diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2ecad7472f..8c87c51c76 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ before_deploy:
   - node utils/apply_next_version.js
 
 deploy:
+  skip_cleanup: true
   provider: script
   script: utils/publish_all_packages.sh --tip-of-tree
   on:
diff --git a/utils/publish_all_packages.sh b/utils/publish_all_packages.sh
index 053fbf1213..73e28618d4 100755
--- a/utils/publish_all_packages.sh
+++ b/utils/publish_all_packages.sh
@@ -73,8 +73,7 @@ elif [[ $1 == "--tip-of-tree" ]]; then
     echo "Did not find \$CI env - cannot publish tip-of-tree release not from CI"
     exit 1
   fi
-  # We don't do `npm run clean` here since travis deploy will remove node
-  # modules, and our `npm run clean` relies on `rimraf` to be installed.
+  npm run clean
   npm publish . --tag="next"
   npm publish packages/playwright-firefox --tag="next"
   npm publish packages/playwright-webkit --tag="next"