diff --git a/contrib/setup/build_js.sh b/contrib/setup/build_js.sh
index ddb48d1..41f2148 100755
--- a/contrib/setup/build_js.sh
+++ b/contrib/setup/build_js.sh
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ if [ -n "$MESON_SOURCE_ROOT" ]; then
     cd "$MESON_SOURCE_ROOT/contrib/setup/"
 fi
 
-YARNPKG="yarn"
+NPM="npm"
 if [ ! -z "$1" ]
 then
-    YARNPKG=$1
+    NPM=$1
 fi
 
-$YARNPKG install $ASGEN_YARN_EXTRA_ARGS --prod --non-interactive
+$NPM install --no-save
 
 JS_TARGET=../../data/templates/default/static/js
 [ ! -d "$JS_TARGET" ] && mkdir $JS_TARGET
diff --git a/contrib/setup/yarn.lock b/contrib/setup/yarn.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index cb50104..0000000
--- a/contrib/setup/yarn.lock
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# THIS IS AN AUTOGENERATED FILE. DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY.
-# yarn lockfile v1
-
-
-highlightjs@^9.10.0:
-  version "9.16.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/highlightjs/-/highlightjs-9.16.2.tgz#07ea6cc7c93340fc440734fb7abf28558f1f0fe1"
-  integrity sha512-FK1vmMj8BbEipEy8DLIvp71t5UsC7n2D6En/UfM/91PCwmOpj6f2iu0Y0coRC62KSRHHC+dquM2xMULV/X7NFg==
-
-jquery-flot@^0.8.3:
-  version "0.8.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jquery-flot/-/jquery-flot-0.8.3.tgz#a273acf43f13190f6e78701869ee24bfef12c22a"
-  integrity sha512-IkQCsA5t55Aubu8iove/X/KL34rdZTsDyx/bylC7F320N2bwsJhJe3Np8orsx1L8FEOoMDfNe3/pSb3xXKLxeQ==
-
-jquery@^3.3.1:
-  version "3.6.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jquery/-/jquery-3.6.4.tgz#ba065c188142100be4833699852bf7c24dc0252f"
-  integrity sha512-v28EW9DWDFpzcD9O5iyJXg3R3+q+mET5JhnjJzQUZMHOv67bpSIHq81GEYpPNZHG+XXHsfSme3nxp/hndKEcsQ==
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8207b9e..2ba953e 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ fs = import('fs')
 #
 src_dir = include_directories('src/')
 
-glib_dep       = dependency('glib-2.0', version: '>= 2.62')
-glibd_dep      = dependency('glibd-2.0')
-appstream_dep  = dependency('appstream', version : '>= 1.0.0')
-ascompose_dep  = dependency('appstream-compose', version : '>= 1.0.0')
-lmdb_dep       = dependency('lmdb', version : '>= 0.9.22')
-archive_dep    = dependency('libarchive', version : '>= 3.2')
-curl_dep       = dependency('libcurl')
+glib_dep      = dependency('glib-2.0', version: '>= 2.62')
+glibd_dep     = dependency('glibd-2.0')
+appstream_dep = dependency('appstream', version : '>= 1.0.0')
+ascompose_dep = dependency('appstream-compose', version : '>= 1.0.0')
+lmdb_dep      = dependency('lmdb', version : '>= 0.9.22')
+archive_dep   = dependency('libarchive', version : '>= 3.2')
+curl_dep      = dependency('libcurl')
 
 dxml_dep = dependency('', required: false)
 if get_option('rpmmd')
@@ -67,12 +67,12 @@ girbind_lib = static_library('girbindings',
 # Download JS stuff and additional sources if we couldn't find them
 #
 if get_option('download-js')
-    yarn_exe = find_program('/usr/share/yarn/bin/yarn', 'yarnpkg') # check for the yarn executable
+    npm_exe = find_program('npm')
     if not fs.is_dir(source_root / 'data' / 'templates' / 'default' / 'static' / 'js')
         message('Downloading JavaScript libraries...')
-        getjs_cmd = run_command([source_root + '/contrib/setup/build_js.sh', yarn_exe], check: false)
+        getjs_cmd = run_command([source_root + '/contrib/setup/build_js.sh', npm_exe], check: false)
         if getjs_cmd.returncode() != 0
-            error('Unable to download JavaScript files with Yarn:\n' + getjs_cmd.stdout() + getjs_cmd.stderr())
+            error('Unable to download JavaScript files with NPM:\n' + getjs_cmd.stdout() + getjs_cmd.stderr())
         endif
     endif
 endif
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 109dcca..1387309 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ option('rpmmd',
 option('download-js',
        type: 'boolean',
        value: true,
-       description: 'Download JavaScript with Yarn automatically.'
+       description: 'Download JavaScript with NPM automatically.'
 )
 option('gir-dir',
        type: 'string',
diff --git a/snapcraft.yaml b/snapcraft.yaml
index c898cd3..cade857 100644
--- a/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -105,10 +105,6 @@ parts:
     build-environment:
       - LD_LIBRARY_PATH: $CRAFT_STAGE/usr/lib/$CRAFT_ARCH_TRIPLET/
     override-build: |
-      # install yarn
-      curl -sS https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | apt-key add -
-      echo "deb https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list
-      apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y yarn nodejs
       # actually build asgen - we need to run everything manually here,
       # because snapcraft will kill the build if run with maximum amount of ninja jobs,
       # and I found no way to limit the amount of permitted ninja jobs other than overriding everything
@@ -136,6 +132,7 @@ parts:
       - docbook-xsl
       - docbook-xml
       - ffmpeg
+      - npm
       - libarchive-dev
       - libcairo2-dev
       - libcurl4-gnutls-dev
diff --git a/tests/ci/install-deps-deb.sh b/tests/ci/install-deps-deb.sh
index 6fe4389..f69a753 100755
--- a/tests/ci/install-deps-deb.sh
+++ b/tests/ci/install-deps-deb.sh
@@ -55,12 +55,6 @@ else
     gdk_pixbuf_dep="libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev"
 fi;
 
-yarnpkg_dep="yarnpkg"
-if dpkg -s yarn >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  # if the conflicting "yarn" package was already installed,
-  # don't try to install yarnpkg
-  yarnpkg_dep=""
-fi
 eatmydata apt-get install -yq --no-install-recommends \
     $gdk_pixbuf_dep \
     librsvg2-dev \
@@ -73,4 +67,4 @@ eatmydata apt-get install -yq --no-install-recommends \
     curl \
     gnupg \
     ffmpeg \
-    $yarnpkg_dep
+    npm
diff --git a/tests/ci/install-deps-rpm.sh b/tests/ci/install-deps-rpm.sh
index c25b568..74ac76f 100755
--- a/tests/ci/install-deps-rpm.sh
+++ b/tests/ci/install-deps-rpm.sh
@@ -52,4 +52,4 @@ dnf --assumeyes --quiet --setopt=install_weak_deps=False install \
     /usr/bin/ffmpeg \
     /usr/bin/node \
     /usr/bin/xsltproc \
-    /usr/bin/yarnpkg
+    /usr/bin/npm