diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/language/node_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/language/node_spec.rb
index d8d476aebd..df29a1db9e 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/language/node_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/language/node_spec.rb
@@ -1,56 +1,36 @@
 require "language/node"
 
 describe Language::Node do
-  specify "#npm_cache_config" do
-    shutup do
-      ret_val = described_class.npm_cache_config
-      expect(ret_val).to eq("cache=#{HOMEBREW_CACHE}/npm_cache\n")
+  describe "#setup_npm_environment" do
+    it "does nothing when npmrc exists" do
+      expect(subject.setup_npm_environment).to be_nil
+    end
+
+    it "calls prepend_path when npmrc does not exist" do
+      allow(Formula).to receive(:[]).with("node").and_return(formula { url "foo-1.0" })
+      allow_any_instance_of(Pathname).to receive(:exist?).and_return(false)
+      allow(ENV).to receive(:prepend_path).with("PATH", Formula["node"].opt_libexec/"bin").and_return("prepend_path called")
+      expect(subject.setup_npm_environment).to eq("prepend_path called")
     end
   end
 
-  describe "#pack_for_installation" do
+  describe "#std_npm_install_args" do
+    npm_install_arg = "libexec"
+
     it "raises error with non zero exitstatus" do
-      shutup do
-        expect { described_class.pack_for_installation }.to raise_error
-      end
+      expect { subject.std_npm_install_args(npm_install_arg) }.to raise_error("npm failed to pack #{Dir.pwd}")
     end
 
     it "does not raise error with a zero exitstatus" do
-      shutup do
-        allow_any_instance_of(Process::Status).to receive(:exitstatus).and_return(0)
-        expect { described_class.pack_for_installation }.not_to raise_error
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe "#setup_npm_environment" do
-    it "npmrc exists" do
-      shutup do
-        expect(described_class.setup_npm_environment).to be_nil
-      end
-    end
-
-    it "npmrc does not exist" do
-      shutup do
-        allow_any_instance_of(Pathname).to receive(:exist?).and_return(false)
-        described_class.setup_npm_environment
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  specify "#std_npm_install_args" do
-    shutup do
-      npm_install_arg = "libexec"
+      allow(Utils).to receive(:popen_read).with("npm pack").and_return("pack")
       allow_any_instance_of(Process::Status).to receive(:exitstatus).and_return(0)
-      resp = described_class.std_npm_install_args npm_install_arg
-      expect(resp).to eq(["--verbose", "--global", "--prefix=#{npm_install_arg}", "#{Dir.pwd}/"])
+      resp = subject.std_npm_install_args(npm_install_arg)
+      expect(resp).to include("--prefix=#{npm_install_arg}", "#{Dir.pwd}/pack")
     end
   end
 
   specify "#local_npm_install_args" do
-    shutup do
-      resp = described_class.local_npm_install_args
-      expect(resp).to eq(["--verbose"])
-    end
+    resp = subject.local_npm_install_args
+    expect(resp).to include("--verbose")
   end
 end