diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 479976ac01f..0c132145789 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
     "devserver-with-kds": "concurrently --passthrough-arguments --kill-others \"yarn:watch --watchonly={2} --require-kds-path --kds-path={1}\" yarn:python-devserver yarn:hashi-dev --",
     "bundle-stats": "kolibri-tools build stats --file ./build_tools/build_plugins.txt --transpile",
     "clean": "kolibri-tools build clean --file ./build_tools/build_plugins.txt",
-    "preinstall": "node ./packages/kolibri-tools/lib/npm_deprecation_warning.js",
     "lint-frontend": "kolibri-tools lint --pattern '{kolibri*/**/assets,packages,build_tools}/**/*.{js,vue,scss,less,css}' --ignore '**/dist/**,**/node_modules/**,**/static/**,**/kolibri-core-for-export/**'",
     "lint-frontend:format": "yarn run lint-frontend --write",
     "lint-frontend:watch": "yarn run lint-frontend --monitor",
diff --git a/packages/kolibri-tools/lib/npm_deprecation_warning.js b/packages/kolibri-tools/lib/npm_deprecation_warning.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 146accba614..00000000000
--- a/packages/kolibri-tools/lib/npm_deprecation_warning.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-if (!process.env.npm_execpath.endsWith('yarn.js')) {
-  /* eslint-disable no-console */
-  console.error(
-    'ERROR: Please use yarn to manage frontend dependencies, see Kolibri documentation for details'
-  );
-  /* eslint-enable no-console */
-  process.exit(1);
-}