diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/package.json b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
index cfbc9a46189..57bc7597b38 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
     "identity-obj-proxy": "3.0.0",
     "jest": "26.6.0",
     "jest-circus": "26.6.0",
-    "jest-resolve": "26.6.0",
     "jest-watch-typeahead": "0.6.1",
     "mini-css-extract-plugin": "0.11.3",
     "optimize-css-assets-webpack-plugin": "5.0.4",
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/scripts/utils/verifyPackageTree.js b/packages/react-scripts/scripts/utils/verifyPackageTree.js
index 210043ff7c4..b71e0c89a1c 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/scripts/utils/verifyPackageTree.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/scripts/utils/verifyPackageTree.js
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ function verifyPackageTree() {
     // See https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/issues/1795 for reasons why.
     // I have not included Babel here because plugins typically don't import Babel (so it's not affected).
     'babel-eslint',
-    'babel-jest',
     'babel-loader',
     'eslint',
     'jest',