diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 31edc3a8016..56fd2575e91 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -121,8 +121,5 @@
     "nodemon": "^1.15.1",
     "prettier": "1.11.1",
     "webpack-dev-server": "^2.11.2"
-  },
-  "optionalDependencies": {
-    "fsevents": "^1.1.3"
   }
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 584951b5da0..af7bda5d562 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3605,7 +3605,7 @@ fs.realpath@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fs.realpath/-/fs.realpath-1.0.0.tgz#1504ad2523158caa40db4a2787cb01411994ea4f"
 
-fsevents@^1.0.0, fsevents@^1.1.3:
+fsevents@^1.0.0:
   version "1.1.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fsevents/-/fsevents-1.1.3.tgz#11f82318f5fe7bb2cd22965a108e9306208216d8"
   dependencies: