diff --git a/examples/ReactExample/ios/ReactExample.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/examples/ReactExample/ios/ReactExample.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 4a7a9dfa..164353d3 100644
--- a/examples/ReactExample/ios/ReactExample.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/examples/ReactExample/ios/ReactExample.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
 			shellPath = /bin/sh;
-			shellScript = "rm -rf ../node_modules/realm\n[ -s \"${HOME}/.nvm/nvm.sh\" ] && . \"${HOME}/.nvm/nvm.sh\"\nnpm install realm";
+			shellScript = "[ -s \"${HOME}/.nvm/nvm.sh\" ] && . \"${HOME}/.nvm/nvm.sh\"\nnpm install realm";
 		};
 		F6C465131C48706400E79896 /* Bundle React Native code and images */ = {
 			isa = PBXShellScriptBuildPhase;
diff --git a/examples/ReactExample/run-android.sh b/examples/ReactExample/run-android.sh
index 4f645e7e..d7f00b63 100755
--- a/examples/ReactExample/run-android.sh
+++ b/examples/ReactExample/run-android.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ set -e
 
 PATH="/opt/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools:$PATH"
 
-rm -rf node_modules/realm
 npm install realm
 
 adb reverse tcp:8081 tcp:8081
diff --git a/examples/ReactNativeBenchmarks/run-android.sh b/examples/ReactNativeBenchmarks/run-android.sh
index 4f645e7e..d7f00b63 100755
--- a/examples/ReactNativeBenchmarks/run-android.sh
+++ b/examples/ReactNativeBenchmarks/run-android.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ set -e
 
 PATH="/opt/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools:$PATH"
 
-rm -rf node_modules/realm
 npm install realm
 
 adb reverse tcp:8081 tcp:8081
diff --git a/scripts/test.sh b/scripts/test.sh
index 8db02259..38b9eac7 100755
--- a/scripts/test.sh
+++ b/scripts/test.sh
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ unlock_device() {
 cleanup
 trap cleanup EXIT
 
+# Use a consistent version of Node if possible.
+if [ -s "${HOME}/.nvm/nvm.sh" ]; then
+  . "${HOME}/.nvm/nvm.sh"
+  nvm use 5.4.0 || true
+fi
+
 case "$TARGET" in
 "jsdoc")
   npm run jsdoc
@@ -82,7 +88,7 @@ case "$TARGET" in
       unzip -q ../../target=node_modules/react_tests_node_modules.zip
   fi
 
-  npm update react-native
+  npm install
   open_chrome
   start_packager
   popd
@@ -96,7 +102,7 @@ case "$TARGET" in
     unzip -q ../../target=node_modules/react_example_node_modules.zip
   fi
 
-  npm update react-native
+  npm install
   open_chrome
   start_packager
 
@@ -108,13 +114,6 @@ case "$TARGET" in
      exit 0
   fi
 
-  [ -s "${HOME}/.nvm/nvm.sh" ] && . "${HOME}/.nvm/nvm.sh"
-  nvm use 5.4.0 || true
-
-  pushd react-native/android
-  ./gradlew installarchives
-  popd
-
   pushd tests/react-test-app
 
   npm install
diff --git a/tests/react-test-app/ios/ReactTests.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/tests/react-test-app/ios/ReactTests.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index bec981ec..a0b82dad 100644
--- a/tests/react-test-app/ios/ReactTests.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/tests/react-test-app/ios/ReactTests.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
 			shellPath = /bin/sh;
-			shellScript = "[ -s \"${HOME}/.nvm/nvm.sh\" ] && . \"${HOME}/.nvm/nvm.sh\" \nrm -rf ../node_modules/realm ../node_modules/realm-tests\nnpm install realm realm-tests\ncp ../../../src/object-store/parser/queryTests.json ../node_modules/realm-tests/query-tests.json\n";
+			shellScript = "[ -s \"${HOME}/.nvm/nvm.sh\" ] && . \"${HOME}/.nvm/nvm.sh\" \nnpm install realm realm-tests\ncp ../../../src/object-store/parser/queryTests.json ../node_modules/realm-tests/query-tests.json\n";
 		};
 		F6EDE5BF1C49007200B1085F /* Bundle React Native code and images */ = {
 			isa = PBXShellScriptBuildPhase;
diff --git a/tests/react-test-app/run-android.sh b/tests/react-test-app/run-android.sh
index 122e69a4..febe3497 100755
--- a/tests/react-test-app/run-android.sh
+++ b/tests/react-test-app/run-android.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ set -e
 
 PATH="/opt/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools:$PATH"
 
-rm -rf node_modules/realm node_modules/realm-tests
 npm install realm realm-tests
 
 cp ../../src/object-store/parser/queryTests.json node_modules/realm-tests/query-tests.json