diff --git a/lib/cmds/simulator.js b/lib/cmds/simulator.js
index 48e4711a2..31024c735 100644
--- a/lib/cmds/simulator.js
+++ b/lib/cmds/simulator.js
@@ -12,13 +12,7 @@ class Simulator {
   run(options) {
     let cmds = [];
 
-    const testrpc = shelljs.which('testrpc');
-    const ganache = shelljs.which('ganache-cli-embark');
-    // if (!testrpc && !ganache) {
-    //   this.logger.warn(__('%s is not installed on your machine', 'Ganache CLI (TestRPC)'));
-    //   this.logger.info(__('You can install it by running: %s', 'npm -g install ganache-cli'));
-    //   process.exit();
-    // }
+    const ganache = path.join(__dirname, '../../node_modules/.bin/ganache-cli');
 
     let useProxy = this.blockchainConfig.proxy || false;
     let host = (options.host || this.blockchainConfig.rpcHost || 'localhost');
@@ -44,8 +38,6 @@ class Simulator {
       cmds.push("-b \"" + (simulatorBlocktime) +"\"");
     }
 
-    // const programName = ganache ? 'ganache-cli' : 'testrpc';
-    // const program = ganache ? ganache : testrpc;
     const programName = 'ganache-cli';
     const program = ganache;
     console.log(`running: ${programName} ${cmds.join(' ')}`);
@@ -55,7 +47,6 @@ class Simulator {
       let ipcObject = new Ipc({ipcRole: 'client'});
       proxy.serve(ipcObject, host, port, false);
     }
-    
   }
 }