diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-speech/.circleci/npm-install-retry.js b/packages/google-cloud-speech/.circleci/npm-install-retry.js
index ae3220d7348..3240aa2cbf2 100755
--- a/packages/google-cloud-speech/.circleci/npm-install-retry.js
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-speech/.circleci/npm-install-retry.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ let spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
 //USE: ./index.js <ms npm can be idle> <number of attempts> [... NPM ARGS]
 //
 
-let timeout = process.argv[2] || 60000;
+let timeout = process.argv[2] || process.env.NPM_INSTALL_TIMEOUT || 60000;
 let attempts = process.argv[3] || 3;
 let args = process.argv.slice(4);
 if (args.length === 0) {
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-speech/smoke-test/speech_smoke_test.js b/packages/google-cloud-speech/smoke-test/speech_smoke_test.js
index 756f84f1a2e..1cbcef2d9ab 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-speech/smoke-test/speech_smoke_test.js
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-speech/smoke-test/speech_smoke_test.js
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ describe('SpeechSmokeTest', () => {
       config: config,
       audio: audio,
     };
-    client
-      .recognize(request)
+    client.recognize(request)
       .then(responses => {
         const response = responses[0];
         console.log(response);