diff --git a/apps/desktop/scripts/stage-native-deps.mjs b/apps/desktop/scripts/stage-native-deps.mjs
index c55a8ed3ab..c811ce296b 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/scripts/stage-native-deps.mjs
+++ b/apps/desktop/scripts/stage-native-deps.mjs
@@ -518,7 +518,6 @@ export function stageGetWindowsInto(
       throw new Error(
         `[stage-native-deps] get-windows has no win32-${arch} prebuilt binding under lib/binding. ` +
           'Recover from the checkout root with:\n' +
-          '  npm install-scripts approve get-windows\n' +
           '  npm rebuild get-windows'
       )
     }
diff --git a/apps/desktop/scripts/stage-native-deps.test.mjs b/apps/desktop/scripts/stage-native-deps.test.mjs
index 6392b52a80..d7603f5a75 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/scripts/stage-native-deps.test.mjs
+++ b/apps/desktop/scripts/stage-native-deps.test.mjs
@@ -505,7 +505,11 @@ test('win32 staging reports the recovery steps when the rebuild hook produces no
           arch: 'x64',
           rebuild: () => {}
         }),
-      /npm rebuild get-windows/
+      (error) => {
+        assert.match(error.message, /npm rebuild get-windows/)
+        assert.doesNotMatch(error.message, /npm install-scripts/)
+        return true
+      }
     )
   } finally {
     fs.rmSync(tmp, { recursive: true, force: true })