diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3f346b691..62139af29 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
     "key-path-helpers": "^0.4.0",
     "less-cache": "0.22",
     "marked": "^0.3.4",
-    "node-pre-gyp": "^0.6.15",
     "nodegit": "~0.5.0",
     "normalize-package-data": "^2.0.0",
     "nslog": "^3",