diff --git a/eng/sanitize.py b/eng/sanitize.py
index 6df8b8dd66..30c94b39f9 100644
--- a/eng/sanitize.py
+++ b/eng/sanitize.py
@@ -9,18 +9,6 @@ def glob(path):
     return [os.path.join(path, filename) for filename in os.listdir(path)]
 
 
-def remove(*paths):
-    for path in paths:
-        path = os.path.abspath(path)
-        try:
-            if os.path.isdir(path):
-                shutil.rmtree(path)
-            else:
-                os.remove(path)
-        except OSError as error:
-            print(error)
-
-
 def rewrite_package_json(path):
     package = open(path, "r+")
     settings = json.load(package)
@@ -31,52 +19,35 @@ def rewrite_package_json(path):
     package.close()
 
 
-emscripten_path = sys.argv[1]
-node_root = sys.argv[2]
-node_paths = glob(node_root)
-upgrade = True
-
-# Add the local node bin directory to the path so that
-# npm can find it when doing the updating or pruning
-os.environ["PATH"] = os.path.join(node_paths[0], "bin") + os.pathsep + os.environ["PATH"]
-
-def update_npm(path):
+def prune(path):
     try:
-        os.chdir(os.path.join(path, "lib"))
-        os.system("npm install npm@latest")
-        os.system("npm install npm@latest")
-        prune()
+        os.chdir(path)
+        os.system("npm prune --production")
     except OSError as error:
-        print("npm update failed")
+        print("npm prune failed")
         print(error)
 
 
-def remove_npm(path):
-    os.chdir(path)
-    remove("bin/npx", "bin/npm", "include", "lib", "share")
-
-
-def prune():
+def auditfix(path):
     try:
-        os.system("npm prune --production")
+        os.chdir(path)
+        os.system("npm audit fix")
     except OSError as error:
-        print("npm prune failed")
+        print("npm audit fix failed")
         print(error)
 
-if upgrade:
-    for path in node_paths:
-        update_npm(path)
 
-os.chdir(emscripten_path)
-rewrite_package_json("package.json")
-try:
-    os.system("npm audit fix")
-except OSError as error:
-    print("npm audit fix failed")
-    print(error)
+emscripten_path = sys.argv[1]
+node_root = sys.argv[2]
+node_paths = glob(node_root)
+
+# Add the local node bin directory to the path so that
+# npm can find it when doing the updating or pruning
+os.environ["PATH"] = os.path.join(node_paths[0], "bin") + os.pathsep + os.environ["PATH"]
 
-prune()
+for path in node_paths:
+    prune(os.path.join(path, "lib"))
 
-if not upgrade:
-    for path in node_paths:
-        remove_npm(path)
+rewrite_package_json(os.path.join(emscripten_path, "package.json"))
+auditfix(emscripten_path)
+prune(emscripten_path)