diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-ipfs b/src/freedombone-app-ipfs
index 80a6551a..ca718213 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-ipfs
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-ipfs
@@ -199,8 +199,7 @@ function mesh_install_ipfs_js {
         return
     fi
 
-    chroot ${rootdir} apt-get -yq install nodejs
-    chroot ${rootdir} apt-get -yq install npm curl
+    chroot ${rootdir} apt-get -yq install nodejs curl
     chroot ${rootdir} apt-get -yq install libpam0g-dev fuse
 
     if [ ! -f ${rootdir}/usr/bin/nodejs ]; then
diff --git a/src/freedombone-image-customise b/src/freedombone-image-customise
index 258db7a7..8b4282de 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-image-customise
+++ b/src/freedombone-image-customise
@@ -1199,8 +1199,7 @@ function image_install_nodejs {
         return
     fi
 
-    chroot "$rootdir" apt-get -yq install nodejs
-    chroot "$rootdir" apt-get -yq install npm curl
+    chroot "$rootdir" apt-get -yq install nodejs curl
 
     if [ ! -f $rootdir/usr/bin/nodejs ]; then
         echo $'nodejs was not installed'
diff --git a/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs b/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs
index caafb3a1..b780869b 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs
+++ b/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ NPM_VERSION='4.0.5'
 NODEJS_INSTALLED_APPS_FILE=$HOME/.nodejs-apps
 
 function mesh_install_nodejs {
-    chroot "${rootdir}" apt-get -yq install nodejs
-    chroot "${rootdir}" apt-get -yq install npm curl
+    chroot "${rootdir}" apt-get -yq install nodejs curl
 
     if [ ! -f ${rootdir}/usr/bin/nodejs ]; then
         echo $'nodejs was not installed'