diff --git a/test/tap/00-verify-no-scoped.js b/test/tap/00-verify-no-scoped.js
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-'use strict'
-var common = require('../common-tap')
-var test = require('tap').test
-var path = require('path')
-var cwd = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..')
-var fs = require('fs')
-
-/*
-We can't include any scoped modules in bundled dependencies due to a bug in
-npm@<4.4.3 that made any module that bundled scoped dependencies
-uninstallable. While this is fixed, we can't have them in ourselves without
-making it impossible to upgrade, thus this test.
-*/
-
-test('no scoped transitive deps', function (t) {
-  t.ok(fs.existsSync(cwd), 'ensure that the path we are calling ls within exists')
-
-  var opt = { cwd: cwd, stdio: [ 'ignore', 'pipe', 2 ] }
-  common.npm(['ls', '--parseable', '--production'], opt, function (err, code, stdout) {
-    t.ifError(err, 'error should not exist')
-    t.equal(code, 0, 'npm ls exited with code')
-    var matchScoped = new RegExp(path.join(cwd, 'node_modules', '.*@').replace(/\\/g, '\\\\'))
-    stdout.split(/\n/).forEach(function (line) {
-      if (matchScoped.test(line)) {
-        t.notLike(line, matchScoped, 'prod deps do not contain scoped modules')
-      }
-    })
-    t.end()
-  })
-})