diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 7f2be7538..fc1bfc8fc 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: test
           command: |
+            make npm-link
             mkdir test-results
             tools/pytest_wrapper.py \
               --junitxml=test-results/junit.xml \
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: stack-size
           command: |
+            make npm-link
             pytest -s benchmark/stack_usage.py  | sed -n 's/## //pg'
 
   test-python:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 56cc79d85..abcbcfb76 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ all: check \
 	dist/pyodide.js \
 	dist/pyodide.d.ts \
 	dist/package.json \
-	npm-link \
 	dist/console.html \
 	dist/distutils.tar \
 	dist/test.tar \