From e4a5218573583149af795982a39fa64a4116cdab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gar <gar+gh@danger.computer>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 11:34:24 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(install.sh): don't remove old npm first

The install script will gracefully fail if things don't work.  This is
especially important for versions of npm that won't work in your current
node version.

PR-URL: https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/3748
Credit: @wraithgar
Close: #3748
Reviewed-by: @isaacs
---
 scripts/install.sh | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/install.sh b/scripts/install.sh
index 8c0ba3de72f12..cd6ea391cea5d 100755
--- a/scripts/install.sh
+++ b/scripts/install.sh
@@ -162,8 +162,6 @@ cd "$TMP" \
   && curl -qSsL -o npm.tgz "$url" \
   && $tar -xzf npm.tgz \
   && cd "$TMP"/package \
-  && echo "removing existing npm" \
-  && "$node" bin/npm-cli.js rm npm -gf --loglevel=silent \
   && echo "installing npm@$t" \
   && "$node" bin/npm-cli.js install -gf ../npm.tgz \
   && cd "$BACK" \