diff --git a/nix/dev-shell.nix b/nix/dev-shell.nix
--- a/nix/dev-shell.nix
+++ b/nix/dev-shell.nix
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 , sops
 , sqlite
 , terraform
+, watchman
 , rustfmt
 , wasm-pack
 , yarn
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@
     mariadb
     nodejs
     yarn
+    watchman # react native
     python3
     redis
     wasm-pack
@@ -141,8 +143,6 @@
     wait "$mariadb_pid" "$redis_pid"
 
     ${../scripts}/install_homebrew_macos.sh
-
-    ${../scripts}/install_homebrew_deps.sh watchman
   '' + ''
 
     # Render default configuration for keyserver