diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/pipelines/package.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/pipelines/package.json
index db990d5b0c366..845da0c6be1f5 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/pipelines/package.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/pipelines/package.json
@@ -30,11 +30,9 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@aws-cdk/assert": "0.0.0",
-    "@types/nodeunit": "^0.0.31",
     "cdk-build-tools": "0.0.0",
     "cdk-integ-tools": "0.0.0",
     "cfn2ts": "0.0.0",
-    "nodeunit": "^0.11.3",
     "pkglint": "0.0.0",
     "@aws-cdk/aws-s3": "0.0.0",
     "@aws-cdk/aws-ecr": "0.0.0",