diff --git a/app.json b/app.json
index 211f17d812..e4f7cf403e 100644
--- a/app.json
+++ b/app.json
@@ -88,9 +88,6 @@
     {
       "url": "https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-apt"
     },
-    {
-      "url": "heroku/nodejs"
-    },
     {
       "url": "heroku/ruby"
     }