diff --git a/requirements/system/ubuntu/apt-packages.txt b/requirements/system/ubuntu/apt-packages.txt
index e3096a48c7..4531c529f7 100644
--- a/requirements/system/ubuntu/apt-packages.txt
+++ b/requirements/system/ubuntu/apt-packages.txt
@@ -29,5 +29,4 @@ libreadline6
 libreadline6-dev
 mongodb
 nodejs
-npm
 coffeescript