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diff --git a/lib/utils/deref-command.js b/lib/utils/deref-command.js
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--- a/lib/utils/deref-command.js
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-// de-reference abbreviations and shorthands into canonical command name
-
-const { aliases, cmdList, plumbing } = require('./cmd-list.js')
-const aliasNames = Object.keys(aliases)
-const fullList = cmdList.concat(aliasNames).filter(c => !plumbing.includes(c))
-const abbrev = require('abbrev')
-const abbrevs = abbrev(fullList)
-
-module.exports = c => {
-  if (!c || typeof c !== 'string') {
-    return ''
-  }
-
-  if (c.match(/[A-Z]/)) {
-    c = c.replace(/([A-Z])/g, m => '-' + m.toLowerCase())
-  }
-
-  if (plumbing.indexOf(c) !== -1) {
-    return c
-  }
-
-  // first deref the abbrev, if there is one
-  // then resolve any aliases
-  // so `npm install-cl` will resolve to `install-clean` then to `ci`
-  let a = abbrevs[c]
-  while (aliases[a]) {
-    a = aliases[a]
-  }
-
-  return a || ''
-}