diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5dd5086..532091d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
   "author": "jsPlumb <hello@jsplumbtoolkit.com>",
   "license": "MIT/GPL2",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "babel": "^6.23.0",
     "typescript": "^2.6.2"
   }
 }