diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0a70aff209..b39594723f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 - Hide stdlib modules in output. https://github.com/rescript-lang/rescript/pull/7305
 - Deprecate unsafe host-specific bindings from stdlib. https://github.com/rescript-lang/rescript/pull/7334
 - Make unsafe function names consistent in Stdlib.String. https://github.com/rescript-lang/rescript/pull/7337
+- `rescript` package does not trigger `postinstall` script anymore. https://github.com/rescript-lang/rescript/pull/7350
 
 #### :bug: Bug fix
 
diff --git a/cli/rescript_postinstall.js b/cli/rescript_postinstall.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 482d3b7962..0000000000
--- a/cli/rescript_postinstall.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-//@ts-check
-const child_process = require("child_process");
-const fs = require("fs");
-
-const { bsc_exe, ninja_exe } = require("./bin_path");
-
-function checkNinja() {
-  if (!fs.existsSync(ninja_exe)) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `No ninja binary found for this platform. ${ninja_exe} does not exist.`,
-    );
-  }
-
-  try {
-    return String(child_process.execFileSync(ninja_exe, ["--version"])).trim();
-  } catch (e) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `Error getting ninja version. The ninja binary at ${ninja_exe} may not be compatible with this platform: ${e}`,
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-function checkCompiler() {
-  if (!fs.existsSync(bsc_exe)) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `No ReScript compiler binary found for this platform. ${bsc_exe} does not exist.`,
-    );
-  }
-
-  try {
-    return String(child_process.execFileSync(bsc_exe, ["-v"])).trim();
-  } catch (e) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `Error getting ReScript compiler version. The compiler binary at ${bsc_exe} may not be compatible with this platform: ${e}`,
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-var ninjaVersion = checkNinja();
-var compilerVersion = checkCompiler();
-
-console.log(`${compilerVersion} (ninja ${ninjaVersion})`);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d0b730608b..479a16879e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
     "rewatch": "cli/rewatch"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "postinstall": "node cli/rescript_postinstall.js",
     "test": "node scripts/test.js -all",
     "test-bsb": "node scripts/test.js -bsb",
     "test-ocaml": "node scripts/test.js -ounit",
diff --git a/packages/artifacts.txt b/packages/artifacts.txt
index 8406f800dc..0b9c84e111 100644
--- a/packages/artifacts.txt
+++ b/packages/artifacts.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ cli/rescript_arg.js
 cli/rescript_bsb.js
 cli/rescript_dump.js
 cli/rescript_format.js
-cli/rescript_postinstall.js
 cli/rewatch
 darwin/bsb_helper.exe
 darwin/bsc.exe