diff --git a/.ci/packer_cache_for_branch.sh b/.ci/packer_cache_for_branch.sh
index ab0ab845b2dc3..b8b5f7d3c3f0e 100755
--- a/.ci/packer_cache_for_branch.sh
+++ b/.ci/packer_cache_for_branch.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ node scripts/es snapshot --download-only;
 node scripts/es snapshot --license=oss --download-only;
 
 # download reporting browsers
-(cd "x-pack" && yarn gulp downloadChromium);
+(cd "x-pack" && node ../node_modules/.bin/gulp downloadChromium);
 
 # cache the chromedriver archive
 chromedriverDistVersion="$(node -e "console.log(require('chromedriver').version)")"
@@ -51,10 +51,6 @@ tar -cf "$HOME/.kibana/bootstrap_cache/$branch.tar" \
   .chromedriver \
   .geckodriver;
 
-echo "Adding node_modules"
-# Find all of the node_modules directories that aren't test fixtures, and aren't inside other node_modules directories, and append them to the tar
-find . -type d -name node_modules -not -path '*__fixtures__*' -prune -print0 | xargs -0I % tar -rf "$HOME/.kibana/bootstrap_cache/$branch.tar" "%"
-
 echo "created $HOME/.kibana/bootstrap_cache/$branch.tar"
 
 if [[ "$branch" != "master" ]]; then