diff --git a/lib/manager/npm/post-update/npm.js b/lib/manager/npm/post-update/npm.js
index 5d4e56b08442343025d6a1156fa72be4ec750fae..0b52a5e9508839e952907018808d776f6e8cf3f5 100644
--- a/lib/manager/npm/post-update/npm.js
+++ b/lib/manager/npm/post-update/npm.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ async function generateLockFile(tmpDir, env, filename) {
       }
     }
     logger.debug(`Using npm: ${cmd}`);
-    cmd = `find . && ${cmd} --version && ${cmd} install --package-lock-only --no-audit && find .`;
+    cmd = `${cmd} --version && ${cmd} install --package-lock-only --no-audit`;
     // TODO: Switch to native util.promisify once using only node 8
     ({ stdout, stderr } = await exec(cmd, {
       cwd: tmpDir,
diff --git a/lib/manager/npm/post-update/yarn.js b/lib/manager/npm/post-update/yarn.js
index 58ae9c4e5515df3cbe1254e927f27e0ee5377874..352430692387eeadfe1ad62bc4fb1b4af0affef0 100644
--- a/lib/manager/npm/post-update/yarn.js
+++ b/lib/manager/npm/post-update/yarn.js
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ async function generateLockFile(tmpDir, env) {
       }
     }
     logger.debug(`Using yarn: ${cmd}`);
-    cmd = 'find . && ' + cmd;
     cmd += ' install';
     cmd += ' --ignore-scripts';
     cmd += ' --ignore-engines';