diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7875d6b92c..49de726701 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@
     "test": "grunt test",
     "test-fast": "grunt test-fast",
     "version": "echo \"use 'npm run release' to bump axe-core version\" && exit 1",
-    "prepublishOnly": "grunt build",
-    "postinstall": "node build/utils/postinstall.js",
-    "release": "standard-version && node build/sri-update"
+    "release": "standard-version && node build/sri-update",
+    "prepublishOnly": "grunt build && node build/sri-update --validate",
+    "postinstall": "ln -s -f node_modules/angular-precommit/index.js .git/hooks/commit-msg"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "angular-precommit": "^1.0.3",