diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 52a610d1..5aec4536 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ matrix:
 script: npm run travis
 before_install:
   - npm i -g npm
-before_script:
-  - npm prune
 after_success:
   - npx semantic-release
 branches:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a7759a27..ffa18966 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,11 +14,10 @@
     "lint": "jshint .",
     "start": "./bin/start",
     "test": "npm run unit",
-    "travis": "npm run check-dependencies && npm test",
+    "travis": "npm test",
     "unit": "./bin/units",
     "validate": "npm ls",
     "config": "node -e \"console.log(JSON.stringify(require( 'pelias-config' ).generate(require('./schema')), null, 2))\"",
-    "check-dependencies": "node_modules/.bin/npm-check --production --ignore pelias-interpolation",
     "prune": "npm prune"
   },
   "repository": {
@@ -71,7 +70,6 @@
     "difflet": "^1.0.1",
     "istanbul": "^0.4.2",
     "jshint": "^2.5.6",
-    "npm-check": "git://github.com/orangejulius/npm-check.git#disable-update-check",
     "nsp": "^3.0.0",
     "pelias-mock-logger": "1.2.0",
     "precommit-hook": "^3.0.0",
@@ -87,8 +85,7 @@
     "lint",
     "prune",
     "validate",
-    "test",
-    "check-dependencies"
+    "test"
   ],
   "release": {
     "branch": "production"