diff --git a/packages/0x.js/package.json b/packages/0x.js/package.json
index 11339b7d83..56999d3e5f 100644
--- a/packages/0x.js/package.json
+++ b/packages/0x.js/package.json
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
         "@0x/contract-addresses": "^1.0.1",
         "@0x/dev-utils": "^1.0.13",
         "@0x/migrations": "^2.0.0",
-        "@0x/monorepo-scripts": "^1.0.12",
         "@0x/tslint-config": "^1.0.9",
         "@types/lodash": "4.14.104",
         "@types/mocha": "^2.2.42",
diff --git a/packages/monorepo-scripts/src/publish.ts b/packages/monorepo-scripts/src/publish.ts
index c1a6b9d7f7..b7131e69e9 100644
--- a/packages/monorepo-scripts/src/publish.ts
+++ b/packages/monorepo-scripts/src/publish.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ async function confirmAsync(message: string): Promise<void> {
     // Fetch public, updated Lerna packages
     const shouldIncludePrivate = true;
     const allUpdatedPackages = await utils.getUpdatedPackagesAsync(shouldIncludePrivate);
+    if (_.isEmpty(allUpdatedPackages)) {
+        utils.log('No packages need publishing');
+        process.exit(0);
+    }
     const packagesWithDocs = getPackagesWithDocs(allUpdatedPackages);
 
     if (!configs.IS_LOCAL_PUBLISH) {