diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f0d2774..c7268cd 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 language: node_js
 node_js:
-  - "4"
-  - "6"
   - "8"
+  - "10"
+  - "lts/*"
   - "stable"
 sudo: false
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 371a4eb..9d1a0e3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ sane(root, options);
 ```js
 new WatchDetector({
   ui: /* console-ui instance */,
-  fs: /* fs instance */,
-  watchmanSupportsPlatform: true | false /* defaults to no for windows */
+  fs: /* fs instance */
 });
 ```
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index cde09bb..ee421a1 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 const quickTemp = require('quick-temp');
 const Promise = require('rsvp').Promise;
-const WATCHMAN_INFO = 'Visit https://ember-cli.com/user-guide/#watchman for more info.';
 const semver = require('semver');
 const SilentError = require('silent-error');
 
@@ -11,6 +10,7 @@ const WATCHMAN = 'watchman';
 const NODE = 'node';
 const EVENTS = 'events';
 const POSSIBLE_WATCHERS = [POLLING, WATCHMAN, NODE, EVENTS];
+const WATCHMAN_INFO = 'Visit https://ember-cli.com/user-guide/#watchman for more info.';
 
 const debug = require('heimdalljs-logger')('ember-cli:watcher');
 
@@ -44,12 +44,6 @@ class WatchDetector {
   constructor(options) {
     this.childProcess = options.childProcess || require('child-process');
 
-    if ('watchmanSupportsPlatform' in options) {
-      this.watchmanSupportsPlatform = options.watchmanSupportsPlatform;
-    } else {
-      this.watchmanSupportsPlatform = process.platform !== "win32";
-    }
-
     this.fs = options.fs || require('fs');
     this.root = options.root;
 
@@ -188,6 +182,10 @@ class WatchDetector {
     ) {
       // if there was an initial preference, but we had to fall back inform the user.
       this.ui.writeLine(`was unable to use: "${original}", fell back to: "${actual.watcher}"`);
+
+      if (original === WATCHMAN) {
+        this.ui.writeLine(WATCHMAN_INFO);
+      }
     }
     return actual;
   }
@@ -248,15 +246,6 @@ class WatchDetector {
       return result;
     } catch (reason) {
       debug.info('detecting watchman failed %o', reason);
-
-      if (this.watchmanSupportsPlatform) {
-        // don't bother telling windows users watchman detection failed, that is
-        // until watchman is legit on windows.
-      } else {
-        this.ui.writeLine('Could not start watchman');
-        this.ui.writeLine(WATCHMAN_INFO);
-      }
-
       result.watcher = NODE;
       return result;
     }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a841dc3..d933bea 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     "sinon-chai": "^2.14.0"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 4"
+    "node": ">= 8"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "heimdalljs-logger": "^0.1.9",
diff --git a/test/index_test.js b/test/index_test.js
index cca9521..92824c9 100644
--- a/test/index_test.js
+++ b/test/index_test.js
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ describe('WatchDetector', function() {
         expect(option.watchmanInfo).to.have.property('version');
         expect(option.watchmanInfo).to.have.property('canNestRoots');
         expect(option.watchmanInfo).to.have.property('enabled', true);
-        expect(ui.output).not.to.match(/Could not start watchman/);
         expect(ui.output).not.to.match(/fell back to: "node"/);
         expect(ui.output).not.to.match(/Visit https:\/\/ember-cli.com\/user-guide\/#watchman/);
       });
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ describe('WatchDetector', function() {
           };
         });
 
-        it('false back to node if it can', function() {
+        it('falls back to node if it can', function() {
           fs.watch = function() {
             return { close() {} };
           };
@@ -105,12 +104,11 @@ describe('WatchDetector', function() {
           expect(option).to.have.property('watcher', 'node');
           expect(option.watchmanInfo).to.have.property('version');
           expect(option.watchmanInfo).to.have.property('canNestRoots');
-          expect(ui.output).to.match(/Could not start watchman/);
           expect(ui.output).to.match(/fell back to: "node"/);
           expect(ui.output).to.match(/Visit https:\/\/ember-cli.com\/user-guide\/#watchman/);
         });
 
-        it('false back to polling if node does not work', function() {
+        it('falls back to polling if node does not work', function() {
           fs.watch = function() {
             throw new Error('something went wrong');
           };
@@ -120,7 +118,6 @@ describe('WatchDetector', function() {
           expect(option.watchmanInfo).to.have.property('enabled', false);
           expect(option.watchmanInfo).to.have.property('version');
           expect(option.watchmanInfo).to.have.property('canNestRoots');
-          expect(ui.output).to.match(/Could not start watchman/);
           expect(ui.output).to.match(/fell back to: "polling"/);
           expect(ui.output).to.match(/Visit https:\/\/ember-cli.com\/user-guide\/#watchman/);
         });
@@ -149,7 +146,7 @@ describe('WatchDetector', function() {
         expect(ui.output).to.eql('');
       });
 
-      it('false back to polling if watch fails', function() {
+      it('falls back to polling if watch fails', function() {
         fs.watch = function() {
           throw new Error('OMG');
         };
@@ -175,38 +172,6 @@ describe('WatchDetector', function() {
   });
 
   describe('#checkWatchman', function() {
-    describe('watchmanSupportsPlatform', function() {
-      it('true: hides the "watchman not found, falling back to XYZ message"', function() {
-        subject.watchmanSupportsPlatform = true;
-
-        childProcess.execSync = function() {
-          throw new Error();
-        };
-        fs.watch = function() {
-          return { close() {} };
-        };
-
-        let result = subject.checkWatchman();
-        expect(result).to.have.property('watcher', 'node');
-        expect(ui.output).to.eql('');
-      });
-
-      it('false: shows the "watchman not found, falling back to XYZ message"', function() {
-        subject.watchmanSupportsPlatform = false;
-        fs.watch = function() {
-          return { close() {} };
-        };
-
-        childProcess.execSync = function() {
-          throw new Error();
-        };
-
-        let result = subject.checkWatchman();
-        expect(result).to.have.property('watcher', 'node');
-        expect(ui.output).to.match(/Could not start watchman/);
-        expect(ui.output).to.match(/Visit https:\/\/ember-cli.com\/user-guide\/#watchman/);
-      });
-    });
     it('prefers watchman if everything appears to be good', function() {
       childProcess.execSync = function() {
         return '{"version":"3.0.0"}';
@@ -214,14 +179,13 @@ describe('WatchDetector', function() {
 
       let preference = subject.checkWatchman();
       expect(preference).to.have.property('watcher', 'watchman');
-      expect(ui.output).to.not.match(/Could not start watchman/);
       expect(ui.output).to.not.match(/falling back to NodeWatcher/);
       expect(ui.output).to.not.match(/ember-cli\.com\/user-guide\/#watchman/);
       expect(ui.output).to.not.match(/Looks like you have a different program called watchman/);
       expect(ui.output).to.not.match(/Invalid watchman found/);
     });
 
-    describe('fallse back to NODE', function() {
+    describe('falls back to NODE', function() {
       let iff = it;
 
       iff('the exec rejects', function() {
@@ -231,8 +195,7 @@ describe('WatchDetector', function() {
 
         let preference = subject.checkWatchman();
         expect(preference).to.have.property('watcher', 'node');
-        expect(ui.output).to.match(/Could not start watchman/);
-        expect(ui.output).to.match(/ember-cli\.com\/user-guide\/#watchman/);
+        expect(ui.output).to.not.match(/ember-cli\.com\/user-guide\/#watchman/);
       });
 
       iff("the `watchman version` doesn't parse", function() {