diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d031ffa0..d83e646a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
     "fs-extra": "^5.0.0",
     "indent-string": "^3.2.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.4",
-    "node-notifier": "^5.2.1",
     "password-prompt": "^1.0.4",
     "semver": "^5.5.0",
     "strip-ansi": "^4.0.0",
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@
     "@types/mocha": "^2.2.48",
     "@types/nock": "^9.1.2",
     "@types/node": "^9.4.0",
-    "@types/node-notifier": "^0.0.28",
     "@types/read-pkg": "^3.0.0",
     "@types/semver": "^5.5.0",
     "@types/strip-ansi": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 9730629d..b1de97ef 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 import * as EventEmitter from 'events'
-import {NodeNotifier} from 'node-notifier'
 
 import {ActionBase} from './action/base'
 import deps from './deps'
 import Errors, {CLIError, Options as ErrorOptions} from './errors'
 import {ExitError} from './exit'
 import * as Logger from './logger'
-import notify, {Notification, NotificationCallback} from './notify'
 import Output from './output'
 import {IPromptOptions} from './prompt'
 import * as Table from './styled/table'
@@ -30,7 +28,6 @@ export const cli = {
   fatal: errors('fatal'),
 
   exit(code = 1, error?: Error) { throw new ExitError(code, error) },
-  notify,
 
   get prompt() { return deps.prompt.prompt },
   get confirm() { return deps.prompt.confirm },
@@ -54,9 +51,6 @@ export {
   CLIError,
   Config,
   ErrorOptions,
-  NodeNotifier,
-  Notification,
-  NotificationCallback,
   Errors,
   ExitError,
   IPromptOptions,
diff --git a/test/notify.test.ts b/test/notify.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 439489fb..00000000
--- a/test/notify.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-import cli from '../src'
-
-import {fancy} from './fancy'
-
-describe('notify', () => {
-  fancy
-  .stderr()
-  .it('shows notification', (_, done) => {
-    cli.notify({message: 'example notification'}, err => {
-      cli.warn(err)
-      done()
-    })
-  })
-})
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index b32c163f..3ead255c 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -57,12 +57,6 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "*"
 
-"@types/node-notifier@^0.0.28":
-  version "0.0.28"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node-notifier/-/node-notifier-0.0.28.tgz#86ba3d3aa8d918352cc3191d88de328b20dc93c1"
-  dependencies:
-    "@types/node" "*"
-
 "@types/node@*", "@types/node@^9.4.0":
   version "9.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-9.4.0.tgz#b85a0bcf1e1cc84eb4901b7e96966aedc6f078d1"
@@ -674,10 +668,6 @@ growl@1.10.3:
   version "1.10.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/growl/-/growl-1.10.3.tgz#1926ba90cf3edfe2adb4927f5880bc22c66c790f"
 
-growly@^1.3.0:
-  version "1.3.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/growly/-/growly-1.3.0.tgz#f10748cbe76af964b7c96c93c6bcc28af120c081"
-
 has-ansi@^0.1.0:
   version "0.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/has-ansi/-/has-ansi-0.1.0.tgz#84f265aae8c0e6a88a12d7022894b7568894c62e"
@@ -934,15 +924,6 @@ natural-compare@^1.4.0:
   version "1.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/natural-compare/-/natural-compare-1.4.0.tgz#4abebfeed7541f2c27acfb29bdbbd15c8d5ba4f7"
 
-node-notifier@^5.2.1:
-  version "5.2.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-notifier/-/node-notifier-5.2.1.tgz#fa313dd08f5517db0e2502e5758d664ac69f9dea"
-  dependencies:
-    growly "^1.3.0"
-    semver "^5.4.1"
-    shellwords "^0.1.1"
-    which "^1.3.0"
-
 normalize-path@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/normalize-path/-/normalize-path-1.0.0.tgz#32d0e472f91ff345701c15a8311018d3b0a90379"
@@ -1119,7 +1100,7 @@ semver@5.3.0:
   version "5.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-5.3.0.tgz#9b2ce5d3de02d17c6012ad326aa6b4d0cf54f94f"
 
-semver@^5.3.0, semver@^5.4.1, semver@^5.5.0:
+semver@^5.3.0, semver@^5.5.0:
   version "5.5.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-5.5.0.tgz#dc4bbc7a6ca9d916dee5d43516f0092b58f7b8ab"
 
@@ -1133,10 +1114,6 @@ shebang-regex@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/shebang-regex/-/shebang-regex-1.0.0.tgz#da42f49740c0b42db2ca9728571cb190c98efea3"
 
-shellwords@^0.1.1:
-  version "0.1.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/shellwords/-/shellwords-0.1.1.tgz#d6b9181c1a48d397324c84871efbcfc73fc0654b"
-
 signal-exit@^3.0.2:
   version "3.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/signal-exit/-/signal-exit-3.0.2.tgz#b5fdc08f1287ea1178628e415e25132b73646c6d"
@@ -1392,7 +1369,7 @@ v8flags@^3.0.0:
   dependencies:
     homedir-polyfill "^1.0.1"
 
-which@^1.2.9, which@^1.3.0:
+which@^1.2.9:
   version "1.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/which/-/which-1.3.0.tgz#ff04bdfc010ee547d780bec38e1ac1c2777d253a"
   dependencies: