diff --git a/make.js b/make.js
index 28f7f85a2..0c8380c38 100644
--- a/make.js
+++ b/make.js
@@ -1464,18 +1464,6 @@ target.lint = function() {
   echo('### Linting JS files');
 
   var jshintPath = path.normalize('./node_modules/.bin/jshint');
-  if (!test('-f', jshintPath)) {
-    echo('jshint is not installed -- installing...');
-    // Read the jshint version to be installed from package.json.
-    try {
-      var rawConfiguration = fs.readFileSync('package.json', 'utf8');
-      var configuration = JSON.parse(rawConfiguration);
-      exec('npm install jshint@' + configuration.devDependencies.jshint);
-    } catch (e) {
-      echo('package.json does not exist -- aborting...');
-      return;
-    }
-  }
   // Lint the Firefox specific *.jsm files.
   var options = '--extra-ext .jsm';