diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f90bdc4..c463f43 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
     "@oclif/plugin-not-found": "^1.0.4",
     "debug": "^3.1.0",
     "fixpack": "^2.3.1",
-    "has-yarn": "^1.0.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.5",
     "nps-utils": "^1.5.0",
     "sort-pjson": "^1.0.2",
diff --git a/src/generators/app.ts b/src/generators/app.ts
index f8a369b..febaa52 100644
--- a/src/generators/app.ts
+++ b/src/generators/app.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
 // tslint:disable no-floating-promises
 // tslint:disable no-console
 
+import {execSync} from 'child_process'
 import * as fs from 'fs'
 import * as _ from 'lodash'
 import * as path from 'path'
 import * as Generator from 'yeoman-generator'
 import yosay = require('yosay')
 
-const hasYarn = require('has-yarn')()
 const nps = require('nps-utils')
 const sortPjson = require('sort-pjson')
 const fixpack = require('fixpack')
 const debug = require('debug')('generator-oclif')
 const {version} = require('../../package.json')
 
+let hasYarn = false
+try {
+  execSync('yarn -v')
+  hasYarn = true
+} catch {}
 // function stringToArray(s: string) {
 //   const keywords: string[] = []