diff --git a/bin/release-_pre.sh b/bin/release-_pre.sh
index 78e88c71..fd9b5db3 100755
--- a/bin/release-_pre.sh
+++ b/bin/release-_pre.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,5 @@ npm run update-authors
 git diff --exit-code
 rm -rf node_modules/
 npm install
-npm prune
 npm dedupe
 npm test