diff --git a/lib/blacklight/engine.rb b/lib/blacklight/engine.rb
index a27281bbfe..2d3308cf69 100644
--- a/lib/blacklight/engine.rb
+++ b/lib/blacklight/engine.rb
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ class Engine < Rails::Engine
     end
 
     initializer "blacklight.assets.precompile" do |app|
-      # When Rails has been generated in API mode, it does not have sprockets available
-      app.config.assets.precompile += %w(favicon.ico) if defined? Sprockets
+      app.config.assets.precompile += %w(favicon.ico)
     end
 
     Blacklight::Engine.config.sms_mappings = {
diff --git a/lib/generators/blacklight/install_generator.rb b/lib/generators/blacklight/install_generator.rb
index c0e63a2f0a..5750577143 100644
--- a/lib/generators/blacklight/install_generator.rb
+++ b/lib/generators/blacklight/install_generator.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class Install < Rails::Generators::Base
     class_option :devise      , type: :boolean, default: false, aliases: "-d", desc: "Use Devise as authentication logic."
     class_option :jettywrapper, type: :boolean, default: false, desc: "Use jettywrapper to download and control Jetty"
     class_option :marc        , type: :boolean, default: false, aliases: "-m", desc: "Generate MARC-based demo ."
-    class_option :'skip-assets', type: :boolean, default: !defined?(Sprockets), desc: "Skip generating javascript and css assets into the application"
+    class_option :'skip-assets', type: :boolean, default: false, desc: "Skip generating javascript and css assets into the application"
     class_option :'skip-solr', type: :boolean, default: false, desc: "Skip generating solr configurations."
 
     desc <<-EOS