diff --git a/scripts/jenkins.sh b/scripts/jenkins.sh
index 9213e713..39b8a5d9 100755
--- a/scripts/jenkins.sh
+++ b/scripts/jenkins.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-set -e
-
-#export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
-#[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
-#nvm use 10
-
-set -x
+set -ex
 
 # check out corresponding branches of dependencies.
 # clone the deps with depth 1: we know we will only ever need that one commit.
@@ -14,12 +8,6 @@ set -x
 
 yarn install
 
-# run the mocha tests
-#yarn test
-
-# run eslint
-#yarn lintall -- -f checkstyle -o eslint.xml || true
-
 rm dist/riot-*.tar.gz || true # rm previous artifacts without failing if it doesn't exist
 
 # Since the deps are fetched from git, we can rev-parse