diff --git a/packages/compiler-sfc/package.json b/packages/compiler-sfc/package.json
index b1f34a6b089..d2b01fc5dc9 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-sfc/package.json
+++ b/packages/compiler-sfc/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
     "postcss-selector-parser": "^6.0.10",
     "pug": "^3.0.2",
     "sass": "^1.52.3",
-    "stylus": "^0.58.1",
-    "vue-template-es2015-compiler": "^1.9.1"
+    "stylus": "^0.58.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/compiler-sfc/src/compileTemplate.ts b/packages/compiler-sfc/src/compileTemplate.ts
index fb5fa9ae180..ebc6f6c6f2a 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-sfc/src/compileTemplate.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-sfc/src/compileTemplate.ts
@@ -144,8 +144,7 @@ function actuallyCompile(
       errors
     }
   } else {
-    // transpile code with vue-template-es2015-compiler, which is a forked
-    // version of Buble that applies ES2015 transforms + stripping `with` usage
+    // stripping `with` usage
     let code =
       `var __render__ = ${prefixIdentifiers(
         `function render(${isFunctional ? `_c,_vm` : ``}){${render}\n}`,
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 4041a8b1a18..c7a00de93b5 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ importers:
       sass: ^1.52.3
       source-map: ^0.6.1
       stylus: ^0.58.1
-      vue-template-es2015-compiler: ^1.9.1
     dependencies:
       '@babel/parser': 7.18.4
       postcss: 8.4.14
@@ -138,7 +137,6 @@ importers:
       pug: 3.0.2
       sass: 1.52.3
       stylus: 0.58.1
-      vue-template-es2015-compiler: 1.9.1
 
   packages/server-renderer:
     specifiers:
@@ -6222,10 +6220,6 @@ packages:
     engines: {node: '>=0.10.0'}
     dev: true
 
-  /vue-template-es2015-compiler/1.9.1:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-4gDntzrifFnCEvyoO8PqyJDmguXgVPxKiIxrBKjIowvL9l+N66196+72XVYR8BBf1Uv1Fgt3bGevJ+sEmxfZzw==}
-    dev: true
-
   /w3c-hr-time/1.0.2:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-z8P5DvDNjKDoFIHK7q8r8lackT6l+jo/Ye3HOle7l9nICP9lf1Ci25fy9vHd0JOWewkIFzXIEig3TdKT7JQ5fQ==}
     dependencies:
diff --git a/test/unit/features/options/functional.spec.ts b/test/unit/features/options/functional.spec.ts
index bd1d300561e..c26930b203c 100644
--- a/test/unit/features/options/functional.spec.ts
+++ b/test/unit/features/options/functional.spec.ts
@@ -269,7 +269,6 @@ describe('Options functional', () => {
   })
 
   it('should work with render fns compiled from template', done => {
-    // code generated via vue-template-es2015-compiler
     const render = function (_h, _vm) {
       const _c = _vm._c
       return _c(