diff --git a/Gruntfile.coffee b/Gruntfile.coffee
deleted file mode 100644
index 07ef3214e..000000000
--- a/Gruntfile.coffee
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = (grunt) ->
-
-  grunt.initConfig
-    "embark-framework": {}
-    pkg: grunt.file.readJSON('package.json')
-    clean:
-      build: ["build/"]
-    coffee:
-      compile:
-        expand: true
-        src: 'src/**/*.coffee'
-        dest: 'build/'
-        ext: '.js'
-    uglify:
-      options: banner: '/*! <%= pkg.name %> <%= grunt.template.today("dd-mm-yyyy") %> */\n'
-      build:
-        files:
-          'build/<%= pkg.name %>.min.js': [
-            "build/<%= pkg.name %>.js"
-          ]
-    mochaTest:
-      test:
-        src: ['test/**/*.js']
-
-  grunt.loadTasks "tasks"
-  require('matchdep').filterAll(['grunt-*','!grunt-cli']).forEach(grunt.loadNpmTasks)
-
-  grunt.registerTask 'default', ['clean']
-  grunt.registerTask 'build', ['clean', 'coffee']
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1b42b8417..d3e8c99ba 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -99,12 +99,6 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "devDependencies": {
     "eslint": "4.13.1",
-    "grunt": "^1.0.1",
-    "grunt-cli": "^1.2.0",
-    "grunt-contrib-clean": "^1.0.0",
-    "grunt-contrib-coffee": "^2.0.0",
-    "grunt-mocha-test": "^0.13.2",
-    "matchdep": "^1.0.1",
     "mocha-sinon": "^1.1.4",
     "sinon": "^4.5.0"
   }