diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a56ac08..7d09d21 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ ENV RUNNING_IN_DOCKER=1 \
     LANG=C.UTF-8 \
     LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 \
     PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
-    PYTHONFAULTHANDLER=1 \
-    PATH="/root/.local/bin:$PATH"
+    PYTHONFAULTHANDLER=1
 
 
 ARG TARGETARCH
@@ -27,9 +26,6 @@ RUN python3 -m venv /poetry-venv && \
     /poetry-venv/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade pip && \
     /poetry-venv/bin/python -m pip install "poetry>=2.0.0,<3.0.0"
 
-# Add Deno for solving YT JS challenges
-RUN curl -fsSL https://deno.land/install.sh | DENO_INSTALL=/usr sh
-
 WORKDIR /app
 
 
diff --git a/src/auto_archiver/modules/generic_extractor/generic_extractor.py b/src/auto_archiver/modules/generic_extractor/generic_extractor.py
index d3a2f1b..b60132e 100644
--- a/src/auto_archiver/modules/generic_extractor/generic_extractor.py
+++ b/src/auto_archiver/modules/generic_extractor/generic_extractor.py
@@ -575,6 +575,8 @@ class GenericExtractor(Extractor):
             "--live-from-start" if self.live_from_start else "--no-live-from-start",
             "--postprocessor-args",
             "ffmpeg:-bitexact",  # ensure bitexact output to avoid mismatching hashes for same video
+            "--js-runtimes",
+            "node",  # yt-dlp defaults to deno-only; node is available in the base image
         ]
 
         # proxy handling