diff --git a/npm-scripts/postinstall.js b/npm-scripts/postinstall.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a8d3e2dbf6..0000000000
--- a/npm-scripts/postinstall.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-var stat = require('fs').stat
-
-stat('lib', function (error, stat) {
-  if (error || !stat.isDirectory()) {
-    console.warn(
-      '-'.repeat(79) + '\n' +
-'Built output not found. It looks like you might be attempting to install React\n' +
-'Router from GitHub. React Router sources need to be transpiled before use. We\n'+
-'will now make a best-efforts attempt to transpile the code. This will only work\n' +
-'if your development environment is set up appropriately.\n' +
-      '-'.repeat(79)
-    )
-
-    try {
-      var execSync = require('child_process').execSync
-      execSync('npm run build', { stdio: [ 0, 1, 2 ] })
-    } catch (e) {
-      console.error(
-        '-'.repeat(79) + '\n' +
-'Failed to build React Router automatically. Please install React Router from\n' +
-'npm, or clone the repo locally and build the library manually.\n' +
-        '-'.repeat(79)
-      )
-      throw(e)
-    }
-  }
-})
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 61424d326e..e51e436823 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
     "es6",
     "lib",
     "modules/*.js",
-    "npm-scripts",
     "umd"
   ],
   "main": "lib/index",
@@ -26,8 +25,7 @@
     "start": "node examples/server.js",
     "test": "npm run lint && npm run test-node && npm run test-browser",
     "test-browser": "karma start",
-    "test-node": "mocha --compilers js:babel-core/register tests.node.js",
-    "postinstall": "node ./npm-scripts/postinstall.js"
+    "test-node": "mocha --compilers js:babel-core/register tests.node.js"
   },
   "authors": [
     "Ryan Florence",