diff --git a/scripts/link-core-master.js b/scripts/link-core-master.js
deleted file mode 100755
index fa008b43848..00000000000
--- a/scripts/link-core-master.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-// Copyright 2020 Google LLC. All Rights Reserved.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-// =============================================================================
-
-// This script updates package.json to link core at master.
-
-const fs = require('fs');
-
-let pkg = fs.readFileSync('package.json', 'utf8');
-
-pkg = `${pkg}`.replace(
-    new RegExp(`"@tensorflow/tfjs-core": ".+"`, 'g'),
-    `"@tensorflow/tfjs-core": "link:../tfjs-core"`);
-
-fs.writeFileSync('package.json', pkg);
diff --git a/scripts/link-master.js b/scripts/link-master.js
deleted file mode 100755
index 60af2445663..00000000000
--- a/scripts/link-master.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-// Copyright 2020 Google LLC. All Rights Reserved.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-// =============================================================================
-
-// This script updates package.json to link following packages at master:
-// tfjs-core, tfjs-layers, tfjs-converter, tfjs-data and tfjs.
-
-const fs = require('fs');
-
-let pkg = fs.readFileSync('package.json', 'utf8');
-
-// Link core.
-pkg = `${pkg}`.replace(
-    new RegExp(`"@tensorflow/tfjs-core": ".+"`, 'g'),
-    `"@tensorflow/tfjs-core": "link:../tfjs-core"`);
-
-// Link layers.
-pkg = `${pkg}`.replace(
-    new RegExp(`"@tensorflow/tfjs-layers": ".+"`, 'g'),
-    `"@tensorflow/tfjs-layers": "link:../tfjs-layers"`);
-
-// Link converter.
-pkg = `${pkg}`.replace(
-    new RegExp(`"@tensorflow/tfjs-converter": ".+"`, 'g'),
-    `"@tensorflow/tfjs-converter": "link:../tfjs-converter"`);
-
-// Link data.
-pkg = `${pkg}`.replace(
-    new RegExp(`"@tensorflow/tfjs-data": ".+"`, 'g'),
-    `"@tensorflow/tfjs-data": "link:../tfjs-data"`);
-
-// Link union package.
-pkg = `${pkg}`.replace(
-    new RegExp(`"@tensorflow/tfjs": ".+"`, 'g'),
-    `"@tensorflow/tfjs": "link:../tfjs"`);
-
-fs.writeFileSync('package.json', pkg);
diff --git a/tfjs-converter/cloudbuild.yml b/tfjs-converter/cloudbuild.yml
index df91d1fd20f..39667e4dd71 100644
--- a/tfjs-converter/cloudbuild.yml
+++ b/tfjs-converter/cloudbuild.yml
@@ -6,53 +6,13 @@ steps:
   id: 'yarn-common'
   args: ['install']
 
-# Build core from master.
-- name: 'node:10'
-  dir: 'tfjs-converter'
-  id: 'build-core'
-  entrypoint: 'yarn'
-  args: ['build-core-ci']
-  waitFor: ['yarn-common']
-
-# Install converter dependencies.
-- name: 'node:10'
-  dir: 'tfjs-converter'
-  entrypoint: 'yarn'
-  id: 'yarn'
-  args: ['install']
-  waitFor: ['build-core']
-
-# Run lint.
-- name: 'node:10'
-  dir: 'tfjs-converter'
-  entrypoint: 'yarn'
-  id: 'lint'
-  args: ['lint']
-  waitFor: ['yarn']
-
-# Generate json file.
-- name: 'node:10'
-  dir: 'tfjs-converter'
-  entrypoint: 'yarn'
-  id: 'gen-json'
-  args: ['gen-json', '--test']
-  waitFor: ['yarn']
-
-# Build the project.
-- name: 'node:10'
-  dir: 'tfjs-converter'
-  entrypoint: 'yarn'
-  id: 'build'
-  args: ['build-ci']
-  waitFor: ['gen-json']
-
 # Run javascript tests.
 - name: 'node:10'
   dir: 'tfjs-converter'
   entrypoint: 'yarn'
   id: 'test-js'
   args: ['test-ci']
-  waitFor: ['build']
+  waitFor: ['yarn-common']
   env: ['NIGHTLY=$_NIGHTLY']
 
 # Run python tests.
@@ -60,26 +20,26 @@ steps:
   dir: 'tfjs-converter/python'
   entrypoint: 'bash'
   args: ['./build-pip-package.sh', '--test', '/tmp/tfjs-pips']
-  waitFor: ['yarn']
+  waitFor: ['yarn-common']
 
 - name: 'python:2'
   dir: 'tfjs-converter/python'
   entrypoint: 'bash'
   args: ['./run-python-tests.sh']
-  waitFor: ['yarn']
+  waitFor: ['yarn-common']
 
 - name: 'python:3.6'
   dir: 'tfjs-converter/python'
   entrypoint: 'bash'
   args: ['./run-python-tests.sh']
-  waitFor: ['yarn']
+  waitFor: ['yarn-common']
 
 - name: 'node:10'
   dir: 'tfjs-converter'
   entrypoint: 'yarn'
   id: 'test-snippets'
   args: ['test-snippets']
-  waitFor: ['yarn']
+  waitFor: ['test-js']
 
 timeout: 1800s
 logsBucket: 'gs://tfjs-build-logs'
diff --git a/tfjs-converter/package.json b/tfjs-converter/package.json
index 44780c8905f..0640c09f3b3 100644
--- a/tfjs-converter/package.json
+++ b/tfjs-converter/package.json
@@ -54,16 +54,17 @@
     "yalc": "~1.0.0-pre.21"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "yarn link-master && yarn gen-json --test && tsc",
+    "build": "yarn gen-json --test && tsc",
     "build-ci": "yarn gen-json --test && tsc",
     "build-core": "cd ../tfjs-core && yarn && yarn build",
     "build-core-ci": "cd ../tfjs-core && yarn && yarn build-ci",
+    "build-deps": "yarn build-core",
+    "build-deps-ci": "yarn build-core-ci",
     "build-npm": "./scripts/build-npm.sh",
     "link-local": "yalc link",
-    "link-master": "../scripts/link-master.js",
     "publish-local": "yarn build-npm && yalc push",
-    "test": "yarn link-master && yarn build-core && yarn && yarn gen-json --test && ts-node run_tests.ts",
-    "test-ci": "ts-node run_tests.ts",
+    "test": "yarn && yarn build-deps && yarn gen-json --test && ts-node run_tests.ts",
+    "test-ci": "yarn && yarn build-deps-ci && yarn build-ci && yarn lint && ts-node run_tests.ts",
     "test-snippets": "ts-node ./scripts/test_snippets.ts",
     "lint": "tslint -p . -t verbose",
     "make-version": "sh -c ./scripts/make-version",
diff --git a/tfjs-data/cloudbuild.yml b/tfjs-data/cloudbuild.yml
index f437217c500..5fff0880d83 100644
--- a/tfjs-data/cloudbuild.yml
+++ b/tfjs-data/cloudbuild.yml
@@ -6,53 +6,13 @@ steps:
   id: 'yarn-common'
   args: ['install']
 
-# Build core from master.
-- name: 'node:10'
-  dir: 'tfjs-data'
-  id: 'build-core'
-  entrypoint: 'yarn'
-  args: ['build-core-ci']
-  waitFor: ['yarn-common']
-
-# Build layers from master.
-- name: 'node:10'
-  dir: 'tfjs-data'
-  id: 'build-layers'
-  entrypoint: 'yarn'
-  args: ['build-layers-ci']
-  waitFor: ['build-core']
-
-# Install data dependencies.
-- name: 'node:10'
-  dir: 'tfjs-data'
-  entrypoint: 'yarn'
-  id: 'yarn'
-  args: ['install']
-  waitFor: ['build-layers']
-
-# Run lint.
-- name: 'node:10'
-  dir: 'tfjs-data'
-  entrypoint: 'yarn'
-  id: 'lint'
-  args: ['lint']
-  waitFor: ['yarn']
-
-# Build the project.
-- name: 'node:10'
-  dir: 'tfjs-data'
-  entrypoint: 'yarn'
-  id: 'build'
-  args: ['build-ci']
-  waitFor: ['yarn']
-
 # Run tests in node.
 - name: 'node:10'
   dir: 'tfjs-data'
   entrypoint: 'yarn'
   id: 'test'
-  args: ['test']
-  waitFor: ['build']
+  args: ['test-ci']
+  waitFor: ['yarn-common']
 
 # Run data snippets tests.
 - name: 'node:10'
@@ -60,7 +20,7 @@ steps:
   entrypoint: 'yarn'
   id: 'test-snippets'
   args: ['test-snippets']
-  waitFor: ['build']
+  waitFor: ['test']
 
 timeout: 1800s
 logsBucket: 'gs://tfjs-build-logs'
diff --git a/tfjs-data/package.json b/tfjs-data/package.json
index 23869573262..423997d708a 100644
--- a/tfjs-data/package.json
+++ b/tfjs-data/package.json
@@ -39,19 +39,20 @@
     "yalc": "^1.0.0-pre.23"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "yarn link-master && tsc",
+    "build": "tsc",
     "build-ci": "tsc",
     "build-core": "cd ../tfjs-core && yarn && yarn build",
     "build-core-ci": "cd ../tfjs-core && yarn && yarn build-ci",
     "build-layers": "cd ../tfjs-layers && yarn && yarn build",
     "build-layers-ci": "cd ../tfjs-layers && yarn && yarn build-ci",
+    "build-deps": "yarn build-core && yarn build-layers",
+    "build-deps-ci": "yarn build-core-ci && yarn build-layers-ci",
     "build-npm": "./scripts/build-npm.sh",
-    "link-master": "../scripts/link-master.js",
     "link-local": "yalc link",
     "publish-local": "rimraf dist/ && yarn build-npm && yalc push",
-    "test": "yarn link-master && yarn build-core && yarn build-layers && yarn && ts-node src/test_node.ts",
+    "test": "yarn && yarn build-deps && ts-node src/test_node.ts",
     "test-browsers": "karma start --browsers='Chrome,Firefox'",
-    "test-ci": "ts-node src/test_node.ts",
+    "test-ci": "yarn && yarn build-deps-ci && yarn build-ci && yarn lint && ts-node src/test_node.ts",
     "test-snippets": "ts-node ./scripts/test_snippets.ts",
     "lint": "tslint -p . -t verbose"
   },
diff --git a/tfjs-layers/cloudbuild.yml b/tfjs-layers/cloudbuild.yml
index 68d154ec7be..99a22fd8697 100644
--- a/tfjs-layers/cloudbuild.yml
+++ b/tfjs-layers/cloudbuild.yml
@@ -5,28 +5,13 @@ steps:
   id: 'yarn-common'
   args: ['install']
 
-# Build core from master.
-- name: 'node:10'
-  dir: 'tfjs-layers'
-  id: 'build-core'
-  entrypoint: 'yarn'
-  args: ['build-core-ci']
-  waitFor: ['yarn-common']
-
-# Install layers dependencies
-- name: 'node:10'
-  dir: 'tfjs-layers'
-  entrypoint: 'yarn'
-  id: 'yarn'
-  args: ['prep']
-  waitFor: ['build-core']
-
+# Run javascript tests
 - name: 'node:10'
   dir: 'tfjs-layers'
   entrypoint: 'yarn'
   id: 'test-browser'
   args: ['test-ci']
-  waitFor: ['yarn']
+  waitFor: ['yarn-common']
   env: ['BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME=deeplearnjs1', 'NIGHTLY=$_NIGHTLY']
   secretEnv: ['BROWSERSTACK_KEY']
 
@@ -44,6 +29,7 @@ steps:
   id: 'tfjs2keras-py'
   args: ['-c', './scripts/tfjs2keras-py.sh --stable && ./scripts/tfjs2keras-py.sh --stable --tfkeras']
   waitFor: ['tfjs2keras-js']
+
 - name: 'node:10'
   dir: 'tfjs-layers'
   entrypoint: 'yarn'
diff --git a/tfjs-layers/package.json b/tfjs-layers/package.json
index d79a87c42ef..2f123e2a548 100644
--- a/tfjs-layers/package.json
+++ b/tfjs-layers/package.json
@@ -38,21 +38,22 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "prep": "yarn install && yarn build-ci",
-    "build": "yarn link-master && tsc",
+    "build": "tsc",
     "build-ci": "tsc",
     "build-core": "cd ../tfjs-core && yarn && yarn build",
     "build-core-ci": "cd ../tfjs-core && yarn && yarn build-ci",
+    "build-deps": "yarn build-core",
+    "build-deps-ci": "yarn build-core-ci",
     "build-npm": "./scripts/build-npm.sh",
     "format": "./tools/clang_format_ts.sh",
-    "link-master": "../scripts/link-master.js",
     "link-local": "yalc link",
     "publish-local": "yarn build-npm && yalc push",
-    "test": "yarn link-master && yarn build-core && yarn && karma start",
+    "test": "yarn && yarn build-deps && karma start",
+    "test-ci": "./scripts/test-ci.sh",
+    "test-snippets": "ts-node ./scripts/test_snippets.ts",
     "tfjs2keras": "yarn tfjs2keras-js && yarn tfjs2keras-py --stable && yarn tfjs2keras-py --stable --tfkeras && yarn tfjs2keras-py --dev --tfkeras",
     "tfjs2keras-js": "./scripts/tfjs2keras-js.sh",
     "tfjs2keras-py": "./scripts/tfjs2keras-py.sh",
-    "test-ci": "./scripts/test-ci.sh",
-    "test-snippets": "ts-node ./scripts/test_snippets.ts",
     "run-browserstack": "karma start --browsers='bs_firefox_mac,bs_chrome_mac' --singleRun --reporters='dots,karma-typescript'",
     "lint": "tslint -p . -t verbose"
   },
diff --git a/tfjs-layers/scripts/test-ci.sh b/tfjs-layers/scripts/test-ci.sh
index 15b222bfc81..b42d863dc9a 100755
--- a/tfjs-layers/scripts/test-ci.sh
+++ b/tfjs-layers/scripts/test-ci.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 set -e
 
 # Regular testing.
+yarn
+yarn build-deps-ci
 yarn build-ci
 yarn lint
 yarn run-browserstack
diff --git a/tfjs-node-gpu/cloudbuild.yml b/tfjs-node-gpu/cloudbuild.yml
index 31919f3756b..2e705d3fe8f 100644
--- a/tfjs-node-gpu/cloudbuild.yml
+++ b/tfjs-node-gpu/cloudbuild.yml
@@ -13,21 +13,13 @@ steps:
   args: ['install']
   waitFor: ['prep-gpu']
 
-# Install tfjs-node dependencies.
-- name: 'node:10'
-  dir: 'tfjs-node-gpu'
-  entrypoint: 'yarn'
-  id: 'yarn'
-  args: ['install']
-  waitFor: ['yarn-common']
-
 # Unit tests.
 - name: 'node:10'
   dir: 'tfjs-node-gpu'
   entrypoint: 'yarn'
   id: 'test'
   args: ['test-ci']
-  waitFor: ['yarn']
+  waitFor: ['yarn-common']
 
 # Integration test.
 - name: 'node:10'
@@ -35,7 +27,7 @@ steps:
   entrypoint: 'yarn'
   id: 'test-ts-integration'
   args: ['test-ts-integration']
-  waitFor: ['yarn', 'test']
+  waitFor: ['test']
 
 # CPU / GPU package alignment.
 - name: 'node:10'
@@ -43,7 +35,7 @@ steps:
   entrypoint: 'yarn'
   id: 'ensure-cpu-gpu-packages-align'
   args: ['ensure-cpu-gpu-packages-align']
-  waitFor: ['yarn', 'test']
+  waitFor: ['test']
 
 timeout: 1800s
 logsBucket: 'gs://tfjs-build-logs'
diff --git a/tfjs-node-gpu/package.json b/tfjs-node-gpu/package.json
index 1abc761b444..09d9de44328 100644
--- a/tfjs-node-gpu/package.json
+++ b/tfjs-node-gpu/package.json
@@ -37,13 +37,12 @@
     "install": "node scripts/install.js gpu download",
     "install-from-source": "yarn clean-deps && yarn && yarn build-addon-from-source",
     "link-local": "yalc link",
-    "link-master": "../scripts/link-master.js",
     "lint": "tslint -p . -t verbose",
     "prep": "cd node_modules/@tensorflow/tfjs-core && yarn && yarn build",
     "prep-gpu": "./prep-gpu.sh",
     "prep-gpu-windows": "./prep-gpu-windows.bat",
     "publish-local": "yarn prep && yalc push",
-    "test": "yarn link-master && yarn && yarn build-deps && ts-node src/run_tests.ts",
+    "test": "yarn && yarn build-deps && yarn build && ts-node src/run_tests.ts",
     "test-ci": "./scripts/test-ci.sh",
     "test-ts-integration": "./scripts/test-ts-integration.sh",
     "upload-windows-addon": "prep-gpu-windows.bat && ./scripts/build-and-upload-windows-addon-gpu.bat"
diff --git a/tfjs-node/cloudbuild.yml b/tfjs-node/cloudbuild.yml
index 1dfe558c30a..e4c872cd6b2 100644
--- a/tfjs-node/cloudbuild.yml
+++ b/tfjs-node/cloudbuild.yml
@@ -5,21 +5,13 @@ steps:
   entrypoint: 'yarn'
   args: ['install']
 
-# Install tfjs-node dependencies.
-- name: 'node:10'
-  dir: 'tfjs-node'
-  entrypoint: 'yarn'
-  id: 'yarn'
-  args: ['install']
-  waitFor: ['yarn-common']
-
 # Unit tests.
 - name: 'node:10'
   dir: 'tfjs-node'
   entrypoint: 'yarn'
   id: 'test'
   args: ['test-ci']
-  waitFor: ['yarn']
+  waitFor: ['yarn-common']
 
 # Integration test.
 - name: 'node:10'
@@ -27,7 +19,7 @@ steps:
   entrypoint: 'yarn'
   id: 'test-ts-integration'
   args: ['test-ts-integration']
-  waitFor: ['yarn', 'test']
+  waitFor: ['test']
 
 # CPU / GPU package alignment.
 - name: 'node:10'
@@ -35,7 +27,7 @@ steps:
   entrypoint: 'yarn'
   id: 'ensure-cpu-gpu-packages-align'
   args: ['ensure-cpu-gpu-packages-align']
-  waitFor: ['yarn']
+  waitFor: ['test']
 
 timeout: 1800s
 logsBucket: 'gs://tfjs-build-logs'
diff --git a/tfjs-node/package.json b/tfjs-node/package.json
index 89263fd7fc9..5c2bb254e05 100644
--- a/tfjs-node/package.json
+++ b/tfjs-node/package.json
@@ -37,11 +37,10 @@
     "install": "node scripts/install.js",
     "install-from-source": "yarn clean-deps && yarn && yarn build-addon-from-source",
     "link-local": "yalc link",
-    "link-master": "../scripts/link-master.js",
     "lint": "tslint -p . -t verbose",
     "prep": "cd node_modules/@tensorflow/tfjs-core && yarn && yarn build",
     "publish-local": "yarn prep && yalc push",
-    "test": "yarn link-master && yarn && yarn build-deps && ts-node src/run_tests.ts",
+    "test": "yarn && yarn build-deps && yarn build && ts-node src/run_tests.ts",
     "test-ci": "./scripts/test-ci.sh",
     "test-ts-integration": "./scripts/test-ts-integration.sh",
     "upload-windows-addon": "./scripts/build-and-upload-windows-addon.bat"
diff --git a/tfjs-node/scripts/test-ci.sh b/tfjs-node/scripts/test-ci.sh
index 51212f599af..94daf20b66a 100755
--- a/tfjs-node/scripts/test-ci.sh
+++ b/tfjs-node/scripts/test-ci.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
+yarn
 yarn build-addon-from-source
 yarn build-deps-ci
 yarn build-ci
diff --git a/tfjs/cloudbuild.yml b/tfjs/cloudbuild.yml
index 4e5a299a9b6..3582a7804a9 100644
--- a/tfjs/cloudbuild.yml
+++ b/tfjs/cloudbuild.yml
@@ -6,53 +6,13 @@ steps:
   entrypoint: 'yarn'
   args: ['install']
 
-# Build core from master.
-- name: 'node:10'
-  dir: 'tfjs'
-  id: 'build-core'
-  entrypoint: 'yarn'
-  args: ['build-core-ci']
-  waitFor: ['yarn-common']
-
-# Build layers from master.
-- name: 'node:10'
-  dir: 'tfjs'
-  id: 'build-layers'
-  entrypoint: 'yarn'
-  args: ['build-layers-ci']
-  waitFor: ['build-core']
-
-# Build converter from master.
-- name: 'node:10'
-  dir: 'tfjs'
-  id: 'build-converter'
-  entrypoint: 'yarn'
-  args: ['build-converter-ci']
-  waitFor: ['build-core']
-
-# Build data from master.
-- name: 'node:10'
-  dir: 'tfjs'
-  id: 'build-data'
-  entrypoint: 'yarn'
-  args: ['build-data-ci']
-  waitFor: ['build-layers', 'build-converter']
-
-# Install tfjs dependencies.
-- name: 'node:10'
-  dir: 'tfjs'
-  entrypoint: 'yarn'
-  id: 'yarn'
-  args: ['install']
-  waitFor: ['build-data']
-
 # Run tfjs tests.
 - name: 'node:10'
   dir: 'tfjs'
   entrypoint: 'yarn'
   id: 'test'
   args: ['test-ci']
-  waitFor: ['yarn']
+  waitFor: ['yarn-common']
   env: ['BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME=deeplearnjs1', 'NIGHTLY=$_NIGHTLY']
   secretEnv: ['BROWSERSTACK_KEY', 'FIREBASE_KEY']
 
diff --git a/tfjs/package.json b/tfjs/package.json
index b54472ef77f..3da193824bf 100644
--- a/tfjs/package.json
+++ b/tfjs/package.json
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     "yalc": "~1.0.0-pre.21"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "yarn link-master && yarn build-core && yarn build-layers && yarn build-converter && yarn build-data && tsc",
+    "build": "tsc",
     "build-ci": "tsc",
     "build-core": "cd ../tfjs-core && yarn && yarn build",
     "build-core-ci": "cd ../tfjs-core && yarn && yarn build-ci",
@@ -60,12 +60,13 @@
     "build-converter-ci": "cd ../tfjs-converter && yarn && yarn build-ci",
     "build-data": "cd ../tfjs-data && yarn && yarn build",
     "build-data-ci": "cd ../tfjs-data && yarn && yarn build-ci",
+    "build-deps": "yarn build-core && yarn build-layers && yarn build-converter && yarn build-data",
+    "build-deps-ci": "yarn build-core-ci && yarn build-layers-ci && yarn build-converter-ci && yarn build-data-ci",
     "build-npm": "./scripts/build-npm.sh",
     "link-local": "yalc link",
-    "link-master": "../scripts/link-master.js",
     "publish-local": "yarn build-npm && yalc push",
     "lint": "tslint -p . -t verbose",
-    "test": "yarn link-master && yarn build-core && yarn build-layers && yarn build-converter && yarn build-data && yarn && ts-node ./scripts/release_notes/run_tests.ts && karma start",
+    "test": "yarn && yarn build-deps && yarn build && ts-node ./scripts/release_notes/run_tests.ts && karma start",
     "test-ci": "./scripts/test-ci.sh"
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/tfjs/scripts/test-ci.sh b/tfjs/scripts/test-ci.sh
index d0fd8020bee..2caee0e7466 100755
--- a/tfjs/scripts/test-ci.sh
+++ b/tfjs/scripts/test-ci.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 # Exit immediately if a command exits with a non-zero status.
 set -e
 
+yarn
+yarn build-deps
 yarn build-ci
 yarn lint
 yarn karma start --browsers='bs_firefox_mac,bs_chrome_mac' --singleRun