diff --git a/scripts/bytecodecompare/prepare_report.js b/scripts/bytecodecompare/prepare_report.js
index 608337c86..36acfbb35 100755
--- a/scripts/bytecodecompare/prepare_report.js
+++ b/scripts/bytecodecompare/prepare_report.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 const process = require('process')
 const fs = require('fs')
 
-const compiler = require('./solc-js/wrapper.js')(require('./solc-js/soljson.js'))
+const compiler = require('solc')
 
 
 function loadSource(sourceFileName, stripSMTPragmas)
diff --git a/scripts/bytecodecompare/storebytecode.sh b/scripts/bytecodecompare/storebytecode.sh
index 9298dd4d3..137ed753c 100755
--- a/scripts/bytecodecompare/storebytecode.sh
+++ b/scripts/bytecodecompare/storebytecode.sh
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
     then
         # npm install solc
         git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ethereum/solc-js.git solc-js
-        ( cd solc-js; npm install )
         cp "$REPO_ROOT/emscripten_build/libsolc/soljson.js" solc-js/
         cp "$REPO_ROOT/scripts/bytecodecompare/prepare_report.js" .
+        ( npm install solc-js/ )
         echo "Running the compiler..."
         # shellcheck disable=SC2035
         ./prepare_report.js *.sol > report.txt