diff --git a/src/server_manager/install_scripts/build_do_install_script_ts.node.js b/src/server_manager/install_scripts/build_do_install_script_ts.node.js
index 4da2d950..a768ca79 100644
--- a/src/server_manager/install_scripts/build_do_install_script_ts.node.js
+++ b/src/server_manager/install_scripts/build_do_install_script_ts.node.js
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const fs = require('fs');
-const path = require('path');
 
 const tarballBinary = fs.readFileSync(process.argv[2]);
-const base64Tarball = new Buffer(tarballBinary).toString('base64');
+const base64Tarball = tarballBinary.toString('base64');
 const scriptText = `
 (base64 --decode | tar --extract --gzip ) <<EOM
 ${base64Tarball}
diff --git a/src/server_manager/install_scripts/build_gcp_install_script_ts.node.js b/src/server_manager/install_scripts/build_gcp_install_script_ts.node.js
index 5bcc105b..58a9cfe5 100644
--- a/src/server_manager/install_scripts/build_gcp_install_script_ts.node.js
+++ b/src/server_manager/install_scripts/build_gcp_install_script_ts.node.js
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const fs = require('fs');
-const path = require('path');
 
 const tarballBinary = fs.readFileSync(process.argv[2]);
-const base64Tarball = new Buffer(tarballBinary).toString('base64');
+const base64Tarball = tarballBinary.toString('base64');
 const scriptText = `
 (base64 --decode | tar --extract --gzip ) <<EOM
 ${base64Tarball}