1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/deps/npm/test/tap/no-global-warns.js b/deps/npm/test/tap/no-global-warns.js
index cae62fff99..577b393122 100644
--- a/deps/npm/test/tap/no-global-warns.js
+++ b/deps/npm/test/tap/no-global-warns.js
@@ -14,7 +14,16 @@ var toInstall = path.join(base, 'to-install')
 var config = 'prefix = ' + base
 var configPath = path.join(base, '_npmrc')
 
-var OPTS = { }
+// use a clean environment for this test
+// otherwise local dev-time npm settings can throw it off
+var OPTS = {
+  env: Object.keys(process.env).filter(function (k) {
+    return !/^npm_config_/i.test(k)
+  }).reduce(function (set, k) {
+    set[k] = process.env[k]
+    return set
+  }, {})
+}
 
 var installJSON = {
   name: 'to-install',
@@ -43,6 +52,9 @@ test('no-global-warns', function (t) {
     OPTS,
     function (err, code, stdout, stderr) {
       t.ifError(err, 'installed w/o error')
+      const preWarn = 'npm WARN You are using a pre-release version ' +
+        'of node and things may not work as expected'
+      stderr = stderr.trim().replace(preWarn, '')
       t.is(stderr, '', 'no warnings printed to stderr')
       t.end()
     })