diff --git a/metadata/com.zulipmobile.yml b/metadata/com.zulipmobile.yml
index 21d6a8d29c..f16b604ba3 100644
--- a/metadata/com.zulipmobile.yml
+++ b/metadata/com.zulipmobile.yml
@@ -2198,16 +2198,13 @@ Builds:
     commit: d1857377c2506eb304db410bf9992bed47eb5edd
     subdir: android/app
     sudo:
+      - sysctl fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 || true
       - echo "deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bullseye.list
       - apt-get update
+      - apt-get install -y npm
       - apt-get install -y -t bullseye openjdk-11-jdk-headless
       - update-java-alternatives --set java-1.11.0-openjdk-amd64
-      - curl -Lo node.tar.gz https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.20.2/node-v16.20.2-linux-x64.tar.gz
-      - echo "c9193e6c414891694759febe846f4f023bf48410a6924a8b1520c46565859665 node.tar.gz"
-        | sha256sum -c -
-      - tar xzf node.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C /usr/local/
       - npm -g install yarn
-      - sysctl fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 || true
     gradle:
       - yes
     srclibs: