diff --git a/forge.config.js b/forge.config.js
index 2d50e349d..82bda28eb 100644
--- a/forge.config.js
+++ b/forge.config.js
@@ -145,6 +145,26 @@ let config = {
     },
     packageAfterPrune: async (forgeConfig, buildPath, electronVersion, platform, arch) => {
             // Workaround from     https://www.update.rocks/blog/fixing-the-python3/
+
+        const npmInstall = spawnSync("npm", ["install", "--omit=dev"], {
+          cwd: buildPath,
+          stdio: "inherit",
+          shell: true,
+        });
+
+        console.log(buildPath);
+
+        // Clear out prebuilds for other architectures
+        // 1) we don't need them
+        // 2) windows binary signing tool blows up when it tries to sign them.
+        
+        const prebuilds = glob.GlobSync(`${buildPath}/**/prebuilds/*`);
+        const matchString = new RegExp(`prebuilds/${platform}`);
+        prebuilds.found.forEach(function(path) {
+            if (! path.match(matchString)) {
+            fs.rmdirSync(path, { recursive: true });
+            } 
+    });
 if (platform === 'darwin') {
   console.log("We need to remove the problematic link file on macOS");
   console.log(`Build path ${buildPath}`);
@@ -178,26 +198,6 @@ if (platform === 'darwin') {
 
   }
 }
-
-        const npmInstall = spawnSync("npm", ["install", "--omit=dev"], {
-          cwd: buildPath,
-          stdio: "inherit",
-          shell: true,
-        });
-
-        console.log(buildPath);
-
-        // Clear out prebuilds for other architectures
-        // 1) we don't need them
-        // 2) windows binary signing tool blows up when it tries to sign them.
-        
-        const prebuilds = glob.GlobSync(`${buildPath}/**/prebuilds/*`);
-        const matchString = new RegExp(`prebuilds/${platform}`);
-        prebuilds.found.forEach(function(path) {
-            if (! path.match(matchString)) {
-            fs.rmdirSync(path, { recursive: true });
-            } 
-    });
   },
 }
 };