diff --git a/projects/deno.land/package.yml b/projects/deno.land/package.yml
index adc359540e..ebe6afab93 100644
--- a/projects/deno.land/package.yml
+++ b/projects/deno.land/package.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ runtime:
   env:
     DENO_NO_UPDATE_CHECK: 'true'
     DENORT_BIN: '{{prefix}}/bin/denort'
+    DENO_INSTALL_ROOT: '${{home}}/.local/bin'
 
 dependencies:
   x86-64:
@@ -35,11 +36,6 @@ build:
         fi
       if: '>=1.25.0<1.25.4'
 
-    # change default bindir to ~/.local/bin per our conventions
-    - sed -i'' -e 's/home_path.push(".deno")/home_path.push(".local")/' cli/tools/installer.rs
-
-    - grep home_path cli/tools/installer.rs
-
     - cargo install --locked --path cli --root "{{ prefix }}"
   dependencies:
     git-scm.org: 2 # to build tinycc
@@ -57,8 +53,12 @@ test:
   script:
     - deno --version | grep {{version}}
     - mv $FIXTURE test.ts
+    # tests our default DENO_INSTALL_ROOT
     - deno install -f test.ts
     - test "$($HOME/.local/bin/test)" = "Hello, world!"
+    # allows to override DENO_INSTALL_ROOT
+    - DENO_INSTALL_ROOT=/tmp deno install -f test.ts
+    - test "$(/tmp/test)" = "Hello, world!"
     - deno compile test.ts
     - test "$(./test)" = "Hello, world!"
     # human readable size of ./test should be equal to the size of denort to ensure our denort is being used