diff --git a/variants/backend-base/lib/tasks/assets.rake.tt b/variants/backend-base/lib/tasks/assets.rake.tt
deleted file mode 100644
index bdc5bd98..00000000
--- a/variants/backend-base/lib/tasks/assets.rake.tt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-namespace :assets do
-  desc "Ensures that dependencies required to compile assets are installed"
-  task install_dependencies: :environment do
-    raise if File.exist?("package.json") && !(system "<%= package_json.manager.native_install_command(frozen: true).join(" ") %>")
-  end
-end
-
-Rake::Task["assets:precompile"].enhance ["assets:install_dependencies"]
diff --git a/variants/backend-base/lib/template.rb b/variants/backend-base/lib/template.rb
index e8266478..733da79b 100644
--- a/variants/backend-base/lib/template.rb
+++ b/variants/backend-base/lib/template.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 copy_file "variants/backend-base/lib/tasks/coverage.rake", "lib/tasks/coverage.rake"
 copy_file "variants/backend-base/lib/tasks/app.rake", "lib/tasks/app.rake"
 copy_file "variants/backend-base/lib/tasks/dev.rake", "lib/tasks/dev.rake"
-
-template "variants/backend-base/lib/tasks/assets.rake.tt", "lib/tasks/assets.rake", force: true