diff --git a/metadata/com.aerotoad.thud.yml b/metadata/com.aerotoad.thud.yml
index bddf3f7f36..79f7345d93 100644
--- a/metadata/com.aerotoad.thud.yml
+++ b/metadata/com.aerotoad.thud.yml
@@ -80,10 +80,8 @@ Builds:
     subdir: android/app/
     sudo:
       - sysctl fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 || true
-      - curl -Lo node.tar.gz https://nodejs.org/download/release/v18.12.1/node-v18.12.1-linux-x64.tar.gz
-      - echo "a8fcacb8033504e6d704bdee821f7005ee3774db25c799bcf2a13b5bda7de172 node.tar.gz"
-        | sha256sum -c -
-      - tar xzf node.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C /usr/local/
+      - apt-get update
+      - apt-get install -y make npm
       - npm install -g @ionic/cli
     init:
       - cd ../..