diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 41d8dabcf..50d781984 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ in which case you may not even need the asset pipeline. This is mostly relevant
   - [Webpack Configuration](#webpack-configuration)
   - [Custom Rails environments](#custom-rails-environments)
   - [Upgrading](#upgrading)
-  - [Yarn Integrity](#yarn-integrity)
 - [Integrations](#integrations)
   - [React](./docs/integrations.md#react)
   - [Angular with TypeScript](./docs/integrations.md#angular-with-typescript)
@@ -107,6 +106,12 @@ Optional: To fix ["unmet peer dependency" warnings](https://github.com/rails/web
 yarn upgrade
 ```
 
+When `package.json` and/or `yarn.lock` changes, such as when pulling down changes to your local environemnt in a team settings, be sure to keep your NPM packages up-to-date:
+
+```bash
+yarn install
+```
+
 ### Usage
 
 Once installed, you can start writing modern ES6-flavored JavaScript apps right away:
@@ -300,26 +305,6 @@ yarn upgrade webpack-dev-server --latest
 yarn add @rails/webpacker@next
 ```
 
-### Yarn Integrity
-
-By default, in development, webpacker runs a yarn integrity check to ensure that all local JavaScript packages are up-to-date. This is similar to what bundler does currently in Rails, but for JavaScript packages. If your system is out of date, then Rails will not initialize. You will be asked to upgrade your local JavaScript packages by running `yarn install`.
-
-To turn off this option, you will need to change the default setting in `config/webpacker.yml`:
-
-```yaml
-# config/webpacker.yml
-development:
-  ...
-  # Verifies that correct packages and versions are installed by inspecting package.json, yarn.lock, and node_modules
-  check_yarn_integrity: false
-```
-
-You may also turn on this feature by adding the config option for any Rails environment in `config/webpacker.yml`:
-
-```yaml
-check_yarn_integrity: true
-```
-
 ## Integrations
 
 Webpacker ships with basic out-of-the-box integration. You can see a list of available commands/tasks by running `bundle exec rails webpacker`.
@@ -413,6 +398,8 @@ Webpacker::Compiler.watched_paths << 'bower_components'
 
 Webpacker hooks up a new `webpacker:compile` task to `assets:precompile`, which gets run whenever you run `assets:precompile`. If you are not using Sprockets, `webpacker:compile` is automatically aliased to `assets:precompile`. Similar to sprockets both rake tasks will compile packs in production mode but will use `RAILS_ENV` to load configuration from `config/webpacker.yml` (if available).
 
+When compiling assets for production on a remote server, such as a continuous integration environment, it's recommended to use `yarn install --frozen-lockfile` to install NPM packages on the remote host to ensure that the installed packages match the `yarn.lock` file.
+
 ## Docs
 
 - [Development](https://github.com/rails/webpacker#development)
diff --git a/lib/install/config/webpacker.yml b/lib/install/config/webpacker.yml
index 8581ac047..fc0e11e01 100644
--- a/lib/install/config/webpacker.yml
+++ b/lib/install/config/webpacker.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ default: &default
   public_root_path: public
   public_output_path: packs
   cache_path: tmp/cache/webpacker
-  check_yarn_integrity: false
   webpack_compile_output: true
 
   # Additional paths webpack should lookup modules
@@ -52,9 +51,6 @@ development:
   <<: *default
   compile: true
 
-  # Verifies that correct packages and versions are installed by inspecting package.json, yarn.lock, and node_modules
-  check_yarn_integrity: true
-
   # Reference: https://webpack.js.org/configuration/dev-server/
   dev_server:
     https: false
diff --git a/lib/webpacker/configuration.rb b/lib/webpacker/configuration.rb
index 890b9c7ff..8e65c0e22 100644
--- a/lib/webpacker/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/webpacker/configuration.rb
@@ -64,11 +64,7 @@ def extensions
   end
 
   def check_yarn_integrity=(value)
-    data[:check_yarn_integrity] = value
-  end
-
-  def check_yarn_integrity?
-    fetch(:check_yarn_integrity)
+    warn "Webpacker::Configuration#check_yarn_integrity=(value) has been deprecated. The integrity check has been removed from Webpacker so changing this setting will have no effect."
   end
 
   def webpack_compile_output?
diff --git a/lib/webpacker/railtie.rb b/lib/webpacker/railtie.rb
index be4749390..f2ff72fba 100644
--- a/lib/webpacker/railtie.rb
+++ b/lib/webpacker/railtie.rb
@@ -7,49 +7,6 @@ class Webpacker::Engine < ::Rails::Engine
   # Allows Webpacker config values to be set via Rails env config files
   config.webpacker = ActiveSupport::OrderedOptions.new
 
-  initializer "webpacker.set_configs" do |app|
-    if app.config.webpacker.key?(:check_yarn_integrity)
-      Webpacker.config.check_yarn_integrity = app.config.webpacker.check_yarn_integrity
-    end
-  end
-
-  # ================================
-  # Check Yarn Integrity Initializer
-  # ================================
-  #
-  # development (on by default):
-  #
-  #    to turn off:
-  #     - edit config/environments/development.rb
-  #     - add `config.webpacker.check_yarn_integrity = false`
-  #
-  # production (off by default):
-  #
-  #    to turn on:
-  #     - edit config/environments/production.rb
-  #     - add `config.webpacker.check_yarn_integrity = true`
-  initializer "webpacker.yarn_check" do |app|
-    if File.exist?("yarn.lock") && Webpacker.config.config_path.exist? && Webpacker.config.check_yarn_integrity?
-      output = `yarn check --integrity && yarn check --verify-tree 2>&1`
-
-      unless $?.success?
-        $stderr.puts "\n\n"
-        $stderr.puts "========================================"
-        $stderr.puts "  Your Yarn packages are out of date!"
-        $stderr.puts "  Please run `yarn install --check-files` to update."
-        $stderr.puts "========================================"
-        $stderr.puts "\n\n"
-        $stderr.puts "To disable this check, please change `check_yarn_integrity`"
-        $stderr.puts "to `false` in your webpacker config file (config/webpacker.yml)."
-        $stderr.puts "\n\n"
-        $stderr.puts output
-        $stderr.puts "\n\n"
-
-        exit(1)
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
   initializer "webpacker.proxy" do |app|
     insert_middleware = Webpacker.config.dev_server.present? rescue nil
     if insert_middleware
diff --git a/test/test_app/config/application.rb b/test/test_app/config/application.rb
index 3f3ac6e65..246f3c2ff 100644
--- a/test/test_app/config/application.rb
+++ b/test/test_app/config/application.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ module TestApp
   class Application < ::Rails::Application
     config.secret_key_base = "abcdef"
     config.eager_load = true
-    config.webpacker.check_yarn_integrity = false
     config.active_support.test_order = :sorted
   end
 end