diff --git a/build.go b/build.go
index 8cbbed0a..713067d5 100644
--- a/build.go
+++ b/build.go
@@ -78,11 +78,13 @@ func Build(entryResolver EntryResolver, dependencyManager DependencyManager, sbo
 				return packit.BuildResult{}, err
 			}
 
-			nodeLayer.Launch, nodeLayer.Build, nodeLayer.Cache = true, false, false
+			nodeLayer.Launch, nodeLayer.Build, nodeLayer.Cache = true, true, false
 			nodeLayer.Metadata = map[string]interface{}{
-				BuildKey:  false,
+				BuildKey:  true,
 				LaunchKey: true,
 			}
+
+			nodeLayer.SharedEnv.Default("NODE_HOME", "")
 		} else {
 			logger.Candidates(allEntries)
 
@@ -175,6 +177,7 @@ func Build(entryResolver EntryResolver, dependencyManager DependencyManager, sbo
 					return packit.BuildResult{}, err
 				}
 			}
+			nodeLayer.SharedEnv.Default("NODE_HOME", nodeLayer.Path)
 		}
 
 		var optimizedMemory bool
@@ -182,7 +185,6 @@ func Build(entryResolver EntryResolver, dependencyManager DependencyManager, sbo
 			optimizedMemory = true
 		}
 
-		nodeLayer.SharedEnv.Default("NODE_HOME", nodeLayer.Path)
 		nodeLayer.SharedEnv.Default("NODE_ENV", "production")
 		nodeLayer.SharedEnv.Default("NODE_VERBOSE", "false")
 		nodeLayer.SharedEnv.Default("NODE_OPTIONS", "--use-openssl-ca")
diff --git a/build_test.go b/build_test.go
index 5a8332d4..c1f044ce 100644
--- a/build_test.go
+++ b/build_test.go
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ func testBuild(t *testing.T, context spec.G, it spec.S) {
 			Expect(layer.Name).To(Equal("node"))
 			Expect(layer.Path).To(Equal(filepath.Join(layersDir, "node")))
 			Expect(layer.SharedEnv).To(Equal(packit.Environment{
-				"NODE_HOME.default":    filepath.Join(layersDir, "node"),
+				"NODE_HOME.default":    "",
 				"NODE_ENV.default":     "production",
 				"NODE_VERBOSE.default": "false",
 				"NODE_OPTIONS.default": "--use-openssl-ca",
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ func testBuild(t *testing.T, context spec.G, it spec.S) {
 			}))
 
 			Expect(layer.Metadata).To(Equal(map[string]interface{}{
-				nodeengine.BuildKey:  false,
+				nodeengine.BuildKey:  true,
 				nodeengine.LaunchKey: true,
 			}))