diff --git a/nvm.sh b/nvm.sh
index ffae02a..965e9cb 100644
--- a/nvm.sh
+++ b/nvm.sh
@@ -1945,10 +1945,10 @@ nvm_die_on_prefix() {
   fi
 
   local NVM_NPM_PREFIX
-  NVM_NPM_PREFIX="$(NPM_CONFIG_LOGLEVEL=warn npm config get prefix)"
+  NVM_NPM_PREFIX="$(npm config --loglevel=warn get prefix)"
   if ! (nvm_tree_contains_path "$NVM_DIR" "$NVM_NPM_PREFIX" >/dev/null 2>&1); then
     if [ "_$NVM_DELETE_PREFIX" = "_1" ]; then
-      NPM_CONFIG_LOGLEVEL=warn npm config delete prefix
+      npm config --loglevel=warn delete prefix
     else
       nvm deactivate >/dev/null 2>&1
       nvm_err "nvm is not compatible with the npm config \"prefix\" option: currently set to \"$NVM_NPM_PREFIX\""
diff --git a/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_die_on_prefix b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_die_on_prefix
index 9a0260d..de14deb 100755
--- a/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_die_on_prefix	
+++ b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_die_on_prefix	
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ nvm_has() { return 0; }
 npm() {
   local args
   args="$@"
-  if [ "_$args" = "_config get prefix" ]; then
+  if [ "_$args" = "_config --loglevel=warn get prefix" ]; then
     echo "$(nvm_version_dir new)/good prefix"
   fi
 }
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ EXIT_CODE="$(NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX=bar nvm_die_on_prefix 0 foo >/dev/null 2>&1; echo
 npm() {
   local args
   args="$@"
-  if [ "_$args" = "_config get prefix" ]; then
+  if [ "_$args" = "_config --loglevel=warn get prefix" ]; then
     echo "./bad prefix"
   fi
 }