherVersion = 2;
+    hash = "sha256-IJMu0XHwEn2TZP/He79FFGl/PeXOCTD51lIgmImpyKo=";
+  };
+
+  npmConfigHook = pnpm_9.configHook;
+
+  dontNpmBuild = true;
+
+  # takes too long to finish
+  dontNpmPrune = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Static file serving and directory listing";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/vercel/serve";
+    downloadPage = "https://github.com/vercel/serve/releases";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/vercel/serve/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ prince213 ];
+    mainProgram = "serve";
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix
index c8e24794e2c1..523735e7c897 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ mapAliases {
   rollup = throw "rollup has been removed because it was broken"; # added 2025-04-28
   inherit (pkgs) rtlcss; # added 2023-08-29
   s3http = throw "s3http was removed because it was abandoned upstream"; # added 2023-08-18
+  inherit (pkgs) serve; # added 2025-08-27
   inherit (pkgs) serverless; # Added 2023-11-29
   shout = throw "shout was removed because it was deprecated upstream in favor of thelounge."; # Added 2024-10-19
   inherit (pkgs) snyk; # Added 2023-08-30
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json
index 9167fa3d6624..9ace13598dd7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@
 , "rimraf"
 , "sass"
 , "semver"
-, "serve"
 , "sloc"
 , "smartdc"
 , "speed-test"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix
index 8e8fa9375329..fdb5911a3af1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix
@@ -62110,136 +62110,6 @@ in
     bypassCache = true;
     reconstructLock = true;
   };
-  serve = nodeEnv.buildNodePackage {
-    name = "serve";
-    packageName = "serve";
-    version = "14.2.4";
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "https://registry.npmjs.org/serve/-/serve-14.2.4.tgz";
-      sha512 = "qy1S34PJ/fcY8gjVGszDB3EXiPSk5FKhUa7tQe0UPRddxRidc2V6cNHPNewbE1D7MAkgLuWEt3Vw56vYy73tzQ==";
-    };
-    dependencies = [
-      sources."@zeit/schemas-2.36.0"
-      sources."accepts-1.3.8"
-      sources."ajv-8.12.0"
-      (
-        sources."ansi-align-3.0.1"
-        // {
-          dependencies = [
-            sources."ansi-regex-5.0.1"
-            sources."string-width-4.2.3"
-            sources."strip-ansi-6.0.1"
-          ];
-        }
-      )
-      sources."ansi-regex-6.1.0"
-      sources."ansi-styles-6.2.1"
-      sources."arch-2.2.0"
-      sources."arg-5.0.2"
-      sources."balanced-match-1.0.2"
-      sources."boxen-7.0.0"
-      sources."brace-expansion-1.1.11"
-      sources."bytes-3.0.0"
-      sources."camelcase-7.0.1"
-      sources."chalk-5.0.1"
-      (
-        sources."chalk-template-0.4.0"
-        // {
-          dependencies = [
-            sources."ansi-styles-4.3.0"
-            sources."chalk-4.1.2"
-          ];
-        }
-      )
-      sources."cli-boxes-3.0.0"
-      sources."clipboardy-3.0.0"
-      sources."color-convert-2.0.1"
-      sources."color-name-1.1.4"
-      sources."compressible-2.0.18"
-      sources."compression-1.7.4"
-      sources."concat-map-0.0.1"
-      sources."content-disposition-0.5.2"
-      sources."cross-spawn-7.0.6"
-      sources."debug-2.6.9"
-      sources."deep-extend-0.6.0"
-      sources."eastasianwidth-0.2.0"
-      sources."emoji-regex-8.0.0"
-      sources."execa-5.1.1"
-      sources."fast-deep-equal-3.1.3"
-      sources."get-stream-6.0.1"
-      sources."has-flag-4.0.0"
-      sources."human-signals-2.1.0"
-      sources."ini-1.3.8"
-      sources."is-docker-2.2.1"
-      sources."is-fullwidth-code-point-3.0.0"
-      sources."is-port-reachable-4.0.0"
-      sources."is-stream-2.0.1"
-      sources."is-wsl-2.2.0"
-      sources."isexe-2.0.0"
-      sources."json-schema-traverse-1.0.0"
-      sources."merge-stream-2.0.0"
-      sources."mime-db-1.52.0"
-      sources."mime-types-2.1.35"
-      sources."mimic-fn-2.1.0"
-      sources."minimatch-3.1.2"
-      sources."minimist-1.2.8"
-      sources."ms-2.0.0"
-      sources."negotiator-0.6.3"
-      sources."npm-run-path-4.0.1"
-      sources."on-headers-1.0.2"
-      sources."onetime-5.1.2"
-      sources."path-is-inside-1.0.2"
-      sources."path-key-3.1.1"
-      sources."path-to-regexp-3.3.0"
-      sources."punycode-2.3.1"
-      sources."range-parser-1.2.0"
-      sources."rc-1.2.8"
-      sources."registry-auth-token-3.3.2"
-      sources."registry-url-3.1.0"
-      sources."require-from-string-2.0.2"
-      sources."safe-buffer-5.1.2"
-      (
-        sources."serve-handler-6.1.6"
-        // {
-          dependencies = [
-            sources."mime-db-1.33.0"
-            sources."mime-types-2.1.18"
-          ];
-        }
-      )
-      sources."shebang-command-2.0.0"
-      sources."shebang-regex-3.0.0"
-      sources."signal-exit-3.0.7"
-      (
-        sources."string-width-5.1.2"
-        // {
-          dependencies = [
-            sources."emoji-regex-9.2.2"
-          ];
-        }
-      )
-      sources."strip-ansi-7.1.0"
-      sources."strip-final-newline-2.0.0"
-      sources."strip-json-comments-2.0.1"
-      sources."supports-color-7.2.0"
-      sources."type-fest-2.19.0"
-      sources."update-check-1.5.4"
-      sources."uri-js-4.4.1"
-      sources."vary-1.1.2"
-      sources."which-2.0.2"
-      sources."widest-line-4.0.1"
-      sources."wrap-ansi-8.1.0"
-    ];
-    buildInputs = globalBuildInputs;
-    meta = {
-      description = "Static file serving and directory listing";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/vercel/serve#readme";
-      license = "MIT";
-    };
-    production = true;
-    bypassCache = true;
-    reconstructLock = true;
-  };
   sloc = nodeEnv.buildNodePackage {
     name = "sloc";
     packageName = "sloc";