diff --git a/tools/run_tests/build_node.sh b/tools/run_tests/build_node.sh
index 95ffb94c6eada11b03a3eb68024136a0085b6ca3..faa7b624b8e44e8a7e62cc4fd6aa48944f7f4877 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/build_node.sh
+++ b/tools/run_tests/build_node.sh
@@ -36,9 +36,4 @@ CONFIG=${CONFIG:-opt}
 # change to grpc repo root
 cd $(dirname $0)/../..
 
-export CXXFLAGS=-I`pwd`/include
-export LDFLAGS=-L`pwd`/libs/$CONFIG
-
-cd src/node
-
 npm install --unsafe-perm
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/run_node.sh b/tools/run_tests/run_node.sh
index 1043b447db38a3c92c573ff8f8a770a29fe488cc..eb68b20e834255628d325b09680fefee79192928 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/run_node.sh
+++ b/tools/run_tests/run_node.sh
@@ -37,19 +37,15 @@ cd $(dirname $0)/../..
 
 root=`pwd`
 
-cd $root/src/node
-
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$root/libs/$CONFIG
-
 if [ "$CONFIG" = "gcov" ]
 then
   ./node_modules/.bin/istanbul cover ./node_modules/.bin/_mocha -- \
-    --timeout 8000
+    --timeout 8000 src/node/test
   cd build
   gcov Release/obj.target/grpc/ext/*.o
   lcov --base-directory . --directory . -c -o coverage.info
   genhtml -o ../ext_coverage --num-spaces 2 -t 'Node gRPC test coverage' \
     coverage.info
 else
-  ./node_modules/mocha/bin/mocha --timeout 8000
+  ./node_modules/mocha/bin/mocha --timeout 8000 src/node/test
 fi