diff --git a/src/check-project/utils.js b/src/check-project/utils.js
index 8c1944bc8..3efa619de 100644
--- a/src/check-project/utils.js
+++ b/src/check-project/utils.js
@@ -248,10 +248,6 @@ export function constructManifest (manifest, manifestFields, repoUrl, homePage =
       url: `${repoUrl}/issues`
     },
     keywords: manifest.keywords ? manifest.keywords.sort() : undefined,
-    engines: {
-      node: '>=18.0.0',
-      npm: '>=8.6.0'
-    },
     bin: manifest.bin,
     ...manifestFields,
     scripts: manifest.scripts,
diff --git a/src/config/.npmpackagejsonlintrc.json b/src/config/.npmpackagejsonlintrc.json
index 3e3cf1d7c..0a3756afe 100644
--- a/src/config/.npmpackagejsonlintrc.json
+++ b/src/config/.npmpackagejsonlintrc.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
       "require-description": "error",
       "require-devDependencies": "off",
       "require-directories": "off",
-      "require-engines": "error",
+      "require-engines": "off",
       "require-files": "error",
       "require-funding": "off",
       "require-homepage": "error" ,