diff --git a/scripts/find-node.sh b/scripts/find-node.sh
index 69e6ac232576cd..1f7345b61cac34 100755
--- a/scripts/find-node.sh
+++ b/scripts/find-node.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 set -e
 
+# remove global prefix if it's already set
+# the running shell process will choose a node binary and a global package directory breaks version managers
+unset PREFIX
+
 # Support Homebrew on M1
 HOMEBREW_M1_BIN=/opt/homebrew/bin
 if [[ -d $HOMEBREW_M1_BIN && ! $PATH =~ $HOMEBREW_M1_BIN ]]; then