diff --git a/build/lib/asar.ts b/build/lib/asar.ts
index 68288c1940ae..873b3f946fd9 100644
--- a/build/lib/asar.ts
+++ b/build/lib/asar.ts
@@ -109,15 +109,11 @@ export function createAsar(folderPath: string, unpackGlobs: string[], skipGlobs:
 			}));
 		}
 		const shouldUnpack = shouldUnpackFile(file);
-		// Strip the `node_modules/` prefix so that modules live at the top level
-		// of the archive (`node_modules.asar/<module>`), matching both the
-		// `node_modules.asar.unpacked/<module>` layout and how the archive is
-		// referenced at runtime. This keeps a single, consistent top-level layout.
-		const relative = path.relative(folderPath, file.path);
-		insertFile(relative, { size: file.contents.length, mode: file.stat.mode }, shouldUnpack);
+		insertFile(file.relative, { size: file.contents.length, mode: file.stat.mode }, shouldUnpack);
 
 		if (shouldUnpack) {
 			// The file goes outside of xx.asar, in a folder xx.asar.unpacked
+			const relative = path.relative(folderPath, file.path);
 			this.queue(new VinylFile({
 				base: '.',
 				path: path.join(destFilename + '.unpacked', relative),