diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/scripts/eject.js b/packages/react-scripts/scripts/eject.js
index 473a40da4e1..6e609c4f9f1 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/scripts/eject.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/scripts/eject.js
@@ -148,13 +148,19 @@ prompt(
   );
   console.log();
 
+  try {
+    // remove react-scripts and react-scripts binaries from app node_modules
+    Object.keys(ownPackage.bin).forEach(function(binKey) {
+      fs.removeSync(path.join(appPath, 'node_modules', '.bin', binKey));
+    });
+    fs.removeSync(ownPath);
+  } catch(e) {}
+
   if (fs.existsSync(paths.yarnLockFile)) {
     console.log(cyan('Running yarn...'));
-    fs.removeSync(ownPath);
     spawnSync('yarnpkg', [], {stdio: 'inherit'});
   } else {
     console.log(cyan('Running npm install...'));
-    fs.removeSync(ownPath);
     spawnSync('npm', ['install'], {stdio: 'inherit'});
   }
   console.log(green('Ejected successfully!'));