diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..43c97e719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package-lock=false
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
deleted file mode 100644
index f71a78c1f..000000000
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "bluewave-uptime",
-  "lockfileVersion": 3,
-  "requires": true,
-  "packages": {}
-}