diff --git a/bin/read-package-json.js b/bin/read-package-json.js
deleted file mode 100755
index 7e62a0bd7de55..0000000000000
--- a/bin/read-package-json.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-var argv = process.argv
-if (argv.length < 3) {
-  console.error('Usage: read-package.json <file> [<fields> ...]')
-  process.exit(1)
-}
-
-var file = argv[2]
-var readJson = require('read-package-json')
-
-readJson(file, function (er, data) {
-  if (er) throw er
-  if (argv.length === 3) {
-    console.log(data)
-  } else {
-    argv.slice(3).forEach(function (field) {
-      field = field.split('.')
-      var val = data
-      field.forEach(function (f) {
-        val = val[f]
-      })
-      console.log(val)
-    })
-  }
-})