diff --git a/lib/babel/transformation/file.js b/lib/babel/transformation/file.js
index 86cd6cf9e3..9713fe1f6d 100644
--- a/lib/babel/transformation/file.js
+++ b/lib/babel/transformation/file.js
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ File.helpers = [
   "object-destructuring-empty",
   "temporal-undefined",
   "temporal-assert-defined",
-  "tail-call",
   "self-global"
 ];