diff --git a/.syncpackrc.yml b/.syncpackrc.yml
index 0c8f86fe57..0ef0ad60ef 100644
--- a/.syncpackrc.yml
+++ b/.syncpackrc.yml
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ semverGroups:
   - label: Use looser range by default
     range: "^"
 versionGroups:
-  - label: Pin stack-trace to the same version, since newer version starts to use ES module
-    dependencies:
-      - "stack-trace"
-    pinVersion: "0.0.10"
   - label: Pin hardhat due to a bug during deployment of contracts
     dependencies:
       - "hardhat"
diff --git a/packages/ethereum-contracts/ops-scripts/libs/common.js b/packages/ethereum-contracts/ops-scripts/libs/common.js
index 3a9047a971..67d89aafac 100644
--- a/packages/ethereum-contracts/ops-scripts/libs/common.js
+++ b/packages/ethereum-contracts/ops-scripts/libs/common.js
@@ -50,23 +50,6 @@ function builtTruffleContractLoader(name) {
     }
 }
 
-//
-// Detect truffle environment
-//
-function detectTruffle() {
-    const stackTrace = require("stack-trace");
-    const trace = stackTrace.get();
-    //trace.forEach((callSite) => console.debug(callSite.getFileName()));
-    const truffleDetected =
-        trace.filter((callSite) =>
-            (callSite.getFileName() || "").match(
-                /node_modules\/truffle\/build\/[^/]+\.bundled\.js/
-            )
-        ).length > 0;
-    console.log("truffle detected", truffleDetected);
-    return truffleDetected;
-}
-
 // extracts the gas related config for the given network from the truffle config
 // returns an object with the relevant fields set in the config (empty if none)
 //
@@ -494,13 +477,11 @@ async function getPastEvents({config, contract, eventName, filter, topics}) {
  */
 function getScriptRunnerFactory(runnerOpts = {}) {
     return (logicFn) => {
-        const {detectTruffle} = require("./libs/common");
         return require("./libs/truffleScriptRunnerFactory")(
             () => ({
                 artifacts:
                     typeof artifacts !== "undefined" ? artifacts : undefined,
                 web3: typeof web3 !== "undefined" ? web3 : undefined,
-                truffleDetected: detectTruffle(),
             }),
             logicFn,
             runnerOpts
@@ -546,7 +527,6 @@ module.exports = {
     rl,
     extractWeb3Options,
     builtTruffleContractLoader,
-    detectTruffle,
     getGasConfig,
 
     hasCode,
diff --git a/packages/ethereum-contracts/ops-scripts/libs/truffleScriptRunnerFactory.js b/packages/ethereum-contracts/ops-scripts/libs/truffleScriptRunnerFactory.js
index fb3cba23f5..7c7f21e3f9 100644
--- a/packages/ethereum-contracts/ops-scripts/libs/truffleScriptRunnerFactory.js
+++ b/packages/ethereum-contracts/ops-scripts/libs/truffleScriptRunnerFactory.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function parseColonArgs(argv) {
 module.exports = function (ctxFn, logicFn, runnerOpts) {
     return async function (cb, argv, options = {}) {
         try {
-            const {artifacts, web3, truffleDetected} = ctxFn();
+            const {artifacts, web3} = ctxFn();
 
             let args;
             if (runnerOpts.skipArgv) {
@@ -40,42 +40,13 @@ module.exports = function (ctxFn, logicFn, runnerOpts) {
                     console.log("Colon arguments", args);
             }
 
-            // if isTruffle is not set explicitly
-            if (!("isTruffle" in options)) {
-                if ("DISABLE_NATIVE_TRUFFLE" in process.env) {
-                    options.isTruffle = !process.env.DISABLE_NATIVE_TRUFFLE;
-                } else {
-                    options.isTruffle = truffleDetected;
-                }
-            }
-
             // normalize web3 environment
-            console.log(
-                "use truffle native environment (isTruffle)",
-                options.isTruffle
-            );
-            if (options.isTruffle) {
-                if (options.web3) {
-                    throw Error(
-                        "Flag 'isTruffle' cannot be 'true' when using a web3 instance."
-                    );
-                }
-                // set these globally so that it's available throughout the executions
-                global.web3 = web3;
-                global.artifacts = artifacts;
-            } else {
-                if (!truffleDetected) {
-                    if (!options.web3) {
-                        throw Error(
-                            "A web3 instance is not provided when not using truffle."
-                        );
-                    }
-                    global.web3 = options.web3;
-                } else {
-                    // use web3 of truffle
-                    options.web3 = global.web3 = web3;
-                }
+            if (!options.web3) {
+                throw Error(
+                    "A web3 instance is not provided."
+                );
             }
+            global.web3 = options.web3;
 
             // Use common environment variables
             options.protocolReleaseVersion =
diff --git a/packages/ethereum-contracts/package.json b/packages/ethereum-contracts/package.json
index b64a462ca1..74bd3cfd6f 100644
--- a/packages/ethereum-contracts/package.json
+++ b/packages/ethereum-contracts/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
         "readline": "^1.3.0",
         "solidity-coverage": "^0.8.17",
         "solidity-docgen": "^0.6.0-beta.36",
-        "stack-trace": "0.0.10",
         "truffle-flattener": "^1.6.0"
     },
     "files": [
diff --git a/packages/ethereum-contracts/test/ops-scripts/deployment.test.sh b/packages/ethereum-contracts/test/ops-scripts/deployment.test.sh
index 7cfad731e4..8f9c4e8cbb 100755
--- a/packages/ethereum-contracts/test/ops-scripts/deployment.test.sh
+++ b/packages/ethereum-contracts/test/ops-scripts/deployment.test.sh
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ unset USE_MOCKS
 unset NON_UPGRADABLE
 unset ENABLE_APP_WHITELISTING
 
-# force to load artifacts from build folder instead
-export DISABLE_NATIVE_TRUFFLE=1
-
 # if any of them fail, exit
 set -xe
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7e6f98daf3..691a38b457 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -17351,11 +17351,6 @@ ssri@^10.0.0, ssri@^10.0.6:
   dependencies:
     minipass "^7.0.3"
 
-stack-trace@0.0.10:
-  version "0.0.10"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/stack-trace/-/stack-trace-0.0.10.tgz#547c70b347e8d32b4e108ea1a2a159e5fdde19c0"
-  integrity sha512-KGzahc7puUKkzyMt+IqAep+TVNbKP+k2Lmwhub39m1AsTSkaDutx56aDCo+HLDzf/D26BIHTJWNiTG1KAJiQCg==
-
 stacktrace-parser@^0.1.10:
   version "0.1.11"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/stacktrace-parser/-/stacktrace-parser-0.1.11.tgz#c7c08f9b29ef566b9a6f7b255d7db572f66fabc4"