diff --git a/packages/knip/fixtures/npm-scripts/package.json b/packages/knip/fixtures/npm-scripts/package.json
index 25318f087..44108f9d7 100644
--- a/packages/knip/fixtures/npm-scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/knip/fixtures/npm-scripts/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
     "go": "runnable",
     "go-live": "deploy -r repo_name",
     "tsup": "tsup -c tsup.cool.json",
-    "tsuppy": "tsup --config tsup.cool.json"
+    "tsuppy": "tsup --config tsup.cool.json",
+    "serve": "http-server"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "express": "*",
diff --git a/packages/knip/src/binaries/index.ts b/packages/knip/src/binaries/index.ts
index 2f8711d14..65168e40a 100644
--- a/packages/knip/src/binaries/index.ts
+++ b/packages/knip/src/binaries/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { GetInputsFromScripts } from '../types/config.js';
 import { timerify } from '../util/Performance.js';
-import { type Input, fromBinary, isBinary } from '../util/input.js';
+import { type Input, fromBinary, isBinary, isDependency } from '../util/input.js';
 import { getDependenciesFromScript } from './bash-parser.js';
 
 const getInputsFromScripts: GetInputsFromScripts = (npmScripts, options) => {
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ const getInputsFromScripts: GetInputsFromScripts = (npmScripts, options) => {
   const inputs = new Set<Input>();
 
   for (const input of results) {
-    if (!input.specifier || input.specifier.startsWith('http')) continue;
+    if (!input.specifier) continue;
+    if (isDependency(input) && input.specifier.startsWith('http')) continue;
     if (isBinary(input) && !/^\b/.test(fromBinary(input))) continue;
     inputs.add(input);
   }
diff --git a/packages/knip/test/npm-scripts.test.ts b/packages/knip/test/npm-scripts.test.ts
index af9466fb5..f6d74fe3f 100644
--- a/packages/knip/test/npm-scripts.test.ts
+++ b/packages/knip/test/npm-scripts.test.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ test('Unused dependencies in npm scripts', async () => {
 
   assert(issues.binaries['package.json']['nodemon']);
   assert(issues.binaries['package.json']['dotenv']);
+  assert(issues.binaries['package.json']['http-server']);
   assert(!issues.binaries['package.json']['rm']);
   assert(!issues.binaries['package.json']['bash']);
 
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ test('Unused dependencies in npm scripts', async () => {
     ...baseCounters,
     dependencies: 1,
     devDependencies: 1,
-    binaries: 2,
+    binaries: 3,
     processed: 2,
     total: 2,
   });