diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c90dc1d08f..689c64a292 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -413,8 +413,7 @@ dspace-angular
 │   ├── merge-i18n-files.ts                             *
 │   ├── serve.ts                                        *
 │   ├── sync-i18n-files.ts                              *
-│   ├── test-rest.ts                                    *
-│   └── webpack.js                                      *
+│   └── test-rest.ts                                    *
 ├── src                                                 * The source of the application
 │   ├── app                                             * The source code of the application, subdivided by module/page.
 │   ├── assets                                          * Folder for static resources
diff --git a/scripts/webpack.js b/scripts/webpack.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 93f17b4619..0000000000
--- a/scripts/webpack.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-const path = require('path');
-const child_process = require('child_process');
-
-const heapSize = 4096;
-const webpackPath = path.join('node_modules', 'webpack', 'bin', 'webpack.js');
-
-const params = [
-  '--max_old_space_size=' + heapSize,
-  webpackPath,
-  ...process.argv.slice(2)
-];
-
-child_process.spawn('node', params, { stdio:'inherit' });