diff --git a/build/prep-release.js b/build/prep-release.js
index e9bfa6176..f8c3c4b59 100644
--- a/build/prep-release.js
+++ b/build/prep-release.js
@@ -125,21 +125,6 @@ const Repo = {
 
       fs.writeFileSync(filePath, newSection + changes + oldContent);
     }
-    {
-      const file = 'package-lock.json';
-      console.log(`Updating ${file}...`);
-      const filePath = path.join(__dirname, '..', file);
-      const json = fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8');
-      const packageIndentation = json.match(/\n([\t\s]+)/)[1];
-      const data = JSON.parse(json);
-
-      data.version = data.packages[''].version = version;
-
-      fs.writeFileSync(
-        filePath,
-        JSON.stringify(data, null, packageIndentation) + '\n'
-      );
-    }
     {
       const file = 'AUTHORS.txt';
       console.log(`Updating ${file}...`);