diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5c79d1566c351..48e44f22af4d9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@
     "read-installed": "~4.0.3",
     "read-package-json": "^2.0.13",
     "read-package-tree": "^5.2.1",
-    "readable-stream": "^2.3.6",
     "request": "^2.88.0",
     "retry": "^0.12.0",
     "rimraf": "~2.6.2",
@@ -231,7 +230,6 @@
     "read-installed",
     "read-package-json",
     "read-package-tree",
-    "readable-stream",
     "readdir-scoped-modules",
     "request",
     "retry",