diff --git a/Formula/w/web-ext.rb b/Formula/w/web-ext.rb
index 45ccb7215f1769..b29b3d6aeb704f 100644
--- a/Formula/w/web-ext.rb
+++ b/Formula/w/web-ext.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require "language/node"
-
 class WebExt < Formula
   desc "Command-line tool to help build, run, and test web extensions"
   homepage "https://github.com/mozilla/web-ext"
@@ -24,7 +22,7 @@ class WebExt < Formula
   end
 
   def install
-    system "npm", "install", *Language::Node.std_npm_install_args(libexec)
+    system "npm", "install", *std_npm_args
     bin.install_symlink Dir["#{libexec}/bin/*"]
 
     # Remove vendored pre-built binary `terminal-notifier`
diff --git a/Formula/w/webpack.rb b/Formula/w/webpack.rb
index 7e8563d85ddc0b..291fdb5a24db22 100644
--- a/Formula/w/webpack.rb
+++ b/Formula/w/webpack.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require "language/node"
 require "json"
 
 class Webpack < Formula
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ def install
     buildpath.install resource("webpack-cli")
 
     cd buildpath/"node_modules/webpack" do
-      system "npm", "install", *Language::Node.local_npm_install_args, "--legacy-peer-deps"
+      system "npm", "install", *std_npm_args(prefix: false), "--legacy-peer-deps"
     end
 
     # declare webpack as a bundledDependency of webpack-cli
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ def install
     pkg_json["bundleDependencies"] = ["webpack"]
     File.write("package.json", JSON.pretty_generate(pkg_json))
 
-    system "npm", "install", *Language::Node.std_npm_install_args(libexec)
+    system "npm", "install", *std_npm_args
 
     bin.install_symlink libexec/"bin/webpack-cli"
     bin.install_symlink libexec/"bin/webpack-cli" => "webpack"
diff --git a/Formula/w/webpod.rb b/Formula/w/webpod.rb
index d042297785e5e4..9cba8c0c18fd89 100644
--- a/Formula/w/webpod.rb
+++ b/Formula/w/webpod.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require "language/node"
-
 class Webpod < Formula
   desc "Deploy websites and apps anywhere"
   homepage "https://webpod.dev"
@@ -14,7 +12,7 @@ class Webpod < Formula
   depends_on "node"
 
   def install
-    system "npm", "install", *Language::Node.std_npm_install_args(libexec)
+    system "npm", "install", *std_npm_args
     bin.install_symlink Dir["#{libexec}/bin/*"]
   end
 
diff --git a/Formula/w/webtorrent-cli.rb b/Formula/w/webtorrent-cli.rb
index c233b7cb5350c6..0c8e3afb11cd04 100644
--- a/Formula/w/webtorrent-cli.rb
+++ b/Formula/w/webtorrent-cli.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require "language/node"
-
 class WebtorrentCli < Formula
   desc "Command-line streaming torrent client"
   homepage "https://webtorrent.io/"
@@ -23,7 +21,7 @@ class WebtorrentCli < Formula
   depends_on "node"
 
   def install
-    system "npm", "install", *Language::Node.std_npm_install_args(libexec)
+    system "npm", "install", *std_npm_args
     bin.install_symlink Dir["#{libexec}/bin/*"]
 
     # Remove incompatible pre-built binaries
diff --git a/Formula/w/whistle.rb b/Formula/w/whistle.rb
index f6f640b9c37a4e..0749f5e6e8815b 100644
--- a/Formula/w/whistle.rb
+++ b/Formula/w/whistle.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require "language/node"
-
 class Whistle < Formula
   desc "HTTP, HTTP2, HTTPS, Websocket debugging proxy"
   homepage "https://github.com/avwo/whistle"
@@ -20,7 +18,7 @@ class Whistle < Formula
   depends_on "node"
 
   def install
-    system "npm", "install", *Language::Node.std_npm_install_args(libexec)
+    system "npm", "install", *std_npm_args
     bin.install_symlink Dir["#{libexec}/bin/*"]
   end
 
diff --git a/Formula/w/wikibase-cli.rb b/Formula/w/wikibase-cli.rb
index a34e478cd352a5..3bd82bd633fb7b 100644
--- a/Formula/w/wikibase-cli.rb
+++ b/Formula/w/wikibase-cli.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require "language/node"
-
 class WikibaseCli < Formula
   desc "Command-line interface to Wikibase"
   homepage "https://github.com/maxlath/wikibase-cli"
@@ -20,7 +18,7 @@ class WikibaseCli < Formula
   depends_on "node"
 
   def install
-    system "npm", "install", *Language::Node.std_npm_install_args(libexec)
+    system "npm", "install", *std_npm_args
     bin.install_symlink Dir["#{libexec}/bin/*"]
   end
 
diff --git a/Formula/w/write-good.rb b/Formula/w/write-good.rb
index 368e1d7832ac9e..82427b99b529c3 100644
--- a/Formula/w/write-good.rb
+++ b/Formula/w/write-good.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require "language/node"
-
 class WriteGood < Formula
   desc "Naive linter for English prose"
   homepage "https://github.com/btford/write-good"
@@ -24,7 +22,7 @@ class WriteGood < Formula
   depends_on "node"
 
   def install
-    system "npm", "install", *Language::Node.std_npm_install_args(libexec)
+    system "npm", "install", *std_npm_args
     bin.install_symlink Dir["#{libexec}/bin/*"]
   end
 
diff --git a/Formula/y/yaml-language-server.rb b/Formula/y/yaml-language-server.rb
index 4229928cfa3f88..264945f128ad1d 100644
--- a/Formula/y/yaml-language-server.rb
+++ b/Formula/y/yaml-language-server.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require "language/node"
-
 class YamlLanguageServer < Formula
   desc "Language Server for Yaml Files"
   homepage "https://github.com/redhat-developer/yaml-language-server"
@@ -20,7 +18,7 @@ class YamlLanguageServer < Formula
   depends_on "node"
 
   def install
-    system "npm", "install", *Language::Node.std_npm_install_args(libexec)
+    system "npm", "install", *std_npm_args
     bin.install_symlink Dir["#{libexec}/bin/*"]
   end
 
diff --git a/Formula/y/yo.rb b/Formula/y/yo.rb
index d2b2470a837c0f..80e90c8ff2e929 100644
--- a/Formula/y/yo.rb
+++ b/Formula/y/yo.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require "language/node"
-
 class Yo < Formula
   desc "CLI tool for running Yeoman generators"
   homepage "https://yeoman.io"
@@ -20,7 +18,7 @@ class Yo < Formula
   depends_on "node"
 
   def install
-    system "npm", "install", *Language::Node.std_npm_install_args(libexec)
+    system "npm", "install", *std_npm_args
     bin.install_symlink Dir["#{libexec}/bin/*"]
   end