diff --git a/tools/msvs/msi/product.wxs b/tools/msvs/msi/product.wxs
index 0c9c09e5b07010..bc709013f1bb86 100755
--- a/tools/msvs/msi/product.wxs
+++ b/tools/msvs/msi/product.wxs
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@
       <ComponentRef Id="NodeRegistryEntries"/>
       <ComponentRef Id="NodeVarsScript"/>
       <ComponentRef Id="NodeStartMenu"/>
-      <ComponentRef Id="AppData" />
       <ComponentRef Id="InstallToolsBat" />
       <ComponentRef Id="SetInstallDirPermission" />
       <ComponentGroupRef Id="Product.Generated"/>
@@ -107,7 +106,6 @@
       <ComponentRef Id="NpxCmdScript"/>
       <ComponentRef Id="NpxBashScript"/>
       <ComponentRef Id="NpmConfigurationFile"/>
-      <ComponentRef Id="AppData" />
       <ComponentRef Id="SetInstallDirPermission" />
       <ComponentGroupRef Id="NpmSourceFiles"/>
     </Feature>
@@ -266,16 +264,6 @@
           </Component>
         </Directory>
       </Directory>
-
-      <Directory Id="AppDataFolder">
-        <Directory Id="AppDataDir" Name="npm">
-          <Component Id="AppData" Guid="D3B35D0E-D0F9-4D11-A773-D4608E90E1D1">
-            <CreateFolder />
-            <RemoveFolder Id="AppDataDir" On="uninstall" />
-            <RegistryValue Root="HKCU" Key="$(var.RegistryKeyPath)\Components" Type="string" Value="" />
-          </Component>
-        </Directory>
-      </Directory>
     </DirectoryRef>
 
     <DirectoryRef Id="ApplicationProgramsFolder">