diff --git a/lib/cli/test/run_tests.sh b/lib/cli/test/run_tests.sh
index 10975cbb569..01b4f091428 100755
--- a/lib/cli/test/run_tests.sh
+++ b/lib/cli/test/run_tests.sh
@@ -83,22 +83,3 @@ if [ $update_only -eq 1 ]
   then
     exit 0
   fi
-
-# install all the dependencies in a single run
-cd ../../..
-yarn --pure-lockfile
-cd ${test_root}/run
-
-for dir in *
-do
-  # check that storybook starts without errors
-  # smoke-test option may be unknown in earlier storybook versions,
-  # so skip `already_has_storybook` here
-  if [ $dir != "already_has_storybook" ]
-    then
-      cd $dir
-      echo "Running smoke test in $dir"
-      yarn storybook --smoke-test
-      cd ..
-    fi
-done