diff --git a/.evergreen/init-node-and-npm-env.sh b/.evergreen/init-node-and-npm-env.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3cecf54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.evergreen/init-node-and-npm-env.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+##
+## This script add the location of `npm` and `node` to the path.
+## This is necessary because evergreen uses separate bash scripts for
+## different functions in a given CI run but doesn't persist the environment
+## across them.  So we manually invoke this script everywhere we need
+## access to `npm`, `node`, or need to install something globally from
+## npm.
+
+NODE_ARTIFACTS_PATH="${PROJECT_DIRECTORY}/node-artifacts"
+if [[ "$OS" == "Windows_NT" ]]; then
+  NODE_ARTIFACTS_PATH=$(cygpath --unix "$NODE_ARTIFACTS_PATH")
+fi
+
+export NODE_ARTIFACTS_PATH
+# npm uses this environment variable to determine where to install global packages
+export npm_global_prefix=$NODE_ARTIFACTS_PATH/npm_global
+export PATH="$npm_global_prefix/bin:$NODE_ARTIFACTS_PATH/nodejs/bin:$PATH"
+hash -r
+
+export NODE_OPTIONS="--trace-deprecation --trace-warnings"
diff --git a/.evergreen/init-nvm.sh b/.evergreen/init-nvm.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 28d14f16..00000000
--- a/.evergreen/init-nvm.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env bash
-
-export PATH="/opt/mongodbtoolchain/v2/bin:$PATH"
-
-NODE_ARTIFACTS_PATH="${PROJECT_DIRECTORY}/node-artifacts"
-if [[ "$OS" == "Windows_NT" ]]; then
-  NODE_ARTIFACTS_PATH=$(cygpath --unix "$NODE_ARTIFACTS_PATH")
-fi
-
-export PATH="$NODE_ARTIFACTS_PATH/npm_global/bin:$NODE_ARTIFACTS_PATH/nodejs/bin:$PATH"
-hash -r
-
-export NODE_OPTIONS="--trace-deprecation --trace-warnings"
diff --git a/.evergreen/install-dependencies.sh b/.evergreen/install-dependencies.sh
index 106ee595..152a4aa5 100755
--- a/.evergreen/install-dependencies.sh
+++ b/.evergreen/install-dependencies.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
 set -o errexit  # Exit the script with error if any of the commands fail
 
 NODE_LTS_VERSION=${NODE_LTS_VERSION:-14}
-NODE_ARTIFACTS_PATH="${PROJECT_DIRECTORY:-$(pwd)}/node-artifacts"
-if [[ "$OS" = "Windows_NT" ]]; then NODE_ARTIFACTS_PATH=$(cygpath --unix "$NODE_ARTIFACTS_PATH"); fi
+
+source "${PROJECT_DIRECTORY}/.evergreen/init-node-and-npm-env.sh"
+
+if [[ -z "${npm_global_prefix}" ]]; then echo "npm_global_prefix is unset" && exit 1; fi
+if [[ -z "${NODE_ARTIFACTS_PATH}" ]]; then echo "NODE_ARTIFACTS_PATH is unset" && exit 1; fi
 
 CURL_FLAGS=(
   --fail          # Exit code 1 if request fails
@@ -90,20 +93,13 @@ else
   mv "${NODE_ARTIFACTS_PATH}/${node_directory}" "${NODE_ARTIFACTS_PATH}/nodejs"
 fi
 
-export PATH="$NODE_ARTIFACTS_PATH/npm_global/bin:$NODE_ARTIFACTS_PATH/nodejs/bin:$PATH"
-hash -r
-
-# Set npm -g prefix to our local artifacts directory
-cat <<EOT > .npmrc
-prefix=$NODE_ARTIFACTS_PATH/npm_global
-EOT
-
 if [[ $operating_system != "win" ]]; then
   # Update npm to latest when we can
   npm install --global npm@latest
   hash -r
 fi
 
+echo "npm location: $(which npm)"
 echo "npm version: $(npm -v)"
 
 npm install "${NPM_OPTIONS}"
diff --git a/.evergreen/run-bundling-test.sh b/.evergreen/run-bundling-test.sh
index 5cc2db4c..f0b61e63 100644
--- a/.evergreen/run-bundling-test.sh
+++ b/.evergreen/run-bundling-test.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env bash
 
-source "${PROJECT_DIRECTORY}/.evergreen/init-nvm.sh"
+source "${PROJECT_DIRECTORY}/.evergreen/init-node-and-npm-env.sh"
 
 set -o xtrace
 set -o errexit
diff --git a/.evergreen/run-checks.sh b/.evergreen/run-checks.sh
index 4d34cb27..65443ed1 100644
--- a/.evergreen/run-checks.sh
+++ b/.evergreen/run-checks.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -o errexit  # Exit the script with error if any of the commands fail
 
-source "${PROJECT_DIRECTORY}/.evergreen/init-nvm.sh"
+source "${PROJECT_DIRECTORY}/.evergreen/init-node-and-npm-env.sh"
 
 npm run check:lint
diff --git a/.evergreen/run-eslint-plugin-test.sh b/.evergreen/run-eslint-plugin-test.sh
index 0c30b0ba..c0c6693f 100644
--- a/.evergreen/run-eslint-plugin-test.sh
+++ b/.evergreen/run-eslint-plugin-test.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -o errexit
 
-source "${PROJECT_DIRECTORY}/.evergreen/init-nvm.sh"
+source "${PROJECT_DIRECTORY}/.evergreen/init-node-and-npm-env.sh"
 
 cd etc/eslint/no-bigint-usage
 npm install
diff --git a/.evergreen/run-tests.sh b/.evergreen/run-tests.sh
index b2390ef1..71a7aa97 100755
--- a/.evergreen/run-tests.sh
+++ b/.evergreen/run-tests.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-source "${PROJECT_DIRECTORY}/.evergreen/init-nvm.sh"
+source "${PROJECT_DIRECTORY}/.evergreen/init-node-and-npm-env.sh"
 
 case $1 in
   "node")
diff --git a/.evergreen/run-typescript.sh b/.evergreen/run-typescript.sh
index 00153bce..30f3ca46 100644
--- a/.evergreen/run-typescript.sh
+++ b/.evergreen/run-typescript.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -o errexit # Exit the script with error if any of the commands fail
 
-source "${PROJECT_DIRECTORY}/.evergreen/init-nvm.sh"
+source "${PROJECT_DIRECTORY}/.evergreen/init-node-and-npm-env.sh"
 
 set -o xtrace