diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c5df8b05..e50660e7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
     "faucet": "0.0.1",
     "mkfiletree": "~0.0.1",
     "monotonic-timestamp": "~0.0.8",
-    "node-gyp": "~1.0.1",
     "node-uuid": "~1.4.3",
     "optimist": "~0.6.1",
     "readfiletree": "~0.0.1",