diff --git a/.travis/before-install-linux-javascript.sh b/.travis/before-install-linux-javascript.sh
index 1597f1a37..b09f647c7 100755
--- a/.travis/before-install-linux-javascript.sh
+++ b/.travis/before-install-linux-javascript.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,4 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 # use v14 and check
-nvm install 14
-nvm use 14
 node --version
diff --git a/.travis/run-tests-javascript.sh b/.travis/run-tests-javascript.sh
index 307f904a3..166db3b65 100755
--- a/.travis/run-tests-javascript.sh
+++ b/.travis/run-tests-javascript.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-cd target/classes/JavaScript
-
-npm install
-
-cd ../../..
-
 set -euo pipefail
 
 mvn -q -Dparallel=methods -DthreadCount=1 -Dtest=javascript.* test