diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f84c225c2ba..ef696edb785 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -37,6 +37,3 @@ yarn.lock
 
 # source maps of docs
 docs/**/*.map
-
-# open collective badge
-.lastocprint
diff --git a/bin/cli.js b/bin/cli.js
index bd2f3602565..108aa3c6b55 100755
--- a/bin/cli.js
+++ b/bin/cli.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 (function() {
 	// wrap in IIFE to be able to use return
-
 	const importLocal = require("import-local");
 	// Prefer the local installation of webpack-cli
 	if (importLocal(__filename)) {
@@ -473,7 +472,19 @@ For more information, see https://webpack.js.org/api/cli/.`);
 					const statsString = stats.toString(outputOptions);
 					const delimiter = outputOptions.buildDelimiter ? `${outputOptions.buildDelimiter}\n` : "";
 					if (statsString) stdout.write(`${statsString}\n${delimiter}`);
-					require("./opencollective");
+
+
+					const now = new Date();
+					const MONDAY = 2;
+					const SIX_DAYS = 518400000;
+					if (now.getDay() === MONDAY) {
+						const statSync = require("fs").statSync;
+						const lastPrint = statSync(__dirname + "/opencollective.js").atime;
+						const lastPrintTS = new Date(lastPrint).getTime();
+						if (now.getTime() - lastPrintTS > SIX_DAYS) {
+							require("./opencollective");
+						}
+					}
 				}
 				if (!options.watch && stats.hasErrors()) {
 					process.exitCode = 2;
diff --git a/bin/opencollective.js b/bin/opencollective.js
index c542a868a84..a6266a25b4e 100644
--- a/bin/opencollective.js
+++ b/bin/opencollective.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 const chalk = require("chalk");
-const fs = require("fs");
-const path = require("path");
 
 // Only show emoji on OSx (Windows shell doesn't like them that much ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )
 function emoji(emoji) {
@@ -32,16 +30,4 @@ function printBadge() {
 	console.log("\n");
 }
 
-
-const now = new Date();
-const MONDAY = 1;
-if (now.getDay() === MONDAY) {
-	const lastPrintFile = path.resolve(__dirname, "../.lastocprint");
-	fs.readFile(lastPrintFile, "utf8", (err, lastPrint = 0) => {
-		if (err && err.code !== "ENOENT") return;
-		if (now - lastPrint > 6 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000) {
-			printBadge();
-			fs.writeFileSync(lastPrintFile, now);
-		}
-	});
-}
+printBadge();