diff --git a/build/build.js b/build/build.js
index b14ca102..7d30fb2b 100644
--- a/build/build.js
+++ b/build/build.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 'use strict'
-require('./check-versions')()
-
 const ora = require('ora')
 const rm = require('rimraf')
 const path = require('path')
diff --git a/build/check-versions.js b/build/check-versions.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 56dbdccc..00000000
--- a/build/check-versions.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-const semver = require('semver')
-const packageConfig = require('../package.json')
-const shell = require('shelljs')
-
-function exec(cmd) {
-  return require('child_process')
-    .execSync(cmd)
-    .toString()
-    .trim()
-}
-
-const versionRequirements = [
-  {
-    name: 'node',
-    currentVersion: semver.clean(process.version),
-    versionRequirement: packageConfig.engines.node
-  }
-]
-
-if (shell.which('npm')) {
-  versionRequirements.push({
-    name: 'npm',
-    currentVersion: exec('npm --version'),
-    versionRequirement: packageConfig.engines.npm
-  })
-}
-
-module.exports = function() {
-  const warnings = []
-
-  for (let i = 0; i < versionRequirements.length; i++) {
-    const mod = versionRequirements[i]
-
-    if (!semver.satisfies(mod.currentVersion, mod.versionRequirement)) {
-      warnings.push(mod.name + ': ' + mod.currentVersion + ' should be ' + mod.versionRequirement)
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (warnings.length) {
-    console.log('')
-    console.log('To use this template, you must update following to modules:')
-    console.log()
-
-    for (let i = 0; i < warnings.length; i++) {
-      const warning = warnings[i]
-      console.log('  ' + warning)
-    }
-
-    console.log()
-    process.exit(1)
-  }
-}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f48156aa..ab8ba8d8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@
     "script-loader": "0.7.2",
     "semver": "5.7.1",
     "serve-static": "1.15.0",
-    "shelljs": "0.8.5",
     "svg-sprite-loader": "3.9.2",
     "svgo": "2.8.0",
     "uglifyjs-webpack-plugin": "1.3.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 486e75d4..1ce4ecf0 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4877,7 +4877,7 @@ glob-parent@~5.1.2:
   dependencies:
     is-glob "^4.0.1"
 
-glob@^7.0.0, glob@^7.0.3, glob@^7.1.1, glob@^7.1.2, glob@^7.1.3, glob@^7.1.4:
+glob@^7.0.3, glob@^7.1.1, glob@^7.1.2, glob@^7.1.3, glob@^7.1.4:
   version "7.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/glob/-/glob-7.2.3.tgz#b8df0fb802bbfa8e89bd1d938b4e16578ed44f2b"
   integrity sha512-nFR0zLpU2YCaRxwoCJvL6UvCH2JFyFVIvwTLsIf21AuHlMskA1hhTdk+LlYJtOlYt9v6dvszD2BGRqBL+iQK9Q==
@@ -5474,7 +5474,7 @@ internal-slot@^1.0.3:
     has "^1.0.3"
     side-channel "^1.0.4"
 
-interpret@^1.0.0, interpret@^1.4.0:
+interpret@^1.4.0:
   version "1.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/interpret/-/interpret-1.4.0.tgz#665ab8bc4da27a774a40584e812e3e0fa45b1a1e"
   integrity sha512-agE4QfB2Lkp9uICn7BAqoscw4SZP9kTE2hxiFI3jBPmXJfdqiahTbUuKGsMoN2GtqL9AxhYioAcVvgsb1HvRbA==
@@ -8613,13 +8613,6 @@ realpath-native@^2.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/realpath-native/-/realpath-native-2.0.0.tgz#7377ac429b6e1fd599dc38d08ed942d0d7beb866"
   integrity sha512-v1SEYUOXXdbBZK8ZuNgO4TBjamPsiSgcFr0aP+tEKpQZK8vooEUqV6nm6Cv502mX4NF2EfsnVqtNAHG+/6Ur1Q==
 
-rechoir@^0.6.2:
-  version "0.6.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rechoir/-/rechoir-0.6.2.tgz#85204b54dba82d5742e28c96756ef43af50e3384"
-  integrity sha512-HFM8rkZ+i3zrV+4LQjwQ0W+ez98pApMGM3HUrN04j3CqzPOzl9nmP15Y8YXNm8QHGv/eacOVEjqhmWpkRV0NAw==
-  dependencies:
-    resolve "^1.1.6"
-
 regenerate-unicode-properties@^10.0.1:
   version "10.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/regenerate-unicode-properties/-/regenerate-unicode-properties-10.0.1.tgz#7f442732aa7934a3740c779bb9b3340dccc1fb56"
@@ -8848,7 +8841,7 @@ resolve@1.1.7:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/resolve/-/resolve-1.1.7.tgz#203114d82ad2c5ed9e8e0411b3932875e889e97b"
   integrity sha512-9znBF0vBcaSN3W2j7wKvdERPwqTxSpCq+if5C0WoTCyV9n24rua28jeuQ2pL/HOf+yUe/Mef+H/5p60K0Id3bg==
 
-resolve@1.x, resolve@^1.1.6, resolve@^1.10.0, resolve@^1.14.2, resolve@^1.17.0:
+resolve@1.x, resolve@^1.10.0, resolve@^1.14.2, resolve@^1.17.0:
   version "1.22.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/resolve/-/resolve-1.22.1.tgz#27cb2ebb53f91abb49470a928bba7558066ac177"
   integrity sha512-nBpuuYuY5jFsli/JIs1oldw6fOQCBioohqWZg/2hiaOybXOft4lonv85uDOKXdf8rhyK159cxU5cDcK/NKk8zw==
@@ -9212,15 +9205,6 @@ shebang-regex@^3.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/shebang-regex/-/shebang-regex-3.0.0.tgz#ae16f1644d873ecad843b0307b143362d4c42172"
   integrity sha512-7++dFhtcx3353uBaq8DDR4NuxBetBzC7ZQOhmTQInHEd6bSrXdiEyzCvG07Z44UYdLShWUyXt5M/yhz8ekcb1A==
 
-shelljs@0.8.5:
-  version "0.8.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/shelljs/-/shelljs-0.8.5.tgz#de055408d8361bed66c669d2f000538ced8ee20c"
-  integrity sha512-TiwcRcrkhHvbrZbnRcFYMLl30Dfov3HKqzp5tO5b4pt6G/SezKcYhmDg15zXVBswHmctSAQKznqNW2LO5tTDow==
-  dependencies:
-    glob "^7.0.0"
-    interpret "^1.0.0"
-    rechoir "^0.6.2"
-
 shellwords@^0.1.1:
   version "0.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/shellwords/-/shellwords-0.1.1.tgz#d6b9181c1a48d397324c84871efbcfc73fc0654b"