diff --git a/cli/bin/build.js b/cli/bin/build.js
index d238c84afe1..c02583446eb 100644
--- a/cli/bin/build.js
+++ b/cli/bin/build.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const {resolve, relative, join} = require('path')
 const {spawnSync} = require('child_process')
 const build = require('../lib/build.js')
 const {nwo} = require('../lib/gh')
+const {CacheVersionSha} = require('../lib/cache.js')
 
 // check only build with the current versions instead of checking the registry
 // and also fails if any changes are detected. this is used in CI to make sure
@@ -24,21 +25,23 @@ const checkContent = () => {
   }
 }
 
-build({
-  releases: require('../releases.json'),
-  loglevel: process.argv.includes('--debug') || process.env.CI ? 'verbose' : 'info',
-  prerelease: false,
-  useCurrent: checkOnly,
-  contentPath,
-  navPath,
-})
-  .then(() => {
+;(async () => {
+  try {
+    await build({
+      cache: await CacheVersionSha.load(join(ROOT, 'cache.json')),
+      releases: require('../releases.json'),
+      loglevel: process.argv.includes('--debug') || process.env.CI ? 'verbose' : 'info',
+      prerelease: false,
+      useCurrent: checkOnly,
+      contentPath,
+      navPath,
+    })
     if (checkOnly) {
       checkContent()
     }
     return console.log('DONE')
-  })
-  .catch(e => {
+  } catch (e) {
     console.error(e)
     process.exit(1)
-  })
+  }
+})()
diff --git a/cli/lib/build.js b/cli/lib/build.js
index ee378fe1f76..4f7b6be5298 100644
--- a/cli/lib/build.js
+++ b/cli/lib/build.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ const semver = require('semver')
 const pacote = require('pacote')
 const extractRelease = require('./extract')
 const log = require('./log')
-const {CacheVersionSha} = require('./cache')
 
 const DOCS_PATH = 'cli'
 
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ const getCurrentVersions = nav => {
   }
 }
 
-const main = async ({loglevel, releases: rawReleases, useCurrent, navPath, contentPath, prerelease}) => {
+const main = async ({loglevel, releases: rawReleases, useCurrent, navPath, contentPath, prerelease, cache}) => {
   /* istanbul ignore next */
   if (loglevel) {
     log.on(loglevel)
@@ -114,13 +113,11 @@ const main = async ({loglevel, releases: rawReleases, useCurrent, navPath, conte
     }
   })
 
-  const cache = await CacheVersionSha.load()
-
   const updates = await Promise.all(
     releases.map(r => extractRelease(r, {cache, contentPath, baseNav: navData, prerelease})),
   ).then(r => r.filter(Boolean))
 
-  await cache.save()
+  await cache?.save()
 
   await updateNav(updates, {nav: navDoc, path: navPath})
 }
diff --git a/cli/lib/cache.js b/cli/lib/cache.js
index c9d3dd265e0..3e0dabc8c4b 100644
--- a/cli/lib/cache.js
+++ b/cli/lib/cache.js
@@ -1,20 +1,18 @@
-const {join} = require('path')
 const fs = require('fs/promises')
 
 /** cache npm cli version shas to NOT pull down changes we already have */
 class CacheVersionSha {
-  constructor(cache) {
+  constructor(cache, path) {
     this.cache = cache
+    this.path = path
   }
 
-  static path = join(__dirname, '../../content/cli/cache.json')
-
-  static async load() {
-    return new CacheVersionSha(JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(this.path, 'utf-8')))
+  static async load(path) {
+    return new CacheVersionSha(JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(path, 'utf-8')), path)
   }
 
   async save() {
-    await fs.writeFile(CacheVersionSha.path, JSON.stringify(this.cache, null, 2))
+    await fs.writeFile(this.path, JSON.stringify(this.cache, null, 2))
     return this
   }
 
diff --git a/cli/test/index.js b/cli/test/index.js
index 8771518c6c8..99a62ca2b13 100644
--- a/cli/test/index.js
+++ b/cli/test/index.js
@@ -83,29 +83,6 @@ const mockBuild = async (t, {releases = getReleases(), packument = {}, testdir:
       },
     },
     '@prettier/sync': {format: s => s},
-    '../lib/cache.js': {
-      CacheVersionSha: class CacheVersionSha {
-        constructor() {
-          this.cache = {}
-        }
-
-        static async load() {
-          return new CacheVersionSha()
-        }
-
-        async save() {
-          return this
-        }
-
-        set() {
-          return this
-        }
-
-        same() {
-          return false
-        }
-      },
-    },
     '../lib/gh.js': {
       getCurrentSha: async () => {
         shaCounter = shaCounter + 1
diff --git a/content/cli/cache.json b/content/cli/cache.json
deleted file mode 100644
index e2a223edc9c..00000000000
--- a/content/cli/cache.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "v6": "abc1",
-  "v7": "abc2",
-  "v8": "abc3",
-  "v9": "abc4"
-}
\ No newline at end of file