diff --git a/examples/node/greeter_client.js b/examples/node/greeter_client.js
index ddc8abbbed2..175f8e6b5a8 100644
--- a/examples/node/greeter_client.js
+++ b/examples/node/greeter_client.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 var PROTO_PATH = __dirname + '/helloworld.proto';
 
-var grpc = require('grpc');
+var grpc = require('../../');
 var hello_proto = grpc.load(PROTO_PATH).helloworld;
 
 function main() {
diff --git a/examples/node/greeter_server.js b/examples/node/greeter_server.js
index 44b44afaafb..3600c8bfbf4 100644
--- a/examples/node/greeter_server.js
+++ b/examples/node/greeter_server.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 var PROTO_PATH = __dirname + '/helloworld.proto';
 
-var grpc = require('grpc');
+var grpc = require('../../');
 var hello_proto = grpc.load(PROTO_PATH).helloworld;
 
 /**
diff --git a/examples/node/package.json b/examples/node/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c4f95b1093..00000000000
--- a/examples/node/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "grpc-demo",
-  "version": "0.5.0",
-  "dependencies": {
-    "async": "^0.9.0",
-    "grpc": "~0.11.0",
-    "minimist": "^1.1.0",
-    "underscore": "^1.8.2"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/examples/node/route_guide/route_guide_client.js b/examples/node/route_guide/route_guide_client.js
index 1da6c690252..525d68f44ca 100644
--- a/examples/node/route_guide/route_guide_client.js
+++ b/examples/node/route_guide/route_guide_client.js
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ var async = require('async');
 var fs = require('fs');
 var parseArgs = require('minimist');
 var path = require('path');
-var _ = require('underscore');
-var grpc = require('grpc');
+var _ = require('lodash');
+var grpc = require('../../../');
 var routeguide = grpc.load(__dirname + '/route_guide.proto').routeguide;
 var client = new routeguide.RouteGuide('localhost:50051',
                                        grpc.Credentials.createInsecure());
diff --git a/examples/node/route_guide/route_guide_server.js b/examples/node/route_guide/route_guide_server.js
index faae3087fd1..5bb81446f05 100644
--- a/examples/node/route_guide/route_guide_server.js
+++ b/examples/node/route_guide/route_guide_server.js
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
 var fs = require('fs');
 var parseArgs = require('minimist');
 var path = require('path');
-var _ = require('underscore');
-var grpc = require('grpc');
+var _ = require('lodash');
+var grpc = require('../../../');
 var routeguide = grpc.load(__dirname + '/route_guide.proto').routeguide;
 
 var COORD_FACTOR = 1e7;