diff --git a/tools/run_tests/build_artifact_node.bat b/tools/run_tests/build_artifact_node.bat
index 2a1fe5fd92c906c5adfa5cbf30132e0fcd62d9a1..57d55ef19ecef11eebf9087734717f2d2f77c7a6 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/build_artifact_node.bat
+++ b/tools/run_tests/build_artifact_node.bat
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files\nodejs\;%APPDATA%\npm
 
 del /f /q BUILD || rmdir build /s /q
 
-call npm cache clean || goto :error
 call npm update || goto :error
 
 mkdir artifacts
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/build_artifact_node.sh b/tools/run_tests/build_artifact_node.sh
index 997085ccc939016dba84d412b2d508fea5835486..9d06472aa4997f8117bb6991f96ac7c32cfbb146 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/build_artifact_node.sh
+++ b/tools/run_tests/build_artifact_node.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ rm -rf build || true
 
 mkdir -p artifacts
 
-npm cache clean
 npm update
 
 node_versions=( 0.12.0 1.0.0 1.1.0 2.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 5.0.0 6.0.0 )