diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/javascript.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/javascript.section.md
index 2b4df6f68457..3ec282ee737c 100644
--- a/doc/languages-frameworks/javascript.section.md
+++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/javascript.section.md
@@ -1066,12 +1066,12 @@ or [other methods](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/522822/different-met
 ##### example binary build {#javascript-buildDenoPackage-compile-to-binary-example}
 
 ```nix
-{ buildDenoPackage, pkgs }:
+{ buildDenoPackage, nix-gitignore }:
 buildDenoPackage {
   pname = "myPackage";
   version = "0.1.0";
   denoDepsHash = "sha256-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA";
-  src = pkgs.nix-gitignore.gitignoreSource [ ] ./.;
+  src = nix-gitignore.gitignoreSource [ ] ./.;
   binaryEntrypointPath = "main.ts";
 }
 ```
@@ -1118,12 +1118,12 @@ Related options:
 ```
 
 ```nix
-{ buildDenoPackage, pkgs }:
+{ buildDenoPackage, nix-gitignore }:
 buildDenoPackage {
   pname = "myPackage";
   version = "0.1.0";
   denoDepsHash = "sha256-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA";
-  src = pkgs.nix-gitignore.gitignoreSource [ ] ./.;
+  src = nix-gitignore.gitignoreSource [ ] ./.;
   denoTaskSuffix = ">out.txt";
   installPhase = ''
     cp ./out.txt $out
@@ -1161,13 +1161,13 @@ Related options:
 ##### example workspaces {#javascript-buildDenoPackage-workspaces-example}
 
 ```nix
-{ buildDenoPackage, pkgs }:
+{ buildDenoPackage, nix-gitignore }:
 rec {
   sub1 = buildDenoPackage {
     pname = "sub1";
     version = "0.1.0";
     denoDepsHash = "sha256-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=";
-    src = pkgs.nix-gitignore.gitignoreSource [ ] ./.;
+    src = nix-gitignore.gitignoreSource [ ] ./.;
     denoWorkspacePath = "./sub1";
     denoTaskFlags = [
       "--text"
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/deno/build-deno-package/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/deno/build-deno-package/default.nix
index e64d7080dce4..358034bd735a 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/deno/build-deno-package/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/deno/build-deno-package/default.nix
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
   name ? "${args.pname}-${args.version}",
   src ? null,
   # The output hash of the dependencies for this project.
-  denoDepsHash ? "",
+  denoDepsHash ? lib.fakeHash,
   # The host platform, the output binary is compiled for.
-  hostPlatform ? builtins.currentSystem,
+  hostPlatform ? stdenvNoCC.hostPlatform.system,
   # A list of strings, which are names of impure env vars passed to the deps build.
   # Example:
   # `[ "NPM_TOKEN" ]`
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/deno/build-deno-package/hooks/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/deno/build-deno-package/hooks/default.nix
index e6044020e2f1..7ece1943a3cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/deno/build-deno-package/hooks/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/deno/build-deno-package/hooks/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   denoConfigHook = makeSetupHook {
     name = "deno-config-hook";
     substitutions = {
-      denortBinary = lib.optionalString (binaryEntrypointPath != null) "${denort}/bin/denort";
+      denortBinary = lib.optionalString (binaryEntrypointPath != null) (lib.getExe denort);
     };
   } ./deno-config-hook.sh;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/deno/fetch-deno-deps/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/deno/fetch-deno-deps/default.nix
index 9d4c43c0bb08..3b73781a43d2 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/deno/fetch-deno-deps/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/deno/fetch-deno-deps/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     {
       name ? "deno-deps",
       src,
-      hash,
+      hash ? lib.fakeHash,
       denoPackage ? deno,
       denoFlags ? [ ],
       denoInstallFlags ? [
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/de/denort/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/de/denort/package.nix
index 3df1f602e882..45069e059d11 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/de/denort/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/de/denort/package.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ deno.overrideAttrs (
     meta = with lib; {
       homepage = "https://deno.land/";
       changelog = "https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v${final.version}";
-      description = "Slim version of the deno runtime, used bundled with deno projects into standalone binaries";
+      description = "Slim version of the deno runtime, usually bundled with deno projects into standalone binaries";
       license = licenses.mit;
       mainProgram = "denort";
       maintainers = with maintainers; [
diff --git a/pkgs/test/build-deno-package/binaries/default.nix b/pkgs/test/build-deno-package/binaries/default.nix
index d0f29f534f8d..3c2f9fbf364d 100644
--- a/pkgs/test/build-deno-package/binaries/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/test/build-deno-package/binaries/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-{ pkgs, buildDenoPackage }:
+{ nix-gitignore, buildDenoPackage }:
 {
   linux = buildDenoPackage rec {
     pname = "test-deno-build-binaries-${targetSystem}";
     version = "0.1.0";
     denoDepsHash = "sha256-oSCeCTujkOq3dRzQlMaKfcqishgAvI9+LYZx69PR48c=";
-    src = pkgs.nix-gitignore.gitignoreSource [ ] ./.;
+    src = nix-gitignore.gitignoreSource [ ] ./.;
     binaryEntrypointPath = "./main.ts";
     targetSystem = "x86_64-linux";
   };
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   #   pname = "test-deno-build-binaries-${targetSystem}";
   #   version = "0.1.0";
   #   denoDepsHash = "";
-  #   src = pkgs.nix-gitignore.gitignoreSource [ ] ./.;
+  #   src = nix-gitignore.gitignoreSource [ ] ./.;
   #   binaryEntrypointPath = "./main.ts";
   #   denortPackage = macpkgs.denort;
   #   inherit targetSystem;
diff --git a/pkgs/test/build-deno-package/workspaces/default.nix b/pkgs/test/build-deno-package/workspaces/default.nix
index 8c621cf09b31..64134c388886 100644
--- a/pkgs/test/build-deno-package/workspaces/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/test/build-deno-package/workspaces/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-{ pkgs, buildDenoPackage }:
+{ nix-gitignore, buildDenoPackage }:
 rec {
   sub1 = buildDenoPackage {
     pname = "test-deno-build-workspaces-sub1";
     version = "0.1.0";
     denoDepsHash = "sha256-Qvn3g+2NeWpNCfmfqXtPcJU4+LwrOSh1nq51xAbZZhk=";
-    src = pkgs.nix-gitignore.gitignoreSource [ ] ./.;
+    src = nix-gitignore.gitignoreSource [ ] ./.;
     denoWorkspacePath = "./sub1";
     denoTaskFlags = [
       "--text"