diff --git a/src/install/frontend.py b/src/install/frontend.py
index fb0b62579..2e94c04bc 100644
--- a/src/install/frontend.py
+++ b/src/install/frontend.py
@@ -166,15 +166,10 @@ def _install_nodejs(nodejs_version: str = '22'):
         if Path(NODEENV_DIR).is_dir():
             logging.info('Skipping nodeenv installation (already exists)')
         else:
-            _set_up_nodeenv(latest_version)
+            run_cmd_with_logging(f'nodeenv {NODEENV_DIR} --node={latest_version} --prebuilt')
         run_cmd_with_logging(f'. {NODEENV_DIR}/bin/activate && npm install --no-fund .', shell=True)
 
 
-def _set_up_nodeenv(nodejs_version: str):
-    latest_version = _find_latest_node_version(nodejs_version)
-    run_cmd_with_logging(f'nodeenv {NODEENV_DIR} --node={latest_version} --prebuilt')
-
-
 def _find_latest_node_version(target_version: str) -> str:
     proc = subprocess.run(split('nodeenv --list'), capture_output=True, text=True, check=False)
     if proc.returncode != 0: