diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 23cb0aa..36ca0c5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
     "level-community": "^3.0.0",
     "level-concat-iterator": "^2.0.0",
     "nyc": "^13.2.0",
-    "rimraf": "^2.6.2",
     "standard": "^12.0.0",
     "tape": "^4.8.0"
   },