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# Turborepo and Vercel build issue ENOENT: no such file or directory

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Paul van Dyk (@paulvandyk) · 2026-02-08

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When merging my branch upstream I run into this build error on Vercel using Turborepo and Next.js:

```
Tasks: 2 successful, 2 total
Cached: 2 cached, 2 total
Time: 2.221s >>> FULL TURBO
Summary: /vercel/path0/.turbo/runs/39PHPeF2uVdvebKyrgX8wVHabDk.json
Traced Next.js server files in: 333.267ms
Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, lstat '/vercel/path0/node_modules/jszip/node_modules/lie/lib/index.js'
```

**Setup:**
- Package manager: Bun
- Using Turborepo with Next.js

**Root turbo.json configuration:**
```json
"build": {
  "dependsOn": ["^build"],
  "inputs": ["$TURBO_DEFAULT$", ".env*"],
  "outputs": [".next/**", "!.next/cache/**"]
}
```

The error seems to be related to a nested dependency (jszip -> lie) not being found during the Vercel build process. The build works locally but fails when deployed to Vercel after merging upstream.

It works when I do a redeploy without build cache on vercel.

I have set my [root directory](https://vercel.com/docs/deployments/configure-a-build#root-directory) to `apps/dashboard` where my next.js app is located in the repo.


Swarnava Sengupta (@swarnava) · 2026-02-09 · ♥ 1

This error means it can’t find the file, and most likely it means it can’t find *any* node_modules

If you are passing .vercel and .next to the deploy layer, you’ll need to either

* install modules in the deploy layer

* or pass node_modules from build into the deploy layer


Paul van Dyk (@paulvandyk) · 2026-02-09 · ♥ 1

Thanks for the response! I think I saw the same message duplicated in [another thread](https://community.vercel.com/t/turborepo-vercel-github-actions-enoent-no-such-file-or-directory/21082/3). But could you clarify what you mean by "deploy layer"? If there's documentation on how to configure this, I'd appreciate a link.

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**Update: I believe I found the root cause**

I had numerous packages listed in `serverExternalPackages` in my `next.config.ts` that are no longer needed in our application. This may also be related to recent improvements in Turbopack's bundling behavior.

After removing these entries, the build appears to work correctly:



```ts
const nextConfig = {
  //...
  serverExternalPackages: [
     "pino",
      "pino-pretty",
      // Fix bundling warnings for legacy packages
      "fstream",
      "rimraf",
      "glob",
      "minimatch",
      "brace-expansion",
      // ExcelJS and its dependencies
      "exceljs",
      "jszip",
      "lie",
      "unzipper",
      "minimatch",
      "graphql",
      "@aws-amplify/pubsub",
      "@aws-amplify/api-graphql",
      "@sentry/node",
  ]
}

export default nextConfig;
```

This fix isn't 100% confirmed yet, but I'll monitor the builds throughout the day and update if I encounter any issues.


Anshuman Bhardwaj (@anshumanb) · 2026-02-09

Hi Paul, thanks for sharing your interim solution. Feel free to post here if you come across this issue again.