diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 6f2472d0..11c735e9 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -6738,15 +6738,6 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-52OI0heZLCUnUCQdPTlW/tmNj/Q=",
       "dev": true
     },
-    "rimraf": {
-      "version": "3.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rimraf/-/rimraf-3.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-IQ4ikL8SjBiEDZfk+DFVwqRK8md24RWMEJkdSlgNLkyyAImcjf8SWvU1qFMDOb4igBClbTQ/ugPqXcRwdFTxZw==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "requires": {
-        "glob": "^7.1.3"
-      }
-    },
     "run-async": {
       "version": "2.3.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/run-async/-/run-async-2.3.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e9bd684b..331de01f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
     "jsonlint": "^1.6.3",
     "less-bundle": "github:openstyles/less-bundle#v0.1.0",
     "lz-string-unsafe": "^1.4.4-fork-1",
-    "rimraf": "^3.0.1",
     "semver-bundle": "^0.1.1",
     "stylelint-bundle": "^8.0.0",
     "stylus-lang-bundle": "^0.54.5",
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@
     "update-quick": "updates -u && npm update && npm run update-main",
     "update-locales": "tx pull --all && webext-tx-fix",
     "update-main": "npm run update-versions && npm run update-vendor",
-    "update-node": "updates -u && node tools/remove-modules.js && npm install",
+    "update-node": "updates -u && npm install",
     "update-transifex": "tx push -s",
     "update-vendor": "node tools/update-libraries.js && node tools/update-codemirror-themes.js",
     "update-versions": "node tools/update-versions",
diff --git a/tools/remove-modules.js b/tools/remove-modules.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c3b166ac..00000000
--- a/tools/remove-modules.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-'use strict';
-
-const fs = require('fs');
-const rimraf = require('rimraf');
-
-// See https://github.com/isaacs/rimraf/issues/102#issuecomment-412310309
-rimraf('node_modules/!(rimraf|.bin)', fs, () => {});