diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b1cbefbf3..88559a99a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ matrix:
 
 env:
   global:
-  - NODE_NVM_VERSION: "0.10"
+  - NODE_VERSION: "0.10.35"
   - LD_LIBRARY_PATH: "/usr/local/lib"
   - secure: jkwZnKr5dcM9MQ6mOytnp6FHkbydSfa1L8d4jFp4v4K6Ee/iQh1YIq9c/J1zC0WLyuGokVGaijkKr6CW4nGZ5H8ygBtPo09imnRyH8X0bO5mEjl+KhbpdFqkXVLerpnAGMO7D6+6BtWJlK5uTDWhpeS7YayB3YfETVkllf4n6F8=
   - secure: ZBiq+KPVM72MF0rtvpui5l7curGXckz4Pefc1L04U6dd/MPa22StvCgXBG7DKhLwI5OgHE1da769asQ3rub/pDOonxAi7fHo3+r/ocbSBZeeaj+p5i5wavppOzD27gCLrpOnSQBk0DfoD+xOM8ZCfIttBbOBMRZ1dpWFG98bJ4c=
 
 before_install:
-- ./scripts/install_nvm.sh
 - cd ./vendor/mbgl && source ./scripts/local_mason.sh && cd ../../
+- source ./scripts/install_node.sh
 - source ./vendor/mbgl/scripts/travis_helper.sh
 - source ./vendor/mbgl/scripts/flags.sh
 - source ./vendor/mbgl/scripts/travis_before_install.sh
diff --git a/scripts/install_node.sh b/scripts/install_node.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..dcdab3521
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/install_node.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+set -o pipefail
+
+mason install node $NODE_VERSION
+export PATH="`mason prefix node $NODE_VERSION`/bin":"$PATH"
+node --version
+npm --version
diff --git a/scripts/install_nvm.sh b/scripts/install_nvm.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 1f68af710..000000000
--- a/scripts/install_nvm.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -e
-set -o pipefail
-
-git clone git@github.com:creationix/nvm.git ../.nvm
-source ../.nvm/nvm.sh
-nvm install $NODE_NVM_VERSION
-nvm use $NODE_NVM_VERSION
-node --version
-npm --version