diff --git a/bitbucket-pipelines.yml b/bitbucket-pipelines.yml
index 93bbd2916abcff..a8edc35703a9be 100644
--- a/bitbucket-pipelines.yml
+++ b/bitbucket-pipelines.yml
@@ -29,5 +29,6 @@ pipelines:
             - apt-get update && apt-get install -y awscli
             - git submodule update --init
             - "cd $BITBUCKET_CLONE_DIR/admin-tools"
-            - "tar czvf admin-tools-$BITBUCKET_TAG.tgz admin.js backend-shared config generate_local_config.js package-lock.json package.json"
+            - "npm ci"
+            - "tar czvf admin-tools-$BITBUCKET_TAG.tgz admin.js backend-shared config generate_local_config.js node_modules package-lock.json package.json"
             - "aws s3 cp admin-tools-$BITBUCKET_TAG.tgz s3://engageli-shared-assets/admin-tools/"
diff --git a/instance-files/engageli/etc/rc.local b/instance-files/engageli/etc/rc.local
index 6c7965a664aaf1..7d1672185126c5 100755
--- a/instance-files/engageli/etc/rc.local
+++ b/instance-files/engageli/etc/rc.local
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ do
     mkdir -p $SANDBOX
     cd $SANDBOX
     tar xvzf $ARTIFACT_DIR/backend1-$VERSION.tgz
-    npm ci
     ./utils/generate_local_config.js -f config/local.yml -H $FQDN -n $SANDBOX \
         -p $SANDBOX_PORT -s -a $AMS_LB_DNS --pg-iam-auth --pg-host $PGHOST \
         --region $REGION --redis-host $REDIS_HOST --redis-secret $REDIS_SECRET \
@@ -107,7 +106,6 @@ do
     mkdir -p "admin-$SANDBOX"
     cd "admin-$SANDBOX"
     tar xvzf $ARTIFACT_DIR/admin-tools-$VERSION.tgz
-    npm ci
     ./generate_local_config.js -f config/local.yml -n $SANDBOX -r $REGION
 
     # media-manager backend
@@ -115,7 +113,6 @@ do
     mkdir -p $SANDBOX
     cd $SANDBOX
     tar xvzf $ARTIFACT_DIR/mm-backend-$VERSION.tgz
-    npm ci
     BUCKET=engageli-$STACK_NAME-media-manager-$SANDBOX-$REGION
     ./utils/generate_local_config.js \
         -f config/local.yml \
diff --git a/instance-files/engageli/usr/local/engageli-utils/update-engageli-sandboxes.sh b/instance-files/engageli/usr/local/engageli-utils/update-engageli-sandboxes.sh
index 7501523babcd00..eedad2b1834774 100755
--- a/instance-files/engageli/usr/local/engageli-utils/update-engageli-sandboxes.sh
+++ b/instance-files/engageli/usr/local/engageli-utils/update-engageli-sandboxes.sh
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ aws s3 cp s3://engageli-shared-assets/media-manager-ui/mm-webapp-$VERSION.tgz $C
 cd /usr/local/engageli-admin/admin-$SANDBOX
 sudo chown -R $(whoami) .
 tar xvzf $CACHE_DIR/admin-tools-$VERSION.tgz
-npm ci
 
 # backend1 api service
 sudo service engageli-$SANDBOX stop
@@ -74,7 +73,6 @@ cd $SANDBOX
 # Don't delete: need to keep config/local.yml
 # rm -rf *
 tar xvzf $CACHE_DIR/backend1-$VERSION.tgz
-npm ci
 ./utils/post_rsync.sh -n $SANDBOX
 
 # Student web-app
@@ -95,7 +93,6 @@ sudo chown -R $(whoami) $SANDBOX
 sudo tar cvzf $SANDBOX-$NOW.tgs $SANDBOX
 cd $SANDBOX
 tar xvzf $CACHE_DIR/mm-backend-$VERSION.tgz
-npm ci
 ./utils/post_rsync.sh -n $SANDBOX
 
 # media-manager frontend web-app