diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-compute/samples/package.json b/packages/google-cloud-compute/samples/package.json
index bf147e68b26..cab76851f0c 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-compute/samples/package.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-compute/samples/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "chai": "^4.2.0",
-    "execa": "^1.0.0",
     "mocha": "^6.0.0",
     "proxyquire": "^2.0.1",
     "uuid": "^3.2.1"