diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/package.json b/packages/grpc-js/package.json
index 4c8cd9f94..6a027d391 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js/package.json
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
     "@types/mocha": "^5.2.6",
     "@types/ncp": "^2.0.1",
     "@types/pify": "^3.0.2",
-    "@types/semver": "^6.0.1",
     "@types/yargs": "^15.0.5",
     "clang-format": "^1.0.55",
     "execa": "^2.0.3",
@@ -57,8 +56,7 @@
     "posttest": "npm run check"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@types/node": ">=12.12.47",
-    "semver": "^6.2.0"
+    "@types/node": ">=12.12.47"
   },
   "files": [
     "src/**/*.ts",
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/src/index.ts b/packages/grpc-js/src/index.ts
index e90ac4be8..308074640 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/src/index.ts
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
  *
  */
 
-import * as semver from 'semver';
-
 import {
   ClientDuplexStream,
   ClientReadableStream,
@@ -66,11 +64,6 @@ import {
   ServerDuplexStream,
 } from './server-call';
 
-const supportedNodeVersions = require('../../package.json').engines.node;
-if (!semver.satisfies(process.version, supportedNodeVersions)) {
-  throw new Error(`@grpc/grpc-js only works on Node ${supportedNodeVersions}`);
-}
-
 export { OAuth2Client };
 
 /**** Client Credentials ****/