diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 066f4977ff7..d518df1effe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## [`master`](https://github.com/elastic/eui/tree/master)
 
-No public interface changes since `9.9.0`.
+- Re-enable installation of `@elastic/eui` via npm ([#1811](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/1811))
 
 ## [`9.9.0`](https://github.com/elastic/eui/tree/v9.9.0)
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 84ec788f468..41d3cb4190e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
   "docker_image": "node:8",
   "sideEffects": false,
   "scripts": {
-    "preinstall": "node ./preinstall_check",
     "start": "webpack-dev-server --port 8030 --inline --hot --config=src-docs/webpack.config.js",
     "test-docker": "docker pull $npm_package_docker_image && docker run --rm -i -e GIT_COMMITTER_NAME=test -e GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL=test --user=$(id -u):$(id -g) -e HOME=/tmp -v $(pwd):/app -w /app $npm_package_docker_image bash -c 'npm config set spin false && /opt/yarn*/bin/yarn && npm run test && npm run build'",
     "sync-docs": "node ./scripts/docs-sync.js",
diff --git a/preinstall_check.js b/preinstall_check.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c572706dc7..00000000000
--- a/preinstall_check.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-const isUsingNpm = process.env.npm_config_git !== undefined;
-
-if (isUsingNpm) {
-  throw `Use Yarn instead of npm`;
-}