diff --git a/scripts/generate-dev-bundle.sh b/scripts/generate-dev-bundle.sh
index eda449bb3c..3d55b7e6a9 100755
--- a/scripts/generate-dev-bundle.sh
+++ b/scripts/generate-dev-bundle.sh
@@ -136,11 +136,8 @@ mv BrowserStackLocal "$DIR/bin/"
 # Sanity check to see if we're not breaking anything by replacing npm
 INSTALLED_NPM_VERSION=$(cat "$DIR/lib/node_modules/npm/package.json" |
 xargs -0 node -e "console.log(JSON.parse(process.argv[1]).version)")
-if [ "$INSTALLED_NPM_VERSION" != "3.9.6" ]; then
+if [ "$INSTALLED_NPM_VERSION" != "$NPM_VERSION" ]; then
   echo "Unexpected NPM version in lib/node_modules: $INSTALLED_NPM_VERSION"
-  echo "We will be replacing it with our own version because the bundled node"
-  echo "is built using PORTABLE=1, which makes npm look for node relative to"
-  echo "its own directory."
   echo "Update this check if you know what you're doing."
   exit 1
 fi