diff --git a/src/babel/api/register/node.js b/src/babel/api/register/node.js
index 27d5680db6..b3175aa8fc 100644
--- a/src/babel/api/register/node.js
+++ b/src/babel/api/register/node.js
@@ -156,16 +156,3 @@ export default function (opts = {}) {
 
   extend(transformOpts, opts);
 };
-
-//
-
-try {
-  var runtimePackage = require("babel-runtime/package");
-  var version = require("../../../../package").version;
-  if (runtimePackage.version !== version) {
-    throw new ReferenceError(`The verison of babel-runtime of ${runtimePackage.runtime} that you have installed does not match the babel verison of ${version}`);
-  }
-} catch (err) {
-  if (err.code !== "MODULE_NOT_FOUND") throw err;
-}
-