diff --git a/bin/update-ns-webpack b/bin/update-ns-webpack
index a2a97f28..57c8427b 100755
--- a/bin/update-ns-webpack
+++ b/bin/update-ns-webpack
@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
+const { resolve } = require("path");
 
-const update = require("../verify/update");
+const { getPackageJson, getProjectDir, writePackageJson } = require("../projectHelpers");
+const { forceUpdateProjectDeps } = require("../dependencyManager");
+const { editExistingProjectFiles } = require("../projectFilesManager");
 
-const flags = JSON.parse(process.env.npm_config_argv).original
-    .filter(f => f.startsWith("--"))
-    .map(f => f.substring(2));
+const PROJECT_DIR = getProjectDir({ nestingLvl: 2 });
+const packageJson = getPackageJson(PROJECT_DIR);
 
-function addOption(all, current) {
-    all[current] = true;
-    return all;
-}
-const options = flags.reduce(addOption, {});
+console.info("Updating dev dependencies...");
 
-update(options);
+const { deps } = forceUpdateProjectDeps(packageJson);
+packageJson.devDependencies = deps;
+writePackageJson(packageJson, PROJECT_DIR);
+
+console.info("\nUpdating configuration files...");
+editExistingProjectFiles(PROJECT_DIR);
+
+console.info("\nProject successfully updated! Don't forget to run `npm install`");
 
diff --git a/installer.js b/installer.js
index d77bb747..1dc53159 100644
--- a/installer.js
+++ b/installer.js
@@ -32,12 +32,9 @@ function uninstall() {
 
     projectFilesManager.removeProjectFiles(PROJECT_DIR, APP_DIR);
 
-    const scripts = packageJson.scripts;
-    if (scripts) {
-        console.log("Removing npm scripts...");
-        npmScriptsManager.removeDeprecatedNpmScripts(scripts);
-        npmScriptsManager.removeNpmScripts(scripts);
-    }
+    console.log("Removing npm scripts...");
+    npmScriptsManager.removeDeprecatedNpmScripts(packageJson);
+    npmScriptsManager.removeNpmScripts(packageJson.scripts);
 
     helpers.writePackageJson(packageJson, PROJECT_DIR);
 
diff --git a/npmScriptsManager.js b/npmScriptsManager.js
index 7c2a97f0..84c5001f 100644
--- a/npmScriptsManager.js
+++ b/npmScriptsManager.js
@@ -53,16 +53,8 @@ function removePlatformScripts(scripts, nameTemplate) {
     });
 }
 
-function forceUpdateNpmScripts(scripts) {
-    removeDeprecatedNpmScripts(scripts);
-    removeNpmScripts(scripts);
-
-    addNpmScripts(scripts);
-}
-
 module.exports = {
     addNpmScripts,
     removeDeprecatedNpmScripts,
     removeNpmScripts,
-    forceUpdateNpmScripts,
 };
diff --git a/projectFilesManager.js b/projectFilesManager.js
index 2d4aa17a..6eba5170 100644
--- a/projectFilesManager.js
+++ b/projectFilesManager.js
@@ -59,15 +59,10 @@ function removeProjectFiles(projectDir, appDir) {
     });
 }
 
-function forceUpdateProjectFiles(projectDir, appDir) {
-    removeProjectFiles(projectDir, appDir);
-    addProjectFiles(projectDir, appDir);
-}
-
 function deleteFile(destinationPath) {
     if (fs.existsSync(destinationPath)) {
         console.info(`Deleting file: ${destinationPath}`);
-        fs.unlinkSync(destinationPath);
+        fs.unlink(destinationPath);
     }
 }
 
@@ -194,7 +189,5 @@ function tsOrJs(projectDir, name) {
 module.exports = {
     addProjectFiles,
     removeProjectFiles,
-    forceUpdateProjectFiles,
     editExistingProjectFiles,
 };
-
diff --git a/verify/update.js b/verify/update.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9281c552..00000000
--- a/verify/update.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
-const { spawn } = require("child_process");
-const { resolve: pathResolve } = require("path");
-
-const { getPackageJson, getProjectDir, writePackageJson } = require("../projectHelpers");
-const { forceUpdateProjectFiles } = require("../projectFilesManager");
-const { forceUpdateProjectDeps } = require("../dependencyManager");
-const { forceUpdateNpmScripts } = require("../npmScriptsManager");
-
-const PLUGIN_NAME = "nativescript-dev-webpack";
-const PROJECT_DIR = getProjectDir({ nestingLvl: 2 });
-
-function update({
-    deps: shouldUpdateDeps,
-    scripts: shouldUpdateScripts,
-    configs: shouldUpdateConfigs,
-    projectDir = PROJECT_DIR
-} = {}) {
-
-    const commands = [];
-
-    if (shouldUpdateDeps) {
-        commands.push(() => updateDeps(projectDir));
-    }
-
-    if (shouldUpdateScripts) {
-        commands.push(() => Promise.resolve(updateScripts(projectDir)));
-    }
-
-    if (shouldUpdateConfigs) {
-        commands.push(() => Promise.resolve(updateConfigs(projectDir)));
-    }
-
-    return commands.reduce((current, next) => current.then(next), Promise.resolve());
-}
-
-function updateScripts(projectDir) {
-    console.info("Updating npm scripts...");
-
-    const packageJson = getPackageJson(projectDir);
-    const scripts = packageJson.scripts || {};
-
-    forceUpdateNpmScripts(scripts);
-    packageJson.scripts = scripts;
-    writePackageJson(packageJson, projectDir);
-}
-
-function updateDeps(projectDir) {
-    console.info("Updating dev dependencies...");
-
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-        const packageJson = getPackageJson(projectDir);
-        const { deps } = forceUpdateProjectDeps(packageJson);
-        packageJson.devDependencies = deps;
-        writePackageJson(packageJson, projectDir);
-
-        const command = `npm install --ignore-scripts`;
-        execute(command).then(resolve).catch(reject);
-    });
-}
-
-function updateConfigs(projectDir) {
-    console.info("Updating configuration files...");
-
-    const appDir = pathResolve(projectDir, "app");
-    forceUpdateProjectFiles(projectDir, appDir);
-}
-
-function execute(command) {
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-        const args = command.split(" ");
-        spawnChildProcess(...args)
-            .then(resolve) 
-            .catch(throwError)
-    });
-}
-
-function spawnChildProcess(command, ...args) {
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-        const escapedArgs = args.map(a => `"${a}"`);
-
-        const childProcess = spawn(command, escapedArgs, {
-            stdio: "inherit",
-            pwd: PROJECT_DIR,
-            shell: true,
-        });
-
-        childProcess.on("close", code => {
-            if (code === 0) {
-                resolve();
-            } else {
-                reject({
-                    code,
-                    message: `child process exited with code ${code}`,
-                });
-            }
-        });
-    });
-}
-
-function throwError(error) {
-    console.error(error.message);
-    process.exit(error.code || 1);
-}
-
-module.exports = update;
-