diff --git a/lib/manager/npm/post-update/index.js b/lib/manager/npm/post-update/index.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/manager/npm/post-update/index.js
+++ b/lib/manager/npm/post-update/index.js
@@ -170,12 +170,7 @@ async function writeExistingFiles(config, packageFiles) {
     if (packageFile.npmrc) {
       logger.debug(`Writing .npmrc to ${basedir}`);
       await fs.outputFile(upath.join(basedir, '.npmrc'), packageFile.npmrc);
-    } else if (
-      config.npmrc &&
-      (packageFile.hasYarnLock ||
-        packageFile.hasPackageLock ||
-        config.lernaLockFile)
-    ) {
+    } else if (config.npmrc) {
       logger.debug('Writing repo .npmrc to package file dir');
       await fs.outputFile(upath.join(basedir, '.npmrc'), config.npmrc);
     }
fix: always write config.npmrc