diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/bin/babel-node.js b/packages/babel-cli/bin/babel-node.js
deleted file mode 100755
index c20e9befb8..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-cli/bin/babel-node.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-
-require("../lib/babel-node");
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/package.json b/packages/babel-cli/package.json
index d607f681f0..eb4cefac62 100644
--- a/packages/babel-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/package.json
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@
     "lodash": "^4.2.0",
     "output-file-sync": "^2.0.0",
     "slash": "^1.0.0",
-    "source-map": "^0.5.0",
-    "v8flags": "^3.0.0"
+    "source-map": "^0.5.0"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
     "chokidar": "^1.6.1"
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@
   "bin": {
     "babel-doctor": "./bin/babel-doctor.js",
     "babel": "./bin/babel.js",
-    "babel-node": "./bin/babel-node.js",
     "babel-external-helpers": "./bin/babel-external-helpers.js"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/src/_babel-node.js b/packages/babel-cli/src/_babel-node.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 56c03c7683..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-cli/src/_babel-node.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,192 +0,0 @@
-import commander from "commander";
-import Module from "module";
-import { inspect } from "util";
-import path from "path";
-import repl from "repl";
-import * as babel from "babel-core";
-import vm from "vm";
-import "babel-polyfill";
-import register from "babel-register";
-
-import pkg from "../package.json";
-
-const program = new commander.Command("babel-node");
-
-function collect(value, previousValue): Array<string> {
-  // If the user passed the option with no value, like "babel-node file.js --presets", do nothing.
-  if (typeof value !== "string") return previousValue;
-
-  const values = value.split(",");
-
-  return previousValue ? previousValue.concat(values) : values;
-}
-
-/* eslint-disable max-len */
-program.option("-e, --eval [script]", "Evaluate script");
-program.option("-p, --print [code]", "Evaluate script and print result");
-program.option(
-  "-o, --only [globs]",
-  "A comma-separated list of glob patterns to compile",
-  collect,
-);
-program.option(
-  "-i, --ignore [globs]",
-  "A comma-separated list of glob patterns to skip compiling",
-  collect,
-);
-program.option(
-  "-x, --extensions [extensions]",
-  "List of extensions to hook into [.es6,.js,.es,.jsx,.mjs]",
-  collect,
-);
-program.option("-w, --plugins [string]", "", collect);
-program.option("-b, --presets [string]", "", collect);
-/* eslint-enable max-len */
-
-program.version(pkg.version);
-program.usage("[options] [ -e script | script.js ] [arguments]");
-program.parse(process.argv);
-
-//
-
-register({
-  extensions: program.extensions,
-  ignore: program.ignore,
-  only: program.only,
-  plugins: program.plugins,
-  presets: program.presets,
-});
-
-//
-
-const replPlugin = ({ types: t }) => ({
-  visitor: {
-    ModuleDeclaration(path) {
-      throw path.buildCodeFrameError("Modules aren't supported in the REPL");
-    },
-
-    VariableDeclaration(path) {
-      if (path.node.kind !== "var") {
-        throw path.buildCodeFrameError(
-          "Only `var` variables are supported in the REPL",
-        );
-      }
-    },
-
-    Program(path) {
-      if (path.get("body").some(child => child.isExpressionStatement())) return;
-
-      // If the executed code doesn't evaluate to a value,
-      // prevent implicit strict mode from printing 'use strict'.
-      path.pushContainer(
-        "body",
-        t.expressionStatement(t.identifier("undefined")),
-      );
-    },
-  },
-});
-
-//
-
-const _eval = function(code, filename) {
-  code = code.trim();
-  if (!code) return undefined;
-
-  code = babel.transform(code, {
-    filename: filename,
-    presets: program.presets,
-    plugins: (program.plugins || []).concat([replPlugin]),
-  }).code;
-
-  return vm.runInThisContext(code, {
-    filename: filename,
-  });
-};
-
-if (program.eval || program.print) {
-  let code = program.eval;
-  if (!code || code === true) code = program.print;
-
-  global.__filename = "[eval]";
-  global.__dirname = process.cwd();
-
-  const module = new Module(global.__filename);
-  module.filename = global.__filename;
-  module.paths = Module._nodeModulePaths(global.__dirname);
-
-  global.exports = module.exports;
-  global.module = module;
-  global.require = module.require.bind(module);
-
-  const result = _eval(code, global.__filename);
-  if (program.print) {
-    const output = typeof result === "string" ? result : inspect(result);
-    process.stdout.write(output + "\n");
-  }
-} else {
-  if (program.args.length) {
-    // slice all arguments up to the first filename since they're babel args that we handle
-    let args = process.argv.slice(2);
-
-    let i = 0;
-    let ignoreNext = false;
-    args.some(function(arg, i2) {
-      if (ignoreNext) {
-        ignoreNext = false;
-        return;
-      }
-
-      if (arg[0] === "-") {
-        const parsedArg = program[arg.slice(2)];
-        if (parsedArg && parsedArg !== true) {
-          ignoreNext = true;
-        }
-      } else {
-        i = i2;
-        return true;
-      }
-    });
-    args = args.slice(i);
-
-    // make the filename absolute
-    const filename = args[0];
-    if (!path.isAbsolute(filename)) {
-      args[0] = path.join(process.cwd(), filename);
-    }
-
-    // add back on node and concat the sliced args
-    process.argv = ["node"].concat(args);
-    process.execArgv.unshift(__filename);
-
-    Module.runMain();
-  } else {
-    replStart();
-  }
-}
-
-function replStart() {
-  repl.start({
-    prompt: "> ",
-    input: process.stdin,
-    output: process.stdout,
-    eval: replEval,
-    useGlobal: true,
-  });
-}
-
-function replEval(code, context, filename, callback) {
-  let err;
-  let result;
-
-  try {
-    if (code[0] === "(" && code[code.length - 1] === ")") {
-      code = code.slice(1, -1); // remove "(" and ")"
-    }
-
-    result = _eval(code, filename);
-  } catch (e) {
-    err = e;
-  }
-
-  callback(err, result);
-}
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/src/babel-node.js b/packages/babel-cli/src/babel-node.js
deleted file mode 100755
index 608aa4e17a..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-cli/src/babel-node.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * This tiny wrapper file checks for known node flags and appends them
- * when found, before invoking the "real" _babel-node(1) executable.
- */
-
-import getV8Flags from "v8flags";
-import path from "path";
-
-let args = [path.join(__dirname, "_babel-node")];
-
-let babelArgs = process.argv.slice(2);
-let userArgs;
-
-// separate node arguments from script arguments
-const argSeparator = babelArgs.indexOf("--");
-if (argSeparator > -1) {
-  userArgs = babelArgs.slice(argSeparator); // including the  --
-  babelArgs = babelArgs.slice(0, argSeparator);
-}
-
-/**
- * Replace dashes with underscores in the v8Flag name
- * Also ensure that if the arg contains a value (e.g. --arg=true)
- * that only the flag is returned.
- */
-function getNormalizedV8Flag(arg) {
-  const matches = arg.match(/--(.+)/);
-
-  if (matches) {
-    return `--${matches[1].replace(/-/g, "_")}`;
-  }
-
-  return arg;
-}
-
-getV8Flags(function(err, v8Flags) {
-  babelArgs.forEach(function(arg) {
-    const flag = arg.split("=")[0];
-
-    switch (flag) {
-      case "-d":
-        args.unshift("--debug");
-        break;
-
-      case "debug":
-      case "--debug":
-      case "--debug-brk":
-      case "--inspect":
-      case "--inspect-brk":
-        args.unshift(arg);
-        break;
-
-      case "-gc":
-        args.unshift("--expose-gc");
-        break;
-
-      case "--expose-http2":
-        args.unshift("--expose-http2");
-        break;
-
-      case "--nolazy":
-        args.unshift(flag);
-        break;
-
-      default:
-        if (
-          v8Flags.indexOf(getNormalizedV8Flag(flag)) >= 0 ||
-          arg.indexOf("--trace") === 0
-        ) {
-          args.unshift(arg);
-        } else {
-          args.push(arg);
-        }
-        break;
-    }
-  });
-
-  // append arguments passed after --
-  if (argSeparator > -1) {
-    args = args.concat(userArgs);
-  }
-
-  try {
-    const kexec = require("kexec");
-    kexec(process.argv[0], args);
-  } catch (err) {
-    if (err.code !== "MODULE_NOT_FOUND") throw err;
-
-    const child_process = require("child_process");
-    const proc = child_process.spawn(process.argv[0], args, {
-      stdio: "inherit",
-    });
-    proc.on("exit", function(code, signal) {
-      process.on("exit", function() {
-        if (signal) {
-          process.kill(process.pid, signal);
-        } else {
-          process.exit(code);
-        }
-      });
-    });
-
-    process.on("SIGINT", () => {
-      proc.kill("SIGINT");
-      process.exit(1);
-    });
-  }
-});
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/--eval/options.json b/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/--eval/options.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 09d27772df..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/--eval/options.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "args": ["--eval", "console.log([1, 2, 3].map(x => x * x));"],
-  "stdout": "[ 1, 4, 9 ]"
-}
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/--extensions/in-files/foo.bar b/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/--extensions/in-files/foo.bar
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d023628ac..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/--extensions/in-files/foo.bar
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-console.log([1, 2, 3].map(x => x * x));
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/--extensions/options.json b/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/--extensions/options.json
deleted file mode 100644
index c64999d8e2..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/--extensions/options.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "args": ["foo", "--extensions", ".bar"],
-  "stdout": "[ 1, 4, 9 ]"
-}
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/--print/options.json b/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/--print/options.json
deleted file mode 100644
index df235fd4d2..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/--print/options.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "args": ["--print", "--eval", "([1, 2, 3].map(x => x * x))"],
-  "stdout": "[ 1, 4, 9 ]"
-}
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/arguments/in-files/bar.js b/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/arguments/in-files/bar.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 13257ec5e8..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/arguments/in-files/bar.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-console.log(process.argv[2]);
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/arguments/options.json b/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/arguments/options.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 5aa934d555..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/arguments/options.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "args": ["bar", "foo"],
-  "stdout": "foo"
-}
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/directory/in-files/foo/index.js b/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/directory/in-files/foo/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6cbc6fbcfb..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/directory/in-files/foo/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-var foo = () => console.log("foo");
-foo();
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/directory/options.json b/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/directory/options.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 36b991ad38..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/directory/options.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "args": ["foo"]
-}
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/directory/stdout.txt b/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/directory/stdout.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 257cc5642c..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/directory/stdout.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-foo
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/filename/in-files/bar.js b/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/filename/in-files/bar.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6cbc6fbcfb..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/filename/in-files/bar.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-var foo = () => console.log("foo");
-foo();
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/filename/options.json b/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/filename/options.json
deleted file mode 100644
index d9bcfc2f57..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/filename/options.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "args": ["bar"]
-}
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/filename/stdout.txt b/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/filename/stdout.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 257cc5642c..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/filename/stdout.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-foo
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/no-strict/options.json b/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/no-strict/options.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 63fc4b34f4..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/no-strict/options.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "args": ["--eval","--print", "var a = 1;"],
-  "stdout": "undefined"
-}
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/require/in-files/bar2.js b/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/require/in-files/bar2.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e0f4fd877..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/require/in-files/bar2.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-var bar = () => console.log("bar");
-bar();
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/require/in-files/foo2.js b/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/require/in-files/foo2.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 71db6cd5b2..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/require/in-files/foo2.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-import "./bar2";
-import "./not_node_modules";
-
-var foo = () => console.log("foo");
-foo();
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/require/in-files/not_node_modules.jsx b/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/require/in-files/not_node_modules.jsx
deleted file mode 100644
index f14bae58e1..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/require/in-files/not_node_modules.jsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-/*
-The purpose of this file is to test that the node_modules check in the require
-hook doesn't mistakenly exclude something like "not_node_modules". To pass, this
-file merely needs to be transpiled. The transpiled code won't, and doesn't need
-to, execute without error. It won't execute because React will be undefined.
-*/
-try {
-  <Some jsx="element" />;
-}
-catch (e) {}
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/require/options.json b/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/require/options.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 988cc017dc..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/require/options.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "args": ["foo2"]
-}
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/require/stdout.txt b/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/require/stdout.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 128976523b..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/require/stdout.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bar
-foo
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/v8Flag-dashed-with-param/options.json b/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/v8Flag-dashed-with-param/options.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a9cabbc10c..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/v8Flag-dashed-with-param/options.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "args": ["--expose-gc-as=garbageCollector", "--eval", "console.log(typeof global.garbageCollector)"],
-  "stdout": "function"
-}
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/v8Flag-dashed/options.json b/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/v8Flag-dashed/options.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 82ff74d156..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/v8Flag-dashed/options.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "args": ["--expose-gc", "--eval", "console.log(typeof global.gc)"],
-  "stdout": "function"
-}
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/v8Flag-underscored-with-param/options.json b/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/v8Flag-underscored-with-param/options.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a8b0e91738..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/v8Flag-underscored-with-param/options.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "args": ["--expose_gc_as=garbageCollector", "--eval", "console.log(typeof global.garbageCollector)"],
-  "stdout": "function"
-}
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/v8Flag-underscored/options.json b/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/v8Flag-underscored/options.json
deleted file mode 100644
index c279b0e13d..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/v8Flag-underscored/options.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "args": ["--expose_gc", "--eval", "console.log(typeof global.gc)"],
-  "stdout": "function"
-}
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/test/index.js b/packages/babel-cli/test/index.js
index 2bfaa02c71..fdde761cd0 100644
--- a/packages/babel-cli/test/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/test/index.js
@@ -127,10 +127,6 @@ const buildTest = function(binName, testName, opts) {
       args.push("--presets", presetLocs, "--plugins", pluginLocs);
     }
 
-    if (binName === "babel-node") {
-      args.push("--only", "../../../../packages/*/test");
-    }
-
     args = args.concat(opts.args);
 
     const spawn = child.spawn(process.execPath, args);