diff --git a/install/local/install-scrypted-dependencies-win.ps1 b/install/local/install-scrypted-dependencies-win.ps1
index 41664dc39f..83b695de8f 100644
--- a/install/local/install-scrypted-dependencies-win.ps1
+++ b/install/local/install-scrypted-dependencies-win.ps1
@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@ $SCRYPTED_WINDOWS_PYTHON_VERSION="-3.9"
 # Refresh environment variables for py and npx to work
 $env:Path = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path","Machine") + ";" + [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path","User") 
 
-# Workaround Windows Node no longer creating %APPDATA%\npm which causes npx to fail
-# Fixed in newer versions of NPM but not the one bundled with 20.11.1
-# https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/53538
-npm i -g npm
-
 py $SCRYPTED_WINDOWS_PYTHON_VERSION -m pip install --upgrade pip
 py $SCRYPTED_WINDOWS_PYTHON_VERSION -m pip install debugpy typing_extensions typing opencv-python