diff --git a/lib/manager/npm/extract/monorepo.js b/lib/manager/npm/extract/monorepo.js
index 6b4ca6b9e2004367fe493fa0b323cb9ddd35ee58..1219de583994a0315b01937c115ad0cab2014aa1 100644
--- a/lib/manager/npm/extract/monorepo.js
+++ b/lib/manager/npm/extract/monorepo.js
@@ -23,10 +23,7 @@ function detectMonorepos(packageFiles) {
       yarnWorkspacesPackages,
     } = p;
     const basePath = path.dirname(packageFile);
-    const packages =
-      lernaClient === 'yarn' && yarnWorkspacesPackages
-        ? yarnWorkspacesPackages
-        : lernaPackages;
+    const packages = yarnWorkspacesPackages || lernaPackages;
     if (packages && packages.length) {
       logger.debug(
         { packageFile },