diff --git a/packages/app/src/app/overmind/internalActions.ts b/packages/app/src/app/overmind/internalActions.ts
index f756653235c..2f47b8062cc 100755
--- a/packages/app/src/app/overmind/internalActions.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/app/overmind/internalActions.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-import { getModulePath } from '@codesandbox/common/lib/sandbox/modules';
-import { generateFileFromSandbox as generatePackageJsonFromSandbox } from '@codesandbox/common/lib/templates/configuration/package-json';
 import {
-  Module,
   ModuleTab,
   NotificationButton,
   Sandbox,
@@ -14,7 +11,6 @@ import { NotificationStatus } from '@codesandbox/notifications';
 import values from 'lodash-es/values';
 
 import { ApiError } from './effects/api/apiFactory';
-import { createOptimisticModule } from './utils/common';
 import { defaultOpenedModule, mainModule } from './utils/main-module';
 import { parseConfigurations } from './utils/parse-configurations';
 import { Action, AsyncAction } from '.';
@@ -272,57 +268,6 @@ export const setCurrentSandbox: AsyncAction<Sandbox> = async (
   actions.server.startContainer(sandbox);
 };
 
-export const ensurePackageJSON: AsyncAction = async ({
-  state,
-  actions,
-  effects,
-}) => {
-  const sandbox = state.editor.currentSandbox;
-  if (!sandbox) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  const existingPackageJson = sandbox.modules.find(
-    module => module.directoryShortid == null && module.title === 'package.json'
-  );
-
-  if (sandbox.owned && !existingPackageJson) {
-    const optimisticId = effects.utils.createOptimisticId();
-    const optimisticModule = createOptimisticModule({
-      id: optimisticId,
-      title: 'package.json',
-      code: generatePackageJsonFromSandbox(sandbox),
-      path: '/package.json',
-    });
-
-    sandbox.modules.push(optimisticModule as Module);
-    optimisticModule.path = getModulePath(
-      sandbox.modules,
-      sandbox.directories,
-      optimisticId
-    );
-
-    // We grab the module from the state to continue working with it (proxy)
-    const module = sandbox.modules[sandbox.modules.length - 1];
-
-    effects.vscode.sandboxFsSync.writeFile(state.editor.modulesByPath, module);
-
-    try {
-      const updatedModule = await effects.api.createModule(sandbox.id, module);
-
-      module.id = updatedModule.id;
-      module.shortid = updatedModule.shortid;
-    } catch (error) {
-      sandbox.modules.splice(sandbox.modules.indexOf(module), 1);
-      state.editor.modulesByPath = effects.vscode.sandboxFsSync.create(sandbox);
-      actions.internal.handleError({
-        message: 'Could not add package.json file',
-        error,
-      });
-    }
-  }
-};
-
 export const closeTabByIndex: Action<number> = ({ state }, tabIndex) => {
   const { currentModule } = state.editor;
   const tabs = state.editor.tabs as ModuleTab[];
diff --git a/packages/app/src/app/overmind/namespaces/editor/actions.ts b/packages/app/src/app/overmind/namespaces/editor/actions.ts
index d93fce091dd..b6ae83473f9 100755
--- a/packages/app/src/app/overmind/namespaces/editor/actions.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/app/overmind/namespaces/editor/actions.ts
@@ -260,8 +260,6 @@ export const sandboxChanged: AsyncAction<{ id: string }> = withLoadApp<{
     });
   }
 
-  actions.internal.ensurePackageJSON();
-
   await actions.editor.internal.initializeSandbox(sandbox);
 
   // We only recover files at this point if we are not live. When live we recover them