diff --git a/packages/gatsby-plugin-sharp/package.json b/packages/gatsby-plugin-sharp/package.json
index e5222ee49e91c..3d9fa1076fd53 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-plugin-sharp/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby-plugin-sharp/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     "imagemin": "^6.1.0",
     "imagemin-mozjpeg": "^8.0.0",
     "imagemin-pngquant": "^6.0.1",
-    "imagemin-webp": "^5.1.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.15",
     "mini-svg-data-uri": "^1.2.3",
     "potrace": "^2.1.6",
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-plugin-sharp/src/process-file.js b/packages/gatsby-plugin-sharp/src/process-file.js
index db595f828d716..e198466b13108 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-plugin-sharp/src/process-file.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-plugin-sharp/src/process-file.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ const duotone = require(`./duotone`)
 const imagemin = require(`imagemin`)
 const imageminMozjpeg = require(`imagemin-mozjpeg`)
 const imageminPngquant = require(`imagemin-pngquant`)
-const imageminWebp = require(`imagemin-webp`)
 const { healOptions } = require(`./plugin-options`)
 const { SharpError } = require(`./sharp-error`)
 const { cpuCoreCount, createContentDigest } = require(`gatsby-core-utils`)
@@ -169,11 +168,6 @@ exports.processFile = (file, transforms, options = {}) => {
         return transform
       }
 
-      if (transformArgs.toFormat === `webp`) {
-        await compressWebP(clonedPipeline, outputPath, transformArgs)
-        return transform
-      }
-
       try {
         await clonedPipeline.toFile(outputPath)
       } catch (err) {
@@ -228,20 +222,6 @@ const compressJpg = (pipeline, outputPath, options) =>
       .then(imageminBuffer => fs.writeFile(outputPath, imageminBuffer))
   )
 
-const compressWebP = (pipeline, outputPath, options) =>
-  pipeline.toBuffer().then(sharpBuffer =>
-    imagemin
-      .buffer(sharpBuffer, {
-        plugins: [
-          imageminWebp({
-            quality: options.webpQuality || options.quality,
-            metadata: options.stripMetadata ? `none` : `all`,
-          }),
-        ],
-      })
-      .then(imageminBuffer => fs.writeFile(outputPath, imageminBuffer))
-  )
-
 exports.createArgsDigest = args => {
   const argsDigest = createContentDigest(args)
 
diff --git a/packages/gatsby/src/schema/__tests__/fixtures/kitchen-sink.json b/packages/gatsby/src/schema/__tests__/fixtures/kitchen-sink.json
index a412e7d84331e..183535aaf2f1c 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby/src/schema/__tests__/fixtures/kitchen-sink.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby/src/schema/__tests__/fixtures/kitchen-sink.json
@@ -380,10 +380,6 @@
           "name": "imagemin-pngquant",
           "version": "^6.0.0"
         },
-        {
-          "name": "imagemin-webp",
-          "version": "^5.0.0"
-        },
         {
           "name": "lodash",
           "version": "^4.17.10"