diff --git a/lib/manager/_helpers/node/package.js b/lib/manager/_helpers/node/package.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 38b5b009856b031db6b69be173afd86e53635539..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/lib/manager/_helpers/node/package.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-const {
-  getMajor,
-  getMinor,
-  isGreaterThan,
-  isPinnedVersion,
-  sortVersions,
-} = require('../../../versioning/semver');
-const { getDependency } = require('../../../datasource/github');
-
-async function getPackageUpdates(config) {
-  logger.debug('getPackageUpdates()');
-  logger.trace({ config });
-  const { currentVersion } = config;
-  logger.info('Checking for nvmrc updates');
-  if (!isPinnedVersion(currentVersion)) {
-    logger.info('Skipping non-pinned node version: ' + currentVersion);
-    return [];
-  }
-  let endpoint;
-  let token;
-  // istanbul ignore if
-  if (process.env.GITHUB_ENDPOINT) {
-    logger.debug('Removing GHE token before retrieving node releases');
-    endpoint = process.env.GITHUB_ENDPOINT;
-    delete process.env.GITHUB_ENDPOINT;
-    token = process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN;
-    process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN = process.env.GITHUB_COM_TOKEN;
-  }
-  const newReleases = Object.keys((await getDependency('nodejs/node')).versions)
-    .filter(release => getMajor(currentVersion) === getMajor(release))
-    .filter(release => isGreaterThan(release, currentVersion));
-  newReleases.sort(sortVersions);
-  // istanbul ignore if
-  if (endpoint) {
-    logger.debug('Restoring GHE token and endpoint');
-    process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN = token;
-    process.env.GITHUB_ENDPOINT = endpoint;
-  }
-  if (newReleases.length) {
-    logger.debug({ newReleases }, 'Found newer Node releases');
-  } else {
-    return [];
-  }
-  const newVersion = newReleases[newReleases.length - 1];
-  return [
-    {
-      type: getMajor(newVersion) > getMajor(currentVersion) ? 'major' : 'minor',
-      newVersion,
-      newVersionMajor: getMajor(newVersion),
-      newVersionMinor: getMinor(newVersion),
-      fromVersion: currentVersion,
-      toVersion: newVersion,
-      repositoryUrl: 'https://github.com/nodejs/node',
-    },
-  ];
-}
-
-module.exports = {
-  getPackageUpdates,
-};
diff --git a/lib/manager/nvm/extract.js b/lib/manager/nvm/extract.js
index 4c0af583bfc6bf3ffeb9cca5ce4ef8e9dbf04401..089396e1ace185e93278e38d3fb2a8b56211f6bd 100644
--- a/lib/manager/nvm/extract.js
+++ b/lib/manager/nvm/extract.js
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ function extractDependencies(content) {
     {
       depName: 'node',
       currentVersion: content.trim(),
+      purl: 'pkg:github/nodejs/node?clean=true',
+      versionScheme: 'semver',
     },
   ];
   return { deps };
diff --git a/lib/manager/nvm/index.js b/lib/manager/nvm/index.js
index 0d35d7ba9f826ed7323b89b544df13ed3d114dc0..2c5dfa2cd7075d8f63d8fc4a15263892d3a0cd0d 100644
--- a/lib/manager/nvm/index.js
+++ b/lib/manager/nvm/index.js
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 const { extractDependencies } = require('./extract');
-const { getPackageUpdates } = require('./package');
 const { updateDependency } = require('./update');
 
 const language = 'node';
 
 module.exports = {
   extractDependencies,
-  getPackageUpdates,
   language,
   updateDependency,
 };
diff --git a/lib/manager/nvm/package.js b/lib/manager/nvm/package.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 75a8b35efd88c4ffd15798cc5c3cef244da476c3..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/lib/manager/nvm/package.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-const nodeManager = require('../_helpers/node/package');
-
-module.exports = {
-  getPackageUpdates,
-};
-
-function getPackageUpdates(config) {
-  logger.debug('nvm.getPackageUpdates()');
-  return nodeManager.getPackageUpdates(config);
-}
diff --git a/test/manager/_helpers/node/package.spec.js b/test/manager/_helpers/node/package.spec.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e6a8e5d3ea72ca63fa05047ef86a80c28950eaa..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/test/manager/_helpers/node/package.spec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-const nodeManager = require('../../../../lib/manager/_helpers/node/package');
-const { getDependency } = require('../../../../lib/datasource/github');
-
-jest.mock('../../../../lib/datasource/github');
-
-describe('manager/npm/engines', () => {
-  let config;
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    config = {
-      depName: 'node',
-    };
-  });
-  it('skips non-pinned versions', async () => {
-    config.currentVersion = '8';
-    const res = await nodeManager.getPackageUpdates(config);
-    expect(res).toEqual([]);
-  });
-  it('returns empty', async () => {
-    config.currentVersion = '8.9.0';
-    getDependency.mockReturnValueOnce({ versions: {} });
-    const res = await nodeManager.getPackageUpdates(config);
-    expect(res).toEqual([]);
-  });
-  it('filters v', async () => {
-    config.currentVersion = '8.9.0';
-    getDependency.mockReturnValueOnce({
-      versions: { '8.0.0': {}, '8.9.1': {} },
-    });
-    const res = await nodeManager.getPackageUpdates(config);
-    expect(res).toHaveLength(1);
-    expect(res[0].newVersion).toEqual('8.9.1');
-  });
-  it('skips major versions', async () => {
-    config.currentVersion = '8.9.0';
-    getDependency.mockReturnValueOnce({ versions: { '9.4.0': {} } });
-    const res = await nodeManager.getPackageUpdates(config);
-    expect(res).toHaveLength(0);
-  });
-});
diff --git a/test/manager/nvm/__snapshots__/extract.spec.js.snap b/test/manager/nvm/__snapshots__/extract.spec.js.snap
index 74b8f55055473e56c1ff22569bceb4b13185b3ba..2f9479832797403cfcef28fdfec25e07ea41ab11 100644
--- a/test/manager/nvm/__snapshots__/extract.spec.js.snap
+++ b/test/manager/nvm/__snapshots__/extract.spec.js.snap
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Array [
   Object {
     "currentVersion": "8.4.0",
     "depName": "node",
+    "purl": "pkg:github/nodejs/node?clean=true",
+    "versionScheme": "semver",
   },
 ]
 `;
diff --git a/test/manager/nvm/__snapshots__/package.spec.js.snap b/test/manager/nvm/__snapshots__/package.spec.js.snap
deleted file mode 100644
index 5971d26e83bcb5bb25979e98aaf04b046519a6d7..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/test/manager/nvm/__snapshots__/package.spec.js.snap
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
-
-exports[`lib/manager/node/package getPackageUpdates returns result if needing updates 1`] = `Array []`;
diff --git a/test/manager/nvm/package.spec.js b/test/manager/nvm/package.spec.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 36708902a84440bc749861bdcac81a2666e3434e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/test/manager/nvm/package.spec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-const node = require('../../../lib/manager/nvm/package');
-const defaultConfig = require('../../../lib/config/defaults').getConfig();
-
-describe('lib/manager/node/package', () => {
-  describe('getPackageUpdates', () => {
-    let config;
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      config = {
-        ...defaultConfig,
-      };
-    });
-    it('returns empty if matching', async () => {
-      config.currentVersion = ['6', '8'];
-      config.supportPolicy = ['lts_active'];
-      expect(await node.getPackageUpdates(config)).toEqual([]);
-    });
-    it('returns result if needing updates', async () => {
-      config.currentVersion = ['6', '8'];
-      expect(await node.getPackageUpdates(config)).toMatchSnapshot();
-    });
-  });
-});