diff --git a/src/checkEngine.js b/src/checkEngine.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a5cd5ce90..000000000
--- a/src/checkEngine.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-// NOTE: important, don't use any new javascript language features in this file!
-// (other than es6 modules, which are transpiled)
-
-import pleaseUpgradeNode from 'please-upgrade-node'
-import pkg from '../package.json'
-
-const currentNodeVersion = process.versions.node
-const requiredNodeVersion = pkg.engines.node.replace('>=', '')
-
-pleaseUpgradeNode(pkg, {
-  message: function message() {
-    return (
-      // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-template
-      'serverless-offline requires node.js version ' +
-      requiredNodeVersion +
-      ' or higher, but found version ' +
-      currentNodeVersion +
-      '. Please upgrade!'
-    )
-  },
-})
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index dbb8b2622..ce831edf6 100755
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
-// NOTE: pleaseUpgradeNode needs to run first!
-import './checkEngine.js'
-
 export { default } from './ServerlessOffline.js'