diff --git a/packages/notification/.gitlab-ci.yml b/packages/notification/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 398431208d81df488d2e270e70af03ae136a27c9..e7b6c12343a6bfa6a3d45a2ea19511979c29f5c2 100644
--- a/packages/notification/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/packages/notification/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,5 @@ test:
   script:
     - apt update
     - apt install -y npm
-    - npm run setup
     - npm install
     - npm run build
diff --git a/packages/notification/README.md b/packages/notification/README.md
index 1d6f86fd4e14cb6ccd0240a5f4084c046f6ff4f0..65ed4e0f602a40592277e50989373d8518c4a42a 100644
--- a/packages/notification/README.md
+++ b/packages/notification/README.md
@@ -34,11 +34,7 @@ git clone git@gitlab.tugraz.at:VPU/WebComponents/Notification.git
 cd Notification
 git submodule update --init
 
-# we are creating the symbolic links to our git sub-modules
-# (there was no proper script to do this automatically before a "node install"
-npm run setup
-
-# install dependencies
+# install dependencies (make sure you have npm version 4+ installed, so symlinks to the git submodules are created automatically)
 npm install
 
 # constantly build dist/bundle.js and run a local web-server on port 8002 
diff --git a/packages/notification/package.json b/packages/notification/package.json
index e12745db8fd4fcb004b2e28093d2faf5d662a93f..d10ab112a6044ccd02c7ce3f160545395b2e370d 100644
--- a/packages/notification/package.json
+++ b/packages/notification/package.json
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@
     "rollup-plugin-terser": "^4.0.4",
     "rollup-plugin-json": "^4.0.0",
     "rollup-plugin-replace": "^2.2.0",
-    "i18next-scanner": "^2.10.2"
+    "i18next-scanner": "^2.10.2",
+    "vpu-common": "file:./vendor/common"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@webcomponents/webcomponentsjs": "^2.2.10",
     "i18next": "^17.0.3",
-    "lit-element": "^2.1.0",
-    "vpu-common": "*"
+    "lit-element": "^2.1.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "setup": "mkdir -p node_modules && cd node_modules && ln -sfn ../vendor/common vpu-common",