diff --git a/src/babel/messages.js b/src/babel/messages.js
index 94d65217ba..98e136daff 100644
--- a/src/babel/messages.js
+++ b/src/babel/messages.js
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ export const MESSAGES = {
   modulesIllegalExportName: "Illegal export $1",
   unknownForHead: "Unknown node type $1 in ForStatement",
   didYouMean: "Did you mean $1?",
-  evalInStrictMode: "eval is not allowed in strict mode",
   codeGeneratorDeopt: "Note: The code generator has deoptimised the styling of $1 as it exceeds the max of $2.",
   missingTemplatesDirectory: "no templates directory - this is most likely the result of a broken `npm publish`. Please report to https://github.com/babel/babel/issues",
   unsupportedOutputType: "Unsupported output type $1",
diff --git a/src/babel/transformation/transformers/other/strict.js b/src/babel/transformation/transformers/other/strict.js
index 1889800b11..b227250600 100644
--- a/src/babel/transformation/transformers/other/strict.js
+++ b/src/babel/transformation/transformers/other/strict.js
@@ -29,9 +29,3 @@ export function ThisExpression() {
     return t.identifier("undefined");
   }
 }
-
-export function CallExpression(node, parent, scope, file) {
-  if (t.isIdentifier(node.callee, { name: "eval" })) {
-    throw file.errorWithNode(node, messages.get("evalInStrictMode"));
-  }
-}