diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index b6ecbfcdbf0..a3a30c560ae 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -10,22 +10,6 @@ orbs:
 # https://hub.docker.com/r/cimg/node/tags/
 
 jobs:
-  install-and-cibuild-node12: # cibuild using node 12 & npm 6
-    docker:
-      - image: cimg/node:12.22.7
-    working_directory: ~/plotly.js
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - run:
-          name: Set up build environment
-          command: .circleci/env_build.sh
-      - run:
-          name: Pretest
-          command: npm run pretest
-      - run:
-          name: CI-Build
-          command: npm run cibuild
-
   install-and-cibuild:
     docker:
       - image: cimg/node:18.20.4
@@ -478,8 +462,6 @@ workflows:
   version: 2
   build-and-test:
     jobs:
-      - install-and-cibuild-node12
-
       - install-and-cibuild
       - timezone-jasmine:
           requires:
diff --git a/draftlogs/7095_change.md b/draftlogs/7095_change.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..de04a873aa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/draftlogs/7095_change.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ - Drop obsolete `npm v6` installation [[#7095](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/7095)]
+ 
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