diff --git a/Formula/node@8.rb b/Formula/node@8.rb
index acbbaf4eee..d18802baed 100644
--- a/Formula/node@8.rb
+++ b/Formula/node@8.rb
@@ -32,16 +32,9 @@ class NodeAT8 < Formula
     fails_with :gcc => n
   end
 
-  # Keep in sync with main node formula
-  resource "npm" do
-    url "https://registry.npmjs.org/npm/-/npm-5.6.0.tgz"
-    sha256 "b1f0de3767136c1d7b4b0f10e6eb2fb3397e2fe11e4c9cddcd0030ad1af9eddd"
-  end
-
   def install
-    # Never install the bundled "npm", always prefer our
-    # installation from tarball for better packaging control.
-    args = %W[--prefix=#{prefix} --without-npm]
+    args = ["--prefix=#{prefix}"]
+    args << "--without-npm" if build.without? "npm"
     args << "--debug" if build.with? "debug"
     args << "--with-intl=system-icu" if build.with? "icu4c"
     args << "--shared-openssl" if build.with? "openssl"
@@ -49,59 +42,6 @@ class NodeAT8 < Formula
 
     system "./configure", *args
     system "make", "install"
-
-    if build.with? "npm"
-      # Allow npm to find Node before installation has completed.
-      ENV.prepend_path "PATH", bin
-
-      bootstrap = buildpath/"npm_bootstrap"
-      bootstrap.install resource("npm")
-      system "node", bootstrap/"bin/npm-cli.js", "install", "-ddd", "--global",
-             "--prefix=#{libexec}", resource("npm").cached_download
-
-      # The `package.json` stores integrity information about the above passed
-      # in `cached_download` npm resource, which breaks `npm -g outdated npm`.
-      # This copies back over the vanilla `package.json` to fix this issue.
-      cp bootstrap/"package.json", libexec/"lib/node_modules/npm"
-      # These symlinks are never used & they've caused issues in the past.
-      rm_rf libexec/"share"
-
-      if build.with? "completion"
-        bash_completion.install \
-          bootstrap/"lib/utils/completion.sh" => "npm"
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  def post_install
-    return if build.without? "npm"
-
-    node_modules = HOMEBREW_PREFIX/"lib/node_modules"
-    node_modules.mkpath
-    # Kill npm but preserve all other modules across node updates/upgrades.
-    rm_rf node_modules/"npm"
-
-    cp_r libexec/"lib/node_modules/npm", node_modules
-    # This symlink doesn't hop into homebrew_prefix/bin automatically so
-    # we make our own. This is a small consequence of our
-    # bottle-npm-and-retain-a-private-copy-in-libexec setup
-    # All other installs **do** symlink to homebrew_prefix/bin correctly.
-    # We ln rather than cp this because doing so mimics npm's normal install.
-    ln_sf node_modules/"npm/bin/npm-cli.js", HOMEBREW_PREFIX/"bin/npm"
-    ln_sf node_modules/"npm/bin/npx-cli.js", HOMEBREW_PREFIX/"bin/npx"
-
-    # Let's do the manpage dance. It's just a jump to the left.
-    # And then a step to the right, with your hand on rm_f.
-    %w[man1 man5 man7].each do |man|
-      # Dirs must exist first: https://github.com/Homebrew/legacy-homebrew/issues/35969
-      mkdir_p HOMEBREW_PREFIX/"share/man/#{man}"
-      rm_f Dir[HOMEBREW_PREFIX/"share/man/#{man}/{npm.,npm-,npmrc.,package.json.,npx.}*"]
-      cp Dir[libexec/"lib/node_modules/npm/man/#{man}/{npm,package.json,npx}*"], HOMEBREW_PREFIX/"share/man/#{man}"
-    end
-
-    npm_root = node_modules/"npm"
-    npmrc = npm_root/"npmrc"
-    npmrc.atomic_write("prefix = #{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}\n")
   end
 
   def caveats
@@ -132,14 +72,14 @@ class NodeAT8 < Formula
       ENV.prepend_path "PATH", opt_bin
       ENV.delete "NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR"
       assert_equal which("node"), opt_bin/"node"
-      assert_predicate HOMEBREW_PREFIX/"bin/npm", :exist?, "npm must exist"
-      assert_predicate HOMEBREW_PREFIX/"bin/npm", :executable?, "npm must be executable"
+      assert_predicate bin/"npm", :exist?, "npm must exist"
+      assert_predicate bin/"npm", :executable?, "npm must be executable"
       npm_args = ["-ddd", "--cache=#{HOMEBREW_CACHE}/npm_cache", "--build-from-source"]
-      system "#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin/npm", *npm_args, "install", "npm@latest"
-      system "#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin/npm", *npm_args, "install", "bignum" unless head?
-      assert_predicate HOMEBREW_PREFIX/"bin/npx", :exist?, "npx must exist"
-      assert_predicate HOMEBREW_PREFIX/"bin/npx", :executable?, "npx must be executable"
-      assert_match "< hello >", shell_output("#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin/npx cowsay hello")
+      system "#{bin}/npm", *npm_args, "install", "npm@latest"
+      system "#{bin}/npm", *npm_args, "install", "bignum" unless head?
+      assert_predicate bin/"npx", :exist?, "npx must exist"
+      assert_predicate bin/"npx", :executable?, "npx must be executable"
+      assert_match "< hello >", shell_output("#{bin}/npx cowsay hello")
     end
   end
 end