I had this issue as well. I found an outstanding issue [0] on github. Running npm install -g npm will update your npm to the absolute latest version, which reso

I had this issue as well. I found an outstanding issue [0] on github. Running npm install -g npm will update your npm to the absolute latest version, which resolves this erroneous removal. [0] : https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/17379 https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/17379