diff --git a/boxes/token/README.md b/boxes/token/README.md
index b4b38457432..8c9189ca67e 100644
--- a/boxes/token/README.md
+++ b/boxes/token/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 This is a minimal [Aztec](https://aztec.network/) Noir smart contract and frontend bootstrapped with [`aztec-cli unbox`](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/tree/master/yarn-project/cli). It is recommended you use the `aztec-cli unbox PrivateToken` command so that the repository is copied with needed modifications from the monorepo subpackage.
 
-Some contract specific settings for `PrivateToken` are in a [config](src/config.ts) will require manual updates depending on your changes to the source code. `aztec-cli` can be installed with `npm i -g @aztec/cli`, if you don't have it already.
+Some contract specific settings for `PrivateToken` are in a [config](src/config.ts) will require manual updates depending on your changes to the source code.
 
 ## Setup
 
diff --git a/yarn-project/cli/aztec-cli b/yarn-project/cli/aztec-cli
deleted file mode 100755
index 9f4ec5f3850..00000000000
--- a/yarn-project/cli/aztec-cli
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,163 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# Wrapper script around @aztec/cli using Docker. This is intended to be used by devs that don't have
-# a NodeJS environment setup locally. The script starts a Docker container passing any commands and
-# arguments to the CLI running inside the container.
-# If this wrapper script detects a global install of @aztec/cli it falls back on that instead of Docker.
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-# use node.js aztec-cli if available
-# check local node_modules (e.g. @aztec/cli is a dependency in current package.json)
-# this doesn't check node_modules hierarchy
-if [[ -f "$PWD/node_modules/.bin/aztec-cli" ]]; then
-  "$PWD/node_modules/.bin/aztec-cli" $@
-  exit 0
-elif command -v npm &> /dev/null; then
-  # next look for a global install
-  # e.g. if user has run `npm install -g @aztec/cli` after playing with the cli in dockerized form
-  GLOBAL_NPM_BIN_DIR=$(npm --global prefix)/bin
-  if [[ -f "$GLOBAL_NPM_BIN_DIR/aztec-cli" ]]; then
-    "$GLOBAL_NPM_BIN_DIR/aztec-cli" $@
-    exit 0
-  fi
-elif command -v yarn &> /dev/null; then
-  YARN_VER=$(yarn --version)
-  if [[ "$YARN_VER" =~ ^1\..* ]]; then
-    GLOBAL_YARN_BIN_DIR=$(yarn --global bin)
-    if [[ -f "$GLOBAL_YARN_BIN_DIR/aztec-cli" ]]; then
-      "$GLOBAL_YARN_BIN_DIR/aztec-cli" $@
-      exit 0
-    fi
-  fi
-fi
-
-# fallback on docker
-
-CLI_IMAGE=${CLI_IMAGE:-"aztecprotocol/cli"}
-CLI_VERSION=${CLI_VERSION:-"latest"}
-
-DOCKER_PATH=""
-
-# any host bindings we might send to the container
-DOCKER_HOST=""
-
-# env vars to pass to the container
-DOCKER_ENV=""
-
-# volumes to pass to the container
-DOCKER_VOLUME=""
-
-# assume the sandbox is running on listening on the host interface
-# unless something else was passed through
-DEFAULT_PXE_URL="http://host.docker.internal:8080"
-PXE_URL=${PXE_URL:-$DEFAULT_PXE_URL}
-
-# need to know if we're running on macOS or Linux
-UNAME=$(uname -s)
-
-if command -v podman &> /dev/null; then
-  DOCKER_PATH="podman"
-elif command -v docker &> /dev/null; then
-  DOCKER_PATH="docker"
-else
-  echo "No docker or podman found"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# set up host.docker.internal alias on Linux, just like it is on mac
-if [[ "$UNAME" == "Linux" && "$PXE_URL" == "$DEFAULT_PXE_URL" ]]; then
-  DOCKER_HOST="$DOCKER_HOST --add-host host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
-fi
-
-# Build a list of mount points
-function add_mount() {
-  DIR="$1"
-
-  # grab its dirname if its a file
-  # e.g. passing the file path to a JSON artifact
-  if [[ -f "$DIR" ]]; then
-    DIR=$(dirname "$DIR")
-  fi
-
-  if [[ ! -d "$DIR" ]]; then
-    return
-  fi
-
-  # check if it's already been added
-  REALDIR=$(realpath $DIR)
-  if [[ "$DOCKER_VOLUME" =~ "$REALDIR:" ]]; then
-    return
-  fi
-
-  DOCKER_VOLUME="$DOCKER_VOLUME -v $REALDIR:$REALDIR"
-}
-
-# we need to look at which command was run in order to set up mount points
-AZTEC_CLI_COMMAND="$1"
-AZTEC_CLI_EXTRA_ARGS=""
-
-# aztec-cli unbox Token my_token_contract
-# if my_token_contract is missing then pass current folder
-if [[ "$AZTEC_CLI_COMMAND" == "unbox" ]]; then
-  # 2nd parameter is the contract name
-  # 3rd is the directory to unbox in
-  # this directory might not exist
-  DIR="${3:-$PWD}"
-
-  if [[ ! -d "$DIR" ]]; then
-    mkdir -p "$DIR"
-  fi
-
-  add_mount "$DIR"
-fi
-
-if [[ "$AZTEC_CLI_COMMAND" == "update" ]]; then
-  # update command defaults to current directory
-  add_mount "$PWD"
-fi
-
-# bash's builtin getops only works with single character flags
-# GNU getopt doesn't exist on macOS
-# process the flags manually
-#
-# go through each parameter (except the first one, which is the command)
-# and check if it's either a filename or a directory. If it is then mount inside the container
-# NOTE: this won't work with assignement-style flags, e.g. --outdir=/foo
-for (( i=2; i <= "$#"; i++ )); do
-    arg_value=${!i}
-    if [[ -f "$arg_value" || -d "$arg_value" ]]; then
-      add_mount "$arg_value"
-    fi
-done
-
-if [[ "$AZTEC_CLI_COMMAND" == "compile" ]]; then
-  # can't use Nargo inside the container
-  AZTEC_CLI_EXTRA_ARGS="$AZTEC_CLI_EXTRA_ARGS --compiler wasm"
-fi
-
-DOCKER_ENV="$DOCKER_ENV -e PXE_URL=$PXE_URL"
-
-# pass along any private keys
-if [[ ! -z "${PRIVATE_KEY:-}" ]]; then
-  DOCKER_ENV="$DOCKER_ENV -e PRIVATE_KEY=$PRIVATE_KEY"
-fi
-
-# pass along the debug variable in case the dev wants to see what's happening inside the CLI
-if [[ ! -z "${DEBUG:-}" ]]; then
-  DOCKER_ENV="$DOCKER_ENV -e DEBUG=$DEBUG"
-fi
-
-COMPILER_CACHE="$HOME/.aztec/cache"
-mkdir -p "$COMPILER_CACHE"
-DOCKER_VOLUME="$DOCKER_VOLUME -v $COMPILER_CACHE:/cache"
-DOCKER_ENV="$DOCKER_ENV -e XDG_CACHE_HOME=/cache"
-
-$DOCKER_PATH run \
-  --rm \
-  --user $(id -u):$(id -g) \
-  --workdir "$PWD" \
-  $DOCKER_HOST \
-  $DOCKER_ENV \
-  $DOCKER_VOLUME \
-  $CLI_IMAGE:$CLI_VERSION $@ $AZTEC_CLI_EXTRA_ARGS
diff --git a/yarn-project/cli/aztec-cli-dev b/yarn-project/cli/aztec-cli-dev
deleted file mode 100755
index 1b2ed75dabc..00000000000
--- a/yarn-project/cli/aztec-cli-dev
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# Add a symlink to this somewhere in your path.
-# Now you can run aztec-cli-dev anywhere to execute latest code, no 'yarn build' required.
-SCRIPT_PATH=$(dirname $(realpath $0))
-(cd $SCRIPT_PATH && yarn tsc -b)
-node --no-warnings $SCRIPT_PATH/dest/bin/index.js $@
diff --git a/yarn-project/cli/src/update/npm.ts b/yarn-project/cli/src/update/npm.ts
index 703dc29219f..ae085e6dfe7 100644
--- a/yarn-project/cli/src/update/npm.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/cli/src/update/npm.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { SemVer, parse } from 'semver';
 import { atomicUpdateFile } from '../utils.js';
 import { DependencyChanges } from './common.js';
 
-const deprecatedNpmPackages = new Set<string>([]);
+const deprecatedNpmPackages = new Set<string>(['@aztec/cli', '@aztec/aztec-sandbox']);
 const npmDeprecationMessage = `
 The following packages have been deprecated and will no longer be updated on the npm registry:
 ${Array.from(deprecatedNpmPackages)
diff --git a/yarn-project/deploy_npm.sh b/yarn-project/deploy_npm.sh
index 68b1812195a..1db107eb1a4 100755
--- a/yarn-project/deploy_npm.sh
+++ b/yarn-project/deploy_npm.sh
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ deploy_package l1-artifacts
 deploy_package ethereum
 deploy_package noir-compiler
 deploy_package noir-contracts
-deploy_package cli
 deploy_package merkle-tree
 deploy_package noir-protocol-circuits
 deploy_package acir-simulator
@@ -99,4 +98,3 @@ deploy_package p2p
 deploy_package world-state
 deploy_package sequencer-client
 deploy_package aztec-node
-deploy_package aztec-sandbox