diff --git a/tools/build/build.sh b/tools/build/build.sh
index 67c27c2e..d9e54b67 100755
--- a/tools/build/build.sh
+++ b/tools/build/build.sh
@@ -20,21 +20,17 @@ set -e pipefail
 # Display commands
 set -x
 
-retry() {
-  "${@}" || "${@}" || "${@}" || exit $?
-}
-
 cd $(dirname $0)/../..
 BASE_DIR=$PWD
 
 ARTIFACTS_OUT="${BASE_DIR}/artifacts"
 mkdir -p "$ARTIFACTS_OUT"
 
-retry npm install
+npm install
 
 for version in 6.0.0 8.0.0 10.0.0 11.0.0 12.0.0
 do
-  retry ./node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp configure rebuild package \
+  ./node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp configure rebuild package \
       --target=$version --target_arch="x64"
   cp -r build/stage/* "${ARTIFACTS_OUT}/"
   rm -rf build
diff --git a/tools/build/linux_build_and_test.sh b/tools/build/linux_build_and_test.sh
index d55332ce..753cc408 100644
--- a/tools/build/linux_build_and_test.sh
+++ b/tools/build/linux_build_and_test.sh
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ cd $(dirname $0)/../..
 BASE_DIR=$PWD
 
 retry docker build -t build-linux -f tools/build/Dockerfile.linux tools/build
-docker run -v "${BASE_DIR}":"${BASE_DIR}" build-linux \
+retry docker run -v "${BASE_DIR}":"${BASE_DIR}" build-linux \
     "${BASE_DIR}/tools/build/build.sh"
 
 retry docker build -t build-alpine -f tools/build/Dockerfile.alpine tools/build
-docker run -v "${BASE_DIR}":"${BASE_DIR}" build-alpine \
+retry docker run -v "${BASE_DIR}":"${BASE_DIR}" build-alpine \
     "${BASE_DIR}/tools/build/build.sh"
 
 GCS_LOCATION="cprof-e2e-nodejs-artifacts/pprof-nodejs/kokoro/${BUILD_TYPE}/${KOKORO_BUILD_NUMBER}"