diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index d8ebed864..4bcaa50d8 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -84,8 +84,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
             },
             "node-win": {
                 "dest"      : "<%= downloads %>",
-                "src"       : ["http://nodejs.org/dist/v<%= node.version %>/win-x86/node.exe",
-                               "http://registry.npmjs.org/npm/-/npm-<%= npm.version %>.tgz"]
+                "src"       : "http://nodejs.org/dist/v<%= node.version %>/win-x86/node.exe"
             }
         },
         "clean": {
@@ -227,10 +226,10 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
             "version"       : "3.2623.1397"
         },
         "node": {
-            "version"       : "4.2.3"
+            "version"       : "4.4.4"
         },
         "npm": {
-            "version"       : "2.14.15"
+            "version"       : "2.15.6"
         }
     });
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 299fb8f3e..96c48efea 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,12 +18,10 @@
         "grunt-contrib-copy": "0.5.0",
         "grunt-contrib-clean": "0.4.0",
         "guid": "0.0.10",
-        "gunzip-maybe": "^1.2.1",
         "grunt-curl": "2.0.2",
         "grunt-shell": "0.2.1",
         "q": "0.9.2",
-        "semver": "^4.1.0",
-        "tar-fs": "^1.8.1"
+        "semver": "^4.1.0"
     },
     "scripts": {
         "preinstall": "bash -c 'mv appshell.gyp .appshell.gyp'",
diff --git a/tasks/setup.js b/tasks/setup.js
index 08a106e6f..41c6fe3b9 100644
--- a/tasks/setup.js
+++ b/tasks/setup.js
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
 
     var common          = require("./common")(grunt),
         fs              = require("fs"),
-        gunzip          = require("gunzip-maybe"),
-        tar             = require("tar-fs"),
         child_process   = require("child_process"),
         path            = require("path"),
         q               = require("q"),
@@ -386,19 +384,6 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
 
         // copy node.exe to Brackets-node
         grunt.file.copy(exeFile,  "deps/node/node.exe");
-
-        // unzip NPM
-        fs.createReadStream(npmFile)
-            .pipe(gunzip())
-            .pipe(tar.extract("deps/node"))
-            .on("error", function (err) {
-                grunt.log.error(err);
-                done(false);
-            })
-            .on("finish", function () {
-                nodeWriteVersion();
-                done();
-            });
     });
 
     // task: node-mac