diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 33fd94e6a..a81a06dcd 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ language: node_js
 node_js:
   - 8
 script:
-  - npm test
+  - npm run build
   - "test $TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST != 'false' || test $TRAVIS_NODE_VERSION != '8' || npm run test-browser"
 env:
   global:
diff --git a/test/helper.js b/test/helper.js
index f89a5f6f7..aa9f83dd3 100644
--- a/test/helper.js
+++ b/test/helper.js
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
 var chai = require('chai');
-var nodejsMajorVersion = Number(process.versions.node.split(".")[0]);
+var isRunningInNode = process !== undefined && process.versions.node !== undefined;
 
-isLegacyNodeVersion = !(nodejsMajorVersion >= 10);
+if (isRunningInNode) {
+  var nodejsMajorVersion = Number(process.versions.node.split('.')[0]);
+  isLegacyNodeVersion = !(nodejsMajorVersion >= 10);
 
-if (!isLegacyNodeVersion) {
-  require = require("esm")(module);
+  if (!isLegacyNodeVersion) {
+    // The `zuul` package we use to run tests in browsers via Saucelabs eagerly loads all
+    // packages it sees being used via `require()`. Because we don't want the `esm` package
+    // to be loaded when running browser tests, we refer to `require()` via `module.require()`
+    // because that avoid the mentioned eager loading
+    module.require = module.require('esm')(module);
+  }
 }
-
 assert = chai.assert;
 chai.should();
 Mustache = require('../mustache');