diff --git a/lib/config/definitions.ts b/lib/config/definitions.ts
index 63fc47ded228abb5a60386281fb9814af08758f9..962be233cbd1ca05753e6036f63b23c762ec2e56 100644
--- a/lib/config/definitions.ts
+++ b/lib/config/definitions.ts
@@ -1592,9 +1592,6 @@ const options: RenovateOptions[] = [
     type: 'object',
     default: {
       commitMessageTopic: 'Node.js',
-      major: {
-        enabled: false,
-      },
     },
     mergeable: true,
     cli: false,
diff --git a/lib/manager/npm/extract/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap b/lib/manager/npm/extract/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
index 7fcb294cb7807a28ffef6229934bac8fc86f4de2..c2509d138f8ed6e930e8eb015c534a1d30ef5177 100644
--- a/lib/manager/npm/extract/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/lib/manager/npm/extract/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
@@ -96,9 +96,6 @@ Object {
       "depName": "node",
       "depType": "engines",
       "lookupName": "nodejs/node",
-      "major": Object {
-        "enabled": false,
-      },
       "prettyDepType": "engine",
       "versioning": "node",
     },
@@ -376,9 +373,6 @@ Object {
       "depName": "node",
       "depType": "engines",
       "lookupName": "nodejs/node",
-      "major": Object {
-        "enabled": false,
-      },
       "prettyDepType": "engine",
       "versioning": "node",
     },
@@ -389,9 +383,6 @@ Object {
       "depName": "node",
       "depType": "volta",
       "lookupName": "nodejs/node",
-      "major": Object {
-        "enabled": false,
-      },
       "prettyDepType": "volta",
       "versioning": "node",
     },
@@ -441,9 +432,6 @@ Object {
       "depName": "node",
       "depType": "engines",
       "lookupName": "nodejs/node",
-      "major": Object {
-        "enabled": false,
-      },
       "prettyDepType": "engine",
       "versioning": "node",
     },
@@ -454,9 +442,6 @@ Object {
       "depName": "node",
       "depType": "volta",
       "lookupName": "nodejs/node",
-      "major": Object {
-        "enabled": false,
-      },
       "prettyDepType": "volta",
       "versioning": "node",
     },
diff --git a/lib/manager/npm/extract/index.ts b/lib/manager/npm/extract/index.ts
index 34515967b4834345b5b1bc7413d5bfdb32370e9a..8e34c52f5e3f88be2a8a356a5a3a281cbfbc1175 100644
--- a/lib/manager/npm/extract/index.ts
+++ b/lib/manager/npm/extract/index.ts
@@ -318,7 +318,6 @@ export async function extractPackageFile(
           if (depName === 'node') {
             // This is a special case for Node.js to group it together with other managers
             dep.commitMessageTopic = 'Node.js';
-            dep.major = { enabled: false };
           }
           dep.prettyDepType = depTypes[depType];
           deps.push(dep);