diff --git a/dev-util/typescript-language-server/typescript-language-server-3.0.3.ebuild b/dev-util/typescript-language-server/typescript-language-server-3.0.3.ebuild
index adf4ae0926..071c58f51f 100644
--- a/dev-util/typescript-language-server/typescript-language-server-3.0.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/typescript-language-server/typescript-language-server-3.0.3.ebuild
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ BDEPEND="
 "
 
 src_unpack() {
-	cd "${T}" || die "Could not cd to temporary directory"
+	: # npm uses the archive directly
 }
 
 src_install() {