diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c06fcbc68..8b3d278e4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ matrix:
       env: SLS_IGNORE_WARNING=*
 sudo: false
 install:
-  - travis_retry npm install
   - "[ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME = windows ] || travis_retry npm install -g npm"
+  - travis_retry npm install
   # ensure that Python 2 and Ruby are installed
   - if [ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME = linux ]; then sudo apt-get install python ruby; else choco install python2 ruby; fi
   - if [ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME = windows ]; then export PATH="/c/Python27:/c/Python27/Scripts:$PATH"; fi