diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3d6c96f..c304c2b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ os:
   - linux
   - osx
 
+before_install:
+  # modules with pre-built binaries may not have deployed versions for bleeding-edge node so this lets us fall back to building from source
+  - npm install @mapbox/node-pre-gyp -g
+
 script: npx nyc -s npm run test:node -- --bail
 after_success: npx nyc report --reporter=text-lcov > coverage.lcov && npx codecov
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0a67075..1ed1a90 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@
     "p-queue": "^6.3.0",
     "peer-id": "^0.14.0"
   },
-  "peerDependencies": {
-    "ipfs-http-client": "*"
-  },
   "browser": {
     "go-ipfs": false
   },