diff --git a/client/GruntFile.js b/client/GruntFile.js
index 74374d155fb..acc9fd98f1d 100644
--- a/client/GruntFile.js
+++ b/client/GruntFile.js
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
 	    grunt.config.set( 'paths', TOOLSHED_PATHS );
     }
 
-    grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-check-modules');
     // see the sub directory grunt-tasks/ for individual task definitions
     grunt.loadTasks( 'grunt-tasks' );
-    grunt.registerTask( 'default', [ 'check-modules', 'uglify' ] );
+    grunt.registerTask( 'default', [ 'uglify' ] );
 };
diff --git a/client/grunt-tasks/style.js b/client/grunt-tasks/style.js
index 1ae7b3a27ee..2bebf6a0756 100644
--- a/client/grunt-tasks/style.js
+++ b/client/grunt-tasks/style.js
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ module.exports = function( grunt ){
             watch: {
                 // watch for changes in the src dir
                 files: [ lessPath + '/**' ],
-                tasks: ['check-modules', 'sprite', 'less-site-config', 'less', 'clean'],
+                tasks: ['sprite', 'less-site-config', 'less', 'clean'],
                 options: {
                     spawn: false
                 }
@@ -105,5 +105,5 @@ module.exports = function( grunt ){
     });
 
     grunt.registerTask( 'watch-style', [ 'watch' ] );
-    grunt.registerTask( 'style', [  'check-modules', 'sprite', 'less-site-config', 'less', 'clean' ] );
+    grunt.registerTask( 'style', [  'sprite', 'less-site-config', 'less', 'clean' ] );
 };
diff --git a/client/package.json b/client/package.json
index 497b4d45c81..ff7ae81bec7 100644
--- a/client/package.json
+++ b/client/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
     "del": "^3.0.0",
     "grunt": "^0.4.5",
     "grunt-bower-install-simple": "^1.1.0",
-    "grunt-check-modules": "^1.0.0",
     "grunt-cli": "^0.1.13",
     "grunt-contrib-clean": "^0.6.0",
     "grunt-contrib-copy": "^0.5.0",
diff --git a/client/yarn.lock b/client/yarn.lock
index a85e8ecaf7f..7ff969595cc 100644
--- a/client/yarn.lock
+++ b/client/yarn.lock
@@ -1514,14 +1514,14 @@ escope@^3.6.0:
     esrecurse "^4.1.0"
     estraverse "^4.1.1"
 
-esprima@^1.0.3, esprima@~1.1.1:
-  version "1.1.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esprima/-/esprima-1.1.1.tgz#5b6f1547f4d102e670e140c509be6771d6aeb549"
-
-"esprima@~ 1.0.2", esprima@~1.0.2:
+esprima@^1.0.3, "esprima@~ 1.0.2", esprima@~1.0.2:
   version "1.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esprima/-/esprima-1.0.4.tgz#9f557e08fc3b4d26ece9dd34f8fbf476b62585ad"
 
+esprima@~1.1.1:
+  version "1.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esprima/-/esprima-1.1.1.tgz#5b6f1547f4d102e670e140c509be6771d6aeb549"
+
 esrecurse@^4.1.0:
   version "4.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esrecurse/-/esrecurse-4.2.0.tgz#fa9568d98d3823f9a41d91e902dcab9ea6e5b163"
@@ -1908,7 +1908,7 @@ glob2base@^0.0.12:
   dependencies:
     find-index "^0.1.1"
 
-glob@7.1.1:
+glob@7.1.1, glob@^7.0.3, glob@^7.0.5, glob@^7.1.1:
   version "7.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/glob/-/glob-7.1.1.tgz#805211df04faaf1c63a3600306cdf5ade50b2ec8"
   dependencies:
@@ -1928,17 +1928,6 @@ glob@^4.3.1:
     minimatch "^2.0.1"
     once "^1.3.0"
 
-glob@^7.0.3, glob@^7.0.5, glob@^7.1.1:
-  version "7.1.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/glob/-/glob-7.1.2.tgz#c19c9df9a028702d678612384a6552404c636d15"
-  dependencies:
-    fs.realpath "^1.0.0"
-    inflight "^1.0.4"
-    inherits "2"
-    minimatch "^3.0.4"
-    once "^1.3.0"
-    path-is-absolute "^1.0.0"
-
 glob@~3.1.21:
   version "3.1.21"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/glob/-/glob-3.1.21.tgz#d29e0a055dea5138f4d07ed40e8982e83c2066cd"
@@ -2027,10 +2016,6 @@ grunt-bower-install-simple@^1.1.0:
     bower "~1.8.0"
     chalk "~1.1.3"
 
-grunt-check-modules@^1.0.0:
-  version "1.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/grunt-check-modules/-/grunt-check-modules-1.1.0.tgz#7c1641dbc66548676a6d597919adf90b7b35d644"
-
 grunt-cli@^0.1.13:
   version "0.1.13"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/grunt-cli/-/grunt-cli-0.1.13.tgz#e9ebc4047631f5012d922770c39378133cad10f4"