diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-speech/samples/package.json b/packages/google-cloud-speech/samples/package.json
index 4e58bb5f299..8e5db5acb50 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-speech/samples/package.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-speech/samples/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "chai": "^4.2.0",
-    "execa": "^1.0.0",
     "mocha": "^6.0.0",
     "uuid": "^3.3.0"
   }