diff --git a/templates/Angular2Spa/template_nodemodules_placeholder.txt b/templates/Angular2Spa/template_nodemodules_placeholder.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 97e54d1..0000000
--- a/templates/Angular2Spa/template_nodemodules_placeholder.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-Don't delete this file. Do include it in your source control repo.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-This file exists as a workaround for https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/1396
-('dotnet publish' does not publish any directories that didn't exist or were
-empty before the publish script started, which means it's not enough just to
-run 'npm install' during publishing: you need to ensure node_modules already
-existed at least).
-
-Hopefully, this can be removed after the move to the new MSBuild.
diff --git a/templates/AureliaSpa/template_nodemodules_placeholder.txt b/templates/AureliaSpa/template_nodemodules_placeholder.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 97e54d1..0000000
--- a/templates/AureliaSpa/template_nodemodules_placeholder.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-Don't delete this file. Do include it in your source control repo.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-This file exists as a workaround for https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/1396
-('dotnet publish' does not publish any directories that didn't exist or were
-empty before the publish script started, which means it's not enough just to
-run 'npm install' during publishing: you need to ensure node_modules already
-existed at least).
-
-Hopefully, this can be removed after the move to the new MSBuild.
diff --git a/templates/KnockoutSpa/template_nodemodules_placeholder.txt b/templates/KnockoutSpa/template_nodemodules_placeholder.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 09ae8c0..0000000
--- a/templates/KnockoutSpa/template_nodemodules_placeholder.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-This file exists as a workaround for https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/1396
-('dotnet publish' does not publish any directories that didn't exist or were
-empty before the publish script started, which means it's not enough just to
-run 'npm install' during publishing: you need to ensure node_modules already
-existed at least).
-
-Hopefully, this can be removed after the move to the new MSBuild.
diff --git a/templates/ReactReduxSpa/template_nodemodules_placeholder.txt b/templates/ReactReduxSpa/template_nodemodules_placeholder.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 09ae8c0..0000000
--- a/templates/ReactReduxSpa/template_nodemodules_placeholder.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-This file exists as a workaround for https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/1396
-('dotnet publish' does not publish any directories that didn't exist or were
-empty before the publish script started, which means it's not enough just to
-run 'npm install' during publishing: you need to ensure node_modules already
-existed at least).
-
-Hopefully, this can be removed after the move to the new MSBuild.
diff --git a/templates/ReactSpa/template_nodemodules_placeholder.txt b/templates/ReactSpa/template_nodemodules_placeholder.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 09ae8c0..0000000
--- a/templates/ReactSpa/template_nodemodules_placeholder.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-This file exists as a workaround for https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/1396
-('dotnet publish' does not publish any directories that didn't exist or were
-empty before the publish script started, which means it's not enough just to
-run 'npm install' during publishing: you need to ensure node_modules already
-existed at least).
-
-Hopefully, this can be removed after the move to the new MSBuild.
diff --git a/templates/WebApplicationBasic/template_nodemodules_placeholder.txt b/templates/WebApplicationBasic/template_nodemodules_placeholder.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 09ae8c0..0000000
--- a/templates/WebApplicationBasic/template_nodemodules_placeholder.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-This file exists as a workaround for https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/1396
-('dotnet publish' does not publish any directories that didn't exist or were
-empty before the publish script started, which means it's not enough just to
-run 'npm install' during publishing: you need to ensure node_modules already
-existed at least).
-
-Hopefully, this can be removed after the move to the new MSBuild.
diff --git a/templates/package-builder/src/build/build.ts b/templates/package-builder/src/build/build.ts
index 27776d8..c5d6a75 100644
--- a/templates/package-builder/src/build/build.ts
+++ b/templates/package-builder/src/build/build.ts
@@ -120,11 +120,7 @@ function buildDotNetNewNuGetPackage() {
     const projectGuid = '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000';
     const filenameReplacements = [
         { from: /.*\.xproj$/, to: `${sourceProjectName}.xproj` },
-        { from: /\btemplate_gitignore$/, to: '.gitignore' },
-
-        // Workaround for https://github.com/aspnet/JavaScriptServices/issues/235
-        // For details, see the comment in ../yeoman/app/index.ts
-        { from: /\btemplate_nodemodules_placeholder.txt$/, to: 'node_modules/_placeholder.txt' }
+        { from: /\btemplate_gitignore$/, to: '.gitignore' }
     ];
     const contentReplacements = [
         { from: /<ProjectGuid>[0-9a-f\-]{36}<\/ProjectGuid>/g, to: `<ProjectGuid>${projectGuid}</ProjectGuid>` },
diff --git a/templates/package-builder/src/yeoman/app/index.ts b/templates/package-builder/src/yeoman/app/index.ts
index cb7bf15..30dd20b 100644
--- a/templates/package-builder/src/yeoman/app/index.ts
+++ b/templates/package-builder/src/yeoman/app/index.ts
@@ -104,18 +104,6 @@ class MyGenerator extends yeoman.Base {
                 outputFn = path.join(path.dirname(fn), '.gitignore');
             }
 
-            // Likewise, output template_nodemodules_placeholder.txt as node_modules/_placeholder.txt
-            // This is a workaround for https://github.com/aspnet/JavaScriptServices/issues/235. We need the new project
-            // to have a nonempty node_modules dir as far as *source control* is concerned. So, there's a gitignore
-            // rule that explicitly causes node_modules/_placeholder.txt to be tracked in source control. But how
-            // does that file get there in the first place? It's not enough for such a file to exist when the
-            // generator-aspnetcore-spa NPM package is published, because NPM doesn't allow any directories called
-            // node_modules to exist in the package. So we have a file with at a different location, and move it
-            // to node_modules as part of executing the template.
-            if (path.basename(fn) === 'template_nodemodules_placeholder.txt') {
-                outputFn = path.join(path.dirname(fn), 'node_modules', '_placeholder.txt');
-            }
-
             // Exclude test-specific files (unless the user has said they want tests)
             const isTestSpecificFile = testSpecificPaths.some(regex => regex.test(outputFn));
             if (this._answers.tests || !isTestSpecificFile) {