diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-scuttlebot b/src/freedombone-app-scuttlebot
index 3659067c..4ee36d5c 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-scuttlebot
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-scuttlebot
@@ -402,12 +402,6 @@ function mesh_install_scuttlebot {
 
     cat <<EOF > "$rootdir/usr/bin/install_scuttlebot"
 #!/bin/bash
-if [ -d ~/.npm/_cacache ]; then
-    rm -rf ~/.npm/_cacache
-fi
-if ! npm install --arch=$NPM_ARCH -g socks@2.1.6; then
-    exit 1
-fi
 if ! npm install --arch=$NPM_ARCH -g scuttlebot@${SCUTTLEBOT_VERSION}; then
     exit 2
 fi