diff --git a/manifests/frontend.pp b/manifests/frontend.pp
index dc2f768..2f345a7 100644
--- a/manifests/frontend.pp
+++ b/manifests/frontend.pp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class openstack_health::frontend(
   class { '::nodejs':
     legacy_debian_symlinks => true,
     repo_url_suffix        => 'node_0.12',
+    npm_package_ensure     => 'present',
   }
 
   package { 'node-gyp':
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/frontend_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/frontend_spec.rb
index 5f294a0..822b0c1 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/frontend_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/frontend_spec.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ describe 'puppet-openstack_health::api manifest', :if => ['debian', 'ubuntu'].in
 
     describe 'npm packages' do
       required_packages = [
-        package('npm'),
         package('node-gyp'),
         package('gulp'),
       ]