diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
index f4717bb35bb4c9425d9222834c8b10b984096c62..aa0e016424ec5255e997f7d0d8f82da6acbad24d 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
@@ -317,10 +317,6 @@ def create_tmp_files
 
       def create_vendor_files
         build(:vendor)
-
-        if options[:skip_yarn]
-          remove_file "package.json"
-        end
       end
 
       def delete_app_assets_if_api_option