diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index a9dbf48935..06f0a691c4 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -113,8 +113,6 @@ your [`$PATH`](http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/26047/how-to-correctly-ad
 
 + [js-tokens](http://ghub.io/js-tokens) This is used to get tokens for syntax error highlighting.
 
-+ [leven](http://ghub.io/leven) A levenstein algorithm to determine how close a word is to another. This is used to offer suggestions when using the utility.undeclaredVariableCheck transformer.
-
 + [line-numbers](http://ghub.io/line-numbers) Used to produce the code frames in syntax errors.
 
 + [lodash](http://ghub.io/lodash) Used for various utilities.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9c042d42f0..4eb696579e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
     "home-or-tmp": "^1.0.0",
     "is-integer": "^1.0.4",
     "js-tokens": "1.0.1",
-    "leven": "^1.0.1",
     "line-numbers": "0.2.0",
     "lodash": "^3.6.0",
     "minimatch": "^2.0.3",