diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 545a38ef9bdca..ff34068e164ba 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@ before_install:
 - nvm install stable
 - nvm use stable
 - npm install
-- npm install web3
-- npm install ethereumjs-util
-- npm install ethereumjs-abi
-- npm install bignumber.js
+- npm install web3 ethereumjs-util ethereumjs-abi bignuber.js --no-save
 - git checkout package.json package-lock.json
 - sudo wget --quiet https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases/download/2.2.1/pandoc-2.2.1-1-amd64.deb
 - sudo dpkg -i pandoc-2.2.1-1-amd64.deb