diff --git a/pavelib/assets.py b/pavelib/assets.py
index 3fa812da19..f34cf78380 100644
--- a/pavelib/assets.py
+++ b/pavelib/assets.py
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ COMMON_LOOKUP_PATHS = [
     path("common/static/sass"),
     path('node_modules/@edx'),
     path('node_modules'),
-    path('node_modules/edx-pattern-library/node_modules'),
 ]
 
 # A list of NPM installed libraries that should be copied into the common
diff --git a/pavelib/paver_tests/test_assets.py b/pavelib/paver_tests/test_assets.py
index 2d416d4ffa..16eed479fe 100644
--- a/pavelib/paver_tests/test_assets.py
+++ b/pavelib/paver_tests/test_assets.py
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@ class TestPaverWatchAssetTasks(TestCase):
             path('common/static'),
             path('node_modules/@edx'),
             path('node_modules'),
-            path('node_modules/edx-pattern-library/node_modules'),
             path('lms/static/sass/partials'),
             path('lms/static/sass'),
             path('lms/static/certificates/sass'),