Index: lib/npm.js
--- lib/npm.js.orig	2020-10-21 08:49:29.373230000 +0200
+++ lib/npm.js	2020-10-21 08:50:46.305139000 +0200
@@ -224,9 +224,7 @@
   }
 
   get globalDir () {
-    return process.platform !== 'win32'
-      ? resolve(this.globalPrefix, 'lib', 'node_modules')
-      : resolve(this.globalPrefix, 'node_modules')
+    return resolve(this.globalPrefix, 'node_modules')
   }
 
   get localDir () {