diff --git a/plugins/node_modules-bin/node_modules-bin.plugin.zsh b/plugins/node_modules-bin/node_modules-bin.plugin.zsh
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b8280b00..000000000
--- a/plugins/node_modules-bin/node_modules-bin.plugin.zsh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-zsh-node_modules-bin-update-path() {
-  if [[ ! -x $(which npm) ]]; then
-    # there is no npm
-    return
-  fi
-
-  # figure out the path
-  NPM_BIN_PATH=$(npm bin)
-
-  if [[ ! -d $NPM_BIN_PATH ]]; then
-    # there is no dir at bin path
-    return
-  fi
-
-  if [[ -n $OLD_NPM_BIN_PATH && $NPM_BIN_PATH == $OLD_NPM_BIN_PATH ]]; then
-    # bin path did not change
-    return
-  fi
-
-  if [[ -n $OLD_NPM_BIN_PATH ]]; then
-    # remove old bin path from $path
-    path[$path[(i)$OLD_NPM_BIN_PATH]]=()
-  fi
-
-  # add new bin path to $path
-  path=($NPM_BIN_PATH $path)
-  export PATH
-
-  # for next run
-  OLD_NPM_BIN_PATH=$NPM_BIN_PATH
-}
-
-precmd_functions+="zsh-node_modules-bin-update-path"
diff --git a/plugins/npm-path/npm-path.plugin.zsh b/plugins/npm-path/npm-path.plugin.zsh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9945e513
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/npm-path/npm-path.plugin.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+zsh-node_modules-bin-update-path() {
+  if [[ ! -x $(which npm) ]]; then
+    # there is no npm
+    return
+  fi
+
+  if [[ ! -r $(which npm-path) ]]; then
+    echo "npm-path must be available for the oh-my-zshell npm-path module to update your PATH"
+    return
+  fi
+
+  export PATH=$(npm-path)
+}
+
+precmd_functions+="zsh-node_modules-bin-update-path"