diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index d4246608d8d21..6c025cd1b94a0 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -49,23 +49,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
       '!<%= src %>/core_plugins/timelion/vendor_components/**/*.js',
       '!<%= src %>/fixtures/**/*.js',
       '!<%= root %>/test/fixtures/scenarios/**/*.js'
-    ],
-    deepModules: {
-      'caniuse-db': '1.0.30000265',
-      'chalk': '1.1.0',
-      'glob': '4.5.3',
-      'har-validator': '1.8.0',
-      'json5': '0.4.0',
-      'loader-utils': '0.2.11',
-      'micromatch': '2.2.0',
-      'postcss-normalize-url': '2.1.1',
-      'postcss-reduce-idents': '1.0.2',
-      'postcss-unique-selectors': '1.0.0',
-      'postcss-minify-selectors': '1.4.6',
-      'postcss-single-charset': '0.3.0',
-      'regenerator': '0.8.36',
-      'readable-stream': '2.1.0'
-    }
+    ]
   };
 
   grunt.config.merge(config);
diff --git a/tasks/build/index.js b/tasks/build/index.js
index 1fa50df44073c..84eb30a21c0c1 100644
--- a/tasks/build/index.js
+++ b/tasks/build/index.js
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
       '_build:installNpmDeps',
       '_build:removePkgJsonDeps',
       'clean:testsFromModules',
-      'clean:deepModuleBins',
-      'clean:deepModules',
       'run:optimizeBuild',
       'stop:optimizeBuild',
       '_build:versionedLinks',
diff --git a/tasks/build/package_json.js b/tasks/build/package_json.js
index a9038a2dd6d5b..2b58a4353f942 100644
--- a/tasks/build/package_json.js
+++ b/tasks/build/package_json.js
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 module.exports = function (grunt) {
-  let { defaults } = require('lodash');
-
   let pkg = grunt.config.get('pkg');
-  let deepModules = grunt.config.get('deepModules');
 
   grunt.registerTask('_build:packageJson', function () {
     const { sha, number, version } = grunt.config.get('build');
@@ -22,7 +19,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
         engines: {
           node: pkg.engines.node
         },
-        dependencies: defaults({}, pkg.dependencies, deepModules)
+        dependencies: pkg.dependencies
       }, null, '  ')
     );
   });
diff --git a/tasks/config/clean.js b/tasks/config/clean.js
index 4128505fd189e..096ffae86cdf9 100644
--- a/tasks/config/clean.js
+++ b/tasks/config/clean.js
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 module.exports = function (grunt) {
-  let modules = Object.keys(grunt.config.get('deepModules'));
   return {
     build: 'build',
     target: 'target',
     screenshots: 'test/screenshots/session',
     testsFromModules: 'build/kibana/node_modules/**/{test,tests}/**',
-    deepModuleBins: 'build/kibana/node_modules/*/node_modules/**/.bin/{' + modules.join(',') + '}',
-    deepModules: 'build/kibana/node_modules/*/node_modules/**/{' + modules.join(',') + '}/',
   };
 };