diff --git a/crates/prettier/prettier_server/.gitignore b/crates/prettier/prettier_server/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index c2658d7d1b..0000000000
--- a/crates/prettier/prettier_server/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-node_modules/
diff --git a/crates/prettier/prettier_server/.zed/settings.json b/crates/prettier/prettier_server/.zed/settings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 856536c62d..0000000000
--- a/crates/prettier/prettier_server/.zed/settings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "languages": {
-    "JavaScript": {
-      "tab_size": 4
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/crates/prettier/prettier_server/package-lock.json b/crates/prettier/prettier_server/package-lock.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 01fd75f3dd..0000000000
--- a/crates/prettier/prettier_server/package-lock.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "name": "prettier_server",
-    "version": "1.0.0",
-    "lockfileVersion": 3,
-    "requires": true,
-    "packages": {
-        "": {
-            "name": "prettier_server",
-            "version": "1.0.0"
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/crates/prettier/prettier_server/package.json b/crates/prettier/prettier_server/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a591a37bdb..0000000000
--- a/crates/prettier/prettier_server/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "name": "prettier_server",
-    "version": "1.0.0",
-    "description": "",
-    "main": "src/index.js",
-    "scripts": {
-        "start": "node src/index.js",
-        "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
-    },
-    "author": "Zed Industries",
-    "dev-dependencies": {
-        "prettier": "^3.0"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/crates/prettier/src/prettier.rs b/crates/prettier/src/prettier.rs
index d68af349d9..e5b001f226 100644
--- a/crates/prettier/src/prettier.rs
+++ b/crates/prettier/src/prettier.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ pub struct LocateStart {
     pub starting_path: Arc<Path>,
 }
 
+pub const PRETTIER_SERVER_JS: &str = include_str!("./prettier_server.js");
+
 impl Prettier {
     // This was taken from the prettier-vscode extension.
     pub const CONFIG_FILE_NAMES: &'static [&'static str] = &[
diff --git a/crates/prettier/prettier_server/src/index.js b/crates/prettier/src/prettier_server.js
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/prettier/prettier_server/src/index.js
rename to crates/prettier/src/prettier_server.js
diff --git a/crates/project/src/project.rs b/crates/project/src/project.rs
index ffc15ee0d3..b3d00afd8a 100644
--- a/crates/project/src/project.rs
+++ b/crates/project/src/project.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ use std::{
     time::{Duration, Instant},
 };
 use terminals::Terminals;
-use text::Anchor;
+use text::{Anchor, LineEnding, Rope};
 use util::{
     debug_panic, defer,
     http::HttpClient,
@@ -8350,10 +8350,10 @@ impl Project {
         let fs = Arc::clone(&self.fs);
         cx.background()
             .spawn(async move {
-                let prettier_dir_metadata = fs.metadata(default_prettier_dir).await.with_context(|| format!("fetching FS metadata for prettier default dir {default_prettier_dir:?}"))?;
-                if prettier_dir_metadata.is_none() {
-                    fs.create_dir(default_prettier_dir).await.with_context(|| format!("creating prettier default dir {default_prettier_dir:?}"))?;
-                }
+                let prettier_wrapper_path = default_prettier_dir.join("prettier_server.js");
+                // method creates parent directory if it doesn't exist
+                fs.save(&prettier_wrapper_path, &Rope::from(prettier::PRETTIER_SERVER_JS), LineEnding::Unix).await
+                .with_context(|| format!("writing prettier_server.js file at {prettier_wrapper_path:?}"))?;
 
                 let packages_to_versions = future::try_join_all(
                     prettier_plugins