diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e3ec7615e4e4..11cc52ed9432 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ install:
   - npm config set spin false
   # Log HTTP requests
   - npm config set loglevel http
-  # Run npm install twice, because it is flaky.
-  - npm install || npm install
+  - time ./scripts/travis/fetch_bundle.sh
+  - time npm install
 
 before_script:
   - mkdir -p $LOGS_DIR
diff --git a/scripts/travis/fetch_bundle.sh b/scripts/travis/fetch_bundle.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..73f0b01fec80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/travis/fetch_bundle.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+# normalize the working dir to the directory of the script
+cd $(dirname $0);
+
+cd ../..
+curl "http://23.251.144.68:8000/fetch-tar/$TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG/$TRAVIS_COMMIT" | tar xz