diff --git a/bin/postinstall.js b/bin/postinstall.js
deleted file mode 100755
index 34c8194d..00000000
--- a/bin/postinstall.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-
-function main() {
-  if (process.env.SUPPRESS_SUPPORT || process.env.OPENCOLLECTIVE_HIDE || process.env.CI) {
-    return;
-  }
-  
-  const message = '\u001b[32mLove nodemon? You can now support the project via the open collective:\u001b[22m\u001b[39m\n > \u001b[96m\u001b[1mhttps://opencollective.com/nodemon/donate\u001b[0m\n';
-
-  try {
-    const Configstore = require('configstore');
-    const pkg = require(__dirname + '/../package.json');
-    const now = Date.now();
-
-    var week = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 7;
-
-    // create a Configstore instance with an unique ID e.g.
-    // Package name and optionally some default values
-    const conf = new Configstore(pkg.name);
-    const last = conf.get('lastCheck');
-
-    if (!last || now - week > last) {
-      console.log(message);
-      conf.set('lastCheck', now);
-    }
-  } catch (e) {
-    console.log(message);
-  }
-}
-
-main();
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b22d7dfa..1bf36940 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
     "commitmsg": "commitlint -e",
     "coverage": "istanbul cover _mocha -- --timeout 30000 --ui bdd --reporter list test/**/*.test.js",
     "lint": "eslint lib/**/*.js",
-    ":spec": "node_modules/.bin/mocha --timeout 30000 --ui bdd test/**/*.test.js",
     "test": "npm run lint && npm run spec",
     "spec": "for FILE in test/**/*.test.js; do echo $FILE; TEST=1 mocha --exit --timeout 30000 $FILE; if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then exit 1; fi; sleep 1; done",
     "postspec": "npm run clean",
@@ -40,8 +39,7 @@
     "web": "node web",
     "semantic-release": "semantic-release",
     "prepush": "npm run lint",
-    "killall": "ps auxww | grep node | grep -v grep | awk '{ print $2 }' | xargs kill -9",
-    "postinstall": "node bin/postinstall || exit 0"
+    "killall": "ps auxww | grep node | grep -v grep | awk '{ print $2 }' | xargs kill -9"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@commitlint/cli": "^11.0.0",