diff --git a/jenkins.sh b/jenkins.sh
index 51fab5d020..eeb7d7d56e 100755
--- a/jenkins.sh
+++ b/jenkins.sh
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ nvm use 4
 
 set -x
 
-# install the version of js-sdk provided to us by jenkins
-npm install ./node_modules/matrix-js-sdk-*.tgz
-
 # install the other dependencies
 npm install