diff --git a/install-log4js.js b/install-log4js.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 36daef5b9..000000000
--- a/install-log4js.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-
-// workaround hack for https://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues/3305
-
-var exec = require('child_process').exec;
-var version;
-
-if (/0\.10/.test(process.versions.node)) {
-  version = '0.6.2';
-} else if (/0\.8/.test(process.versions.node)) {
-  version = '0.5.8';
-}
-
-if (version) {
-  var cp = exec('npm install log4js@' + version);
-
-  // because stdin: 'inherit' does not work on Windows
-  cp.stdout.pipe(process.stdout);
-  cp.stderr.pipe(process.stderr);
-}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cff77a88c..182d455fb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
     "lodash": "~1.1",
     "pause": "0.0.1",
     "mime": "~1.2",
-    "log4js": "~0.5.8 || ~0.6.1"
+    "log4js": "~0.6.3"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "karma-jasmine": "*",
@@ -127,8 +127,5 @@
   "engines": {
     "node": "~0.8 || ~0.10"
   },
-  "scripts": {
-    "install": "node install-log4js.js"
-  },
   "version": "0.9.1"
 }