diff --git a/server/Makefile b/server/Makefile
index ebc9ac1a5c..dc00ec1500 100644
--- a/server/Makefile
+++ b/server/Makefile
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ else
 	export IS_LINUX =
 endif
 
-# Detect M1/M2 Macs and set a flag.
+# Detect Apple Silicon and set a flag.
 ifeq ($(shell uname)/$(shell uname -m),Darwin/arm64)
-  M1_MAC = true
+  ARM_BASED_MAC = true
 endif
 
 define LICENSE_HEADER
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@ ifneq ("$(wildcard ./docker-compose.override.yaml)","")
   DOCKER_COMPOSE_OVERRIDE=-f docker-compose.override.yaml
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(M1_MAC),true)
-  $(info M1 detected, applying elasticsearch override)
+ifeq ($(ARM_BASED_MAC),true)
+  $(info Apple Silicon detected, applying elasticsearch override)
   DOCKER_COMPOSE_OVERRIDE := -f docker-compose.makefile.m1.yml $(DOCKER_COMPOSE_OVERRIDE)
 endif
 
@@ -390,9 +390,6 @@ layers: app-layers store-layers pluginapi
 
 generated: mocks layers
 
-check-prereqs: ## Checks prerequisite software status.
-	./scripts/prereq-check.sh
-
 check-prereqs-enterprise: setup-go-work ## Checks prerequisite software status for enterprise.
 ifeq ($(BUILD_ENTERPRISE_READY),true)
 	./scripts/prereq-check-enterprise.sh
@@ -623,7 +620,7 @@ run-client-fullmap: client ## Legacy alias to run-client
 
 	cd $(BUILD_WEBAPP_DIR) && $(MAKE) run
 
-run: check-prereqs run-server run-client ## Runs the server and webapp.
+run: run-server run-client ## Runs the server and webapp.
 
 run-fullmap: run-server run-client ## Legacy alias to run
 
diff --git a/server/scripts/prereq-check.sh b/server/scripts/prereq-check.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 04e622102a..0000000000
--- a/server/scripts/prereq-check.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-check_version()
-{
-    local version=$1 check=$2
-    local winner=$(echo -e "$version\n$check" | sed '/^$/d' | sort -t. -s -k 1,1nr -k 2,2nr -k 3,3nr -k 4,4nr | head -1)
-    [[ "$winner" = "$version" ]] && return 0
-    return 1
-}
-
-check_prereq()
-{
-    if [ ! $# == 3 ]; then
-        echo "Unable to determine '$1' version! Ensure that '$1' is in your path and try again." && exit 1
-    fi
-
-    local dependency=$1 required_version=$2 installed_version=$3
-
-    type $dependency >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "Mattermost requires '$dependency' but it doesn't appear to be installed.  Aborting."; exit 1; }
-
-    if check_version $installed_version $required_version; then
-        echo "$dependency minimum requirement met. Required: $required_version, Found: $installed_version"
-    else
-        echo "WARNING! Mattermost did not find the minimum supported version of '$dependency' installed. Required: $required_version, Found: $installed_version"
-        echo "We highly recommend stopping installation and updating dependencies before continuing"
-        read -p "Enter Y to continue anyway (not recommended)." -n 1 -r
-        echo
-        if [[ ! $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]
-        then
-            exit 1
-        fi
-    fi
-}
-
-echo "Checking prerequisites"
-
-REQUIREDNODEVERSION=16.0.0
-REQUIREDNPMVERSION=7.10.0
-REQUIREDGOVERSION=1.18.0
-REQUIREDDOCKERVERSION=17.0
-
-NODEVERSION=$(sed 's/v//' <<< $(node -v))
-NPMVERSION=$(npm -v)
-GOVERSION=$(sed -ne 's/[^0-9]*\(\([0-9]\.\)\{0,4\}[0-9][^.]\).*/\1/p' <<< $(go version))
-DOCKERVERSION=$(docker version --format '{{.Server.Version}}' | sed 's/[a-z-]//g')
-
-check_prereq 'node' $REQUIREDNODEVERSION $NODEVERSION
-check_prereq 'npm' $REQUIREDNPMVERSION $NPMVERSION
-check_prereq 'go' $REQUIREDGOVERSION $GOVERSION
-check_prereq 'docker' $REQUIREDDOCKERVERSION $DOCKERVERSION