diff --git a/build/project-template-gradle/build-tools/android-static-binding-generator/ast-parser/package.json b/build/project-template-gradle/build-tools/android-static-binding-generator/ast-parser/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 3545a964e..000000000
--- a/build/project-template-gradle/build-tools/android-static-binding-generator/ast-parser/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "ast-parser",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
-  "description": "",
-  "main": "js_parser.js",
-  "scripts": {
-    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
-  },
-  "author": "",
-  "license": "ISC",
-  "dependencies": {
-    "babel-traverse": "^6.4.5",
-    "babel-types": "^6.4.5",
-    "babylon": "^6.4.5",
-    "filewalker": "^0.1.2",
-    "lazy": "^1.0.11"
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/project-template-gradle/build-tools/android-static-binding-generator/build.gradle b/build/project-template-gradle/build-tools/android-static-binding-generator/build.gradle
index 665fba7fe..64f620a33 100644
--- a/build/project-template-gradle/build-tools/android-static-binding-generator/build.gradle
+++ b/build/project-template-gradle/build-tools/android-static-binding-generator/build.gradle
@@ -44,28 +44,6 @@ task generateInterfaceNamesList() {
 	}
 }
 
-// won't run if node_modules are installed
-task runNpmInstallForAstParser () {
-
-	//check this way so it doesn't slow down the build by snapshot-ing the node_modules
-	outputs.upToDateWhen {
-		(new File("$astParserDir/node_modules")).exists()
-	}
-
-	doFirst {
-		exec {
-			workingDir astParserDir
-
-			if(isWinOs) {
-				commandLine "cmd", "/c", "npm", "install"
-			}
-			else {
-				commandLine "npm", "install"
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 // if there are new dependencies the parser will run again
 task runAstParser () {
 	inputs.files fileTree(dir: absoluteJsCodeDir)
@@ -105,7 +83,6 @@ task generateBindings() {
 	}
 }
 
-runNpmInstallForAstParser.dependsOn(generateInterfaceNamesList)
-runAstParser.dependsOn(runNpmInstallForAstParser)
+runAstParser.dependsOn(generateInterfaceNamesList)
 generateBindings.dependsOn(runAstParser)