diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index b3dd0842b..8e4a412f4 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -15,18 +15,13 @@ arm_linux_task:
     - cd test_fetching_ripgrep
     - npm init -y --verbose
     - npm install --verbose --foreground-scripts @vscode/ripgrep; cat /root/.npm/_logs/*.log
-    - npm cache clean --force
     - rm -rfv /tmp/vscode-ripgrep-cache*/
     - npm ci --verbose --foreground-scripts; cat /root/.npm/_logs/*.log
-    - npm cache clean --force
     - rm -rfv /tmp/vscode-ripgrep-cache*/
     - npm ci --verbose --foreground-scripts; cat /root/.npm/_logs/*.log
-    - npm cache clean --force
     - rm -rfv /tmp/vscode-ripgrep-cache*/
     - npm ci --verbose --foreground-scripts; cat /root/.npm/_logs/*.log
-    - npm cache clean --force
     - rm -rfv /tmp/vscode-ripgrep-cache*/
     - npm ci --verbose --foreground-scripts; cat /root/.npm/_logs/*.log
-    - npm cache clean --force
     - rm -rfv /tmp/vscode-ripgrep-cache*/
     - npm ci --verbose --foreground-scripts; cat /root/.npm/_logs/*.log