diff --git a/lib/postinstall/update-package.js b/lib/postinstall/update-package.js
index 7e222166..e7b89ac9 100644
--- a/lib/postinstall/update-package.js
+++ b/lib/postinstall/update-package.js
@@ -79,6 +79,14 @@ const patchPackage = async (path, root, config) => {
     if (pkg.content.templateVersion) {
       update.templateVersion = undefined
     }
+    if (pkg.content.scripts && pkg.content.scripts['lint:fix']) {
+      // some old packages using standard had a lint:fix script
+      delete update.scripts['lint:fix']
+    }
+    if (pkg.content.standard) {
+      // remove standard configuration if it exists
+      update.standard = undefined
+    }
   }
 
   pkg.update(update)
diff --git a/lib/postlint/check-package.js b/lib/postlint/check-package.js
index 869430eb..07ffe4eb 100644
--- a/lib/postlint/check-package.js
+++ b/lib/postlint/check-package.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const unwantedPackages = [
   'eslint-plugin-promise',
   'eslint-plugin-standard',
   'eslint-plugin-import',
+  'standard',
 ]
 
 const hasOwn = (obj, key) => Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(obj, key)
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/postlint/check-package.js.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/postlint/check-package.js.test.cjs
index b130d542..f305198c 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/postlint/check-package.js.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/postlint/check-package.js.test.cjs
@@ -78,8 +78,9 @@ Array [
         eslint-plugin-promise
         eslint-plugin-standard
         eslint-plugin-import
+        standard
     ),
-    "solution": "npm rm @npmcli/lint eslint-plugin-promise eslint-plugin-standard eslint-plugin-import",
+    "solution": "npm rm @npmcli/lint eslint-plugin-promise eslint-plugin-standard eslint-plugin-import standard",
   },
 ]
 `
diff --git a/test/postinstall/update-package.js b/test/postinstall/update-package.js
index 68d73409..5608f9b3 100644
--- a/test/postinstall/update-package.js
+++ b/test/postinstall/update-package.js
@@ -161,3 +161,29 @@ t.test('converts template Version', async (t) => {
   t.equal(contents.templateVersion, undefined, 'did not get template version')
   t.equal(contents.templateOSS.version, TEMPLATE_VERSION, 'did not get template version')
 })
+
+t.test('removes standard', async (t) => {
+  const pkg = {
+    name: 'testpkg',
+    scripts: {
+      test: 'test',
+      'lint:fix': 'something',
+    },
+    standard: {
+      ignore: [],
+    },
+  }
+
+  const project = t.testdir({
+    'package.json': JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2),
+  })
+
+  const needsAction = await patchPackage(project)
+  t.equal(needsAction, true, 'needs action')
+
+  const contents = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(join(project, 'package.json'), {
+    encoding: 'utf8',
+  }))
+  t.equal(contents.standard, undefined, 'removed standard')
+  t.equal(contents.scripts['lint:fix'], undefined, 'removes lint:fix script')
+})