diff --git a/support-frontend/Brewfile b/support-frontend/Brewfile
index 682059caf3..700d7e6cf2 100644
--- a/support-frontend/Brewfile
+++ b/support-frontend/Brewfile
@@ -2,4 +2,3 @@ tap "guardian/devtools"
 brew "guardian/devtools/dev-nginx"
 cask "gu-scala"
 brew "awscli"
-brew "yarn"
diff --git a/support-frontend/setup.sh b/support-frontend/setup.sh
index cf3f1943ed..8d7652f94f 100755
--- a/support-frontend/setup.sh
+++ b/support-frontend/setup.sh
@@ -111,10 +111,9 @@ setup_nginx() {
   dev-nginx restart-nginx
 }
 
-install_yarn_if_linux() {
-  # This will be installed by 'install_brew_deps' if on mac
-  if linux && ! installed yarn; then
-    sudo apt-get install yarn
+install_yarn() {
+  if ! installed yarn; then
+    npm install -g yarn
   fi
 }
 
@@ -139,11 +138,11 @@ main () {
   check_encryption
   create_aws_config
   install_node
+  install_yarn
   install_homebrew_if_mac
   install_brew_deps
   setup_nginx
   install_jdk
-  install_yarn_if_linux
   install_js_deps
 
   report