diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3c1cc1dd7b..820d42e353 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -127,9 +127,6 @@
     "xhr2": "0.1.4",
     "yargs": "13.1.0"
   },
-  "optionalDependencies": {
-    "fsevents": "2.1.2"
-  },
   "// 2": "devDependencies are not used under Bazel. Many can be removed after test.sh is deleted.",
   "// 3": "when updating @bazel/bazel version you also need to update the RBE settings in .bazelrc (see https://github.com/angular/angular/pull/27935)",
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 500891881f..bdf79e43eb 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6127,11 +6127,6 @@ fs.realpath@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fs.realpath/-/fs.realpath-1.0.0.tgz#1504ad2523158caa40db4a2787cb01411994ea4f"
   integrity sha1-FQStJSMVjKpA20onh8sBQRmU6k8=
 
-fsevents@2.1.2, fsevents@~2.1.1:
-  version "2.1.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fsevents/-/fsevents-2.1.2.tgz#4c0a1fb34bc68e543b4b82a9ec392bfbda840805"
-  integrity sha512-R4wDiBwZ0KzpgOWetKDug1FZcYhqYnUYKtfZYt4mD5SBz76q0KR4Q9o7GIPamsVPGmW3EYPPJ0dOOjvx32ldZA==
-
 fsevents@^1.0.0:
   version "1.2.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fsevents/-/fsevents-1.2.4.tgz#f41dcb1af2582af3692da36fc55cbd8e1041c426"
@@ -6148,6 +6143,11 @@ fsevents@^1.2.7:
     nan "^2.9.2"
     node-pre-gyp "^0.10.0"
 
+fsevents@~2.1.1:
+  version "2.1.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fsevents/-/fsevents-2.1.2.tgz#4c0a1fb34bc68e543b4b82a9ec392bfbda840805"
+  integrity sha512-R4wDiBwZ0KzpgOWetKDug1FZcYhqYnUYKtfZYt4mD5SBz76q0KR4Q9o7GIPamsVPGmW3EYPPJ0dOOjvx32ldZA==
+
 "fstream@>= 0.1.30 < 1":
   version "0.1.31"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fstream/-/fstream-0.1.31.tgz#7337f058fbbbbefa8c9f561a28cab0849202c988"