diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index 967f476a74..4b32985f86 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -30,18 +30,6 @@
   root of the bundle, but it may be deprecated in a future version of Meteor.
   [PR #8956](https://github.com/meteor/meteor/pull/8956)
 
-* A new package called `mongo-dev-server` has been created and wired into
-  `mongo` as a dependency. As long as this package is included in a Meteor
-  application (which it is by default since all new Meteor apps have `mongo`
-  as a dependency), a local development MongoDB server is started alongside
-  the application. This package was created to provide a way to disable the
-  local development Mongo server, when `mongo` isn't needed (e.g. when using
-  Meteor as a build system only). If an application has no dependency on
-  `mongo`, the `mongo-dev-server` package is not added, which means no local
-  development Mongo server is started.
-  [Feature Request #31](https://github.com/meteor/meteor-feature-requests/issues/31)
-  [PR #8853](https://github.com/meteor/meteor/pull/8853)
-
 * `Accounts.config` no longer mistakenly allows tokens to expire when
   the `loginExpirationInDays` option is set to `null`.
   [Issue #5121](https://github.com/meteor/meteor/issues/5121)
diff --git a/packages/mongo-dev-server/README.md b/packages/mongo-dev-server/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 44609c29b5..0000000000
--- a/packages/mongo-dev-server/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# mongo-dev-server
-
-[Source code of released version](https://github.com/meteor/meteor/tree/master/packages/mongo-dev-server) | [Source code of development version](https://github.com/meteor/meteor/tree/devel/packages/mongo-dev-server)
-***
-
-When the `mongo-dev-server` package is included in a Meteor application, a
-local development MongoDB server is started alongside the application. This
-package is mostly used internally, as it is included by default with any
-application that has a dependency on `mongo` (which is most Meteor
-applications). In some cases however, people might be interested in
-using the Meteor Tool without having to start a local development Mongo
-instance (e.g. when using Meteor as a build system). If an application has no
-dependency on `mongo`, the `mongo-dev-server` package will be removed
-(since it is a direct dependency of the `mongo` package), and no local
-development Mongo server will be started.
-
-Note this is a `debugOnly` package, meaning it will not be included in any
-production bundles.
diff --git a/packages/mongo-dev-server/package.js b/packages/mongo-dev-server/package.js
deleted file mode 100644
index bf75976d23..0000000000
--- a/packages/mongo-dev-server/package.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-Package.describe({
-  debugOnly: true,
-  documentation: 'README.md',
-  name: 'mongo-dev-server',
-  summary: 'Start MongoDB alongside Meteor, in development mode.',
-  version: '1.0.1-beta152.7',
-});
-
-Package.onUse(function (api) {
-  api.use('modules');
-  api.mainModule('server.js', 'server');
-});
diff --git a/packages/mongo-dev-server/server.js b/packages/mongo-dev-server/server.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 74643cab71..0000000000
--- a/packages/mongo-dev-server/server.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-if (process.env.MONGO_URL === 'no-mongo-server') {
-  Meteor._debug('Note: Restart Meteor to start the MongoDB server.');
-}
diff --git a/packages/mongo/package.js b/packages/mongo/package.js
index abd6da9650..1c9c4689be 100644
--- a/packages/mongo/package.js
+++ b/packages/mongo/package.js
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ Package.onUse(function (api) {
     'diff-sequence',
     'mongo-id',
     'check',
-    'ecmascript',
-    'mongo-dev-server',
+    'ecmascript'
   ]);
 
   // Binary Heap data structure is used to optimize oplog observe driver
diff --git a/tools/runners/run-all.js b/tools/runners/run-all.js
index 2da15c02a6..da225fe8c6 100644
--- a/tools/runners/run-all.js
+++ b/tools/runners/run-all.js
@@ -71,20 +71,10 @@ class Runner {
       onFailure
     });
 
-    buildmessage.capture(function () {
-      self.projectContext.resolveConstraints();
-    });
-
-    const packageMap = self.projectContext.packageMap;
-    const hasMongoDevServerPackage =
-      packageMap && packageMap.getInfo('mongo-dev-server') != null;
     self.mongoRunner = null;
     if (mongoUrl) {
       oplogUrl = disableOplog ? null : oplogUrl;
-    } else if (hasMongoDevServerPackage
-        || process.env.METEOR_TEST_FAKE_MONGOD_CONTROL_PORT) {
-      // The mongo-dev-server package is required to start Mongo, but
-      // tests using fake-mongod are exempted.
+    } else {
       self.mongoRunner = new MongoRunner({
         projectLocalDir: self.projectContext.projectLocalDir,
         port: mongoPort,
@@ -96,13 +86,6 @@ class Runner {
 
       mongoUrl = self.mongoRunner.mongoUrl();
       oplogUrl = disableOplog ? null : self.mongoRunner.oplogUrl();
-    } else {
-      // Don't start a mongodb server.
-      // Set monogUrl to a specific value to prevent MongoDB connections
-      // and to allow a check for printing a message if `mongo-dev-server`
-      // is added while the app is running.
-      // The check and message is printed by the `mongo-dev-server` package.
-      mongoUrl = 'no-mongo-server';
     }
 
     self.updater = new Updater();