diff --git a/build/elevate.js b/build/elevate.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ed341072..00000000
--- a/build/elevate.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-(function() {
-  var _, isWindows, os, path;
-
-  _ = require('lodash');
-
-  os = require('os');
-
-  path = require('path');
-
-  isWindows = function() {
-    return os.platform() === 'win32';
-  };
-
-  exports.shouldElevate = function(error) {
-    return _.all([isWindows(), error.code === 'EPERM' || error.code === 'EACCES']);
-  };
-
-  exports.run = function(command) {
-    if (!isWindows()) {
-      return;
-    }
-    return require('windosu').exec(command);
-  };
-
-}).call(this);
diff --git a/lib/elevate.coffee b/lib/elevate.coffee
deleted file mode 100644
index 087bef27..00000000
--- a/lib/elevate.coffee
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-_ = require('lodash')
-os = require('os')
-path = require('path')
-
-isWindows = ->
-	return os.platform() is 'win32'
-
-exports.shouldElevate = (error) ->
-	return _.all [
-		isWindows()
-		error.code is 'EPERM' or error.code is 'EACCES'
-	]
-
-exports.run = (command) ->
-	return if not isWindows()
-	require('windosu').exec(command)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cb22770f..57f5004f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@
   ],
   "author": "Juan Cruz Viotti <juanchiviotti@gmail.com>",
   "license": "MIT",
-  "optionalDependencies": {
-    "windosu": "^0.1.3"
-  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "chai": "^3.0.0",
     "ent": "^2.2.0",