diff --git a/packages/babel/.npmignore b/packages/babel/.npmignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 47cdd2c65551..000000000000
--- a/packages/babel/.npmignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-src
-test
-node_modules
diff --git a/packages/babel/README.md b/packages/babel/README.md
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index 17590de468f8..000000000000
--- a/packages/babel/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-# babel
diff --git a/packages/babel/index.js b/packages/babel/index.js
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index 06ca9592455f..000000000000
--- a/packages/babel/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-throw new Error("The node API for `babel` has been moved to `babel-core`.");
diff --git a/packages/babel/package.json b/packages/babel/package.json
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index 4c03e3eb5137..000000000000
--- a/packages/babel/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "babel",
-  "version": "6.5.2",
-  "description": "Turn ES6 code into readable vanilla ES5 with source maps",
-  "author": "Sebastian McKenzie <sebmck@gmail.com>",
-  "homepage": "https://babeljs.io/",
-  "license": "MIT",
-  "repository": "https://github.com/babel/babel/tree/master/packages/babel",
-  "bin": {
-    "babel": "./lib/cli.js",
-    "babel-node": "./lib/cli.js",
-    "babel-external-helpers": "./lib/cli.js"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/babel/src/cli.js b/packages/babel/src/cli.js
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index 0a6c889d7d56..000000000000
--- a/packages/babel/src/cli.js
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@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-import path from "path";
-
-const globalMessage = path.dirname(process.execPath) === path.dirname(process.env._ || "") ? " -g" : "";
-
-console.error("You have mistakenly installed the `babel` package, which is a no-op in Babel 6.\n" +
-  "Babel's CLI commands have been moved from the `babel` package to the `babel-cli` package.\n" +
-  "\n" +
-  "    npm uninstall" + globalMessage + " babel\n" +
-  "    npm install --save-dev babel-cli\n" +
-  "\n" +
-  "See http://babeljs.io/docs/usage/cli/ for setup instructions.");
-process.exit(1);