diff --git a/.gitpod.Dockerfile b/.gitpod.Dockerfile
index 7d01bb778..d05997540 100644
--- a/.gitpod.Dockerfile
+++ b/.gitpod.Dockerfile
@@ -15,18 +15,9 @@ RUN add-apt-repository -y ppa:ondrej/php \
     && curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/bin --filename=composer
 
 ### Node.js ###
-USER gitpod
-ENV NODE_VERSION=16.10.0
-ENV TRIGGER_REBUILD=1
-RUN curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.38.0/install.sh | PROFILE=/dev/null bash \
-    && bash -c ". .nvm/nvm.sh \
-        && nvm install $NODE_VERSION \
-        && nvm alias default $NODE_VERSION \
-        && npm install -g typescript yarn node-gyp" \
-    && echo ". ~/.nvm/nvm-lazy.sh"  >> /home/gitpod/.bashrc.d/50-node
-# above, we are adding the lazy nvm init to .bashrc, because one is executed on interactive shells, the other for non-interactive shells (e.g. plugin-host)
-COPY --chown=gitpod:gitpod nvm-lazy.sh /home/gitpod/.nvm/nvm-lazy.sh
-ENV PATH=$PATH:/home/gitpod/.nvm/versions/node/v${NODE_VERSION}/bin
+USER root
+RUN curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | sudo -E bash - \
+  && install-packages nodejs
 
 ### Docker ###
 USER root