diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index f72c93856e6b2..708169a9b6f28 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -1457,7 +1457,6 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
 	} );
 
 	grunt.registerTask( 'gutenberg-integrate', 'Complete Gutenberg integration workflow.', [
-		'gutenberg-checkout',
 		'gutenberg-build',
 		'gutenberg-copy'
 	] );
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index bc5669d320d61..bd27510a8bd56 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 		"": {
 			"name": "WordPress",
 			"version": "7.0.0",
+			"hasInstallScript": true,
 			"license": "GPL-2.0-or-later",
 			"dependencies": {
 				"backbone": "1.6.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5e4f7772cecfe..7ae0193bfe6c3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
 		"wicg-inert": "3.1.3"
 	},
 	"scripts": {
+		"postinstall": "npm run gutenberg:checkout",
 		"build": "grunt build",
 		"build:dev": "grunt build --dev",
 		"dev": "grunt watch --dev",