diff --git a/services/contacts/Gruntfile.coffee b/services/contacts/Gruntfile.coffee
deleted file mode 100644
index 76ed47d8f6..0000000000
--- a/services/contacts/Gruntfile.coffee
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = (grunt) ->
-	grunt.initConfig
-		forever:
-			app:
-				options:
-					index: "app.js"
-
-		coffee:
-			app_src:
-				expand: true,
-				flatten: true,
-				cwd: "app"
-				src: ['coffee/*.coffee'],
-				dest: 'app/js/',
-				ext: '.js'
-
-			app:
-				src: "app.coffee"
-				dest: "app.js"
-
-			unit_tests:
-				expand: true
-				cwd:  "test/unit/coffee"
-				src: ["**/*.coffee"]
-				dest: "test/unit/js/"
-				ext:  ".js"
-
-			acceptance_tests:
-				expand: true
-				cwd:  "test/acceptance/coffee"
-				src: ["**/*.coffee"]
-				dest: "test/acceptance/js/"
-				ext:  ".js"
-
-		clean:
-			app: ["app/js/"]
-			unit_tests: ["test/unit/js"]
-			acceptance_tests: ["test/acceptance/js"]
-
-		execute:
-			app:
-				src: "app.js"
-
-		mochaTest:
-			unit:
-				options:
-					reporter: grunt.option('reporter') or 'spec'
-					grep: grunt.option("grep")
-				src: ["test/unit/js/**/*.js"]
-			acceptance:
-				options:
-					reporter: grunt.option('reporter') or 'spec'
-					timeout: 40000
-					grep: grunt.option("grep")
-				src: ["test/acceptance/js/**/*.js"]
-
-	grunt.loadNpmTasks 'grunt-contrib-coffee'
-	grunt.loadNpmTasks 'grunt-contrib-clean'
-	grunt.loadNpmTasks 'grunt-mocha-test'
-	grunt.loadNpmTasks 'grunt-shell'
-	grunt.loadNpmTasks 'grunt-execute'
-	grunt.loadNpmTasks 'grunt-bunyan'
-	grunt.loadNpmTasks 'grunt-forever'
-
-	grunt.registerTask 'compile:app', ['clean:app', 'coffee:app', 'coffee:app_src']
-	grunt.registerTask 'run',         ['compile:app', 'bunyan', 'execute']
-
-	grunt.registerTask 'compile:unit_tests', ['clean:unit_tests', 'coffee:unit_tests']
-	grunt.registerTask 'test:unit',          ['compile:app', 'compile:unit_tests', 'mochaTest:unit']
-
-	grunt.registerTask 'compile:acceptance_tests', ['clean:acceptance_tests', 'coffee:acceptance_tests']
-	grunt.registerTask 'test:acceptance',          ['compile:acceptance_tests', 'mochaTest:acceptance']
-
-	grunt.registerTask 'install', 'compile:app'
-
-	grunt.registerTask 'default', ['run']
-
-
diff --git a/services/contacts/package.json b/services/contacts/package.json
index 75dee41d36..2da82a6c0a 100644
--- a/services/contacts/package.json
+++ b/services/contacts/package.json
@@ -35,15 +35,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "bunyan": "~0.22.3",
     "chai": "~1.9.1",
-    "grunt": "~0.4.4",
-    "grunt-bunyan": "~0.5.0",
-    "grunt-contrib-clean": "~0.5.0",
-    "grunt-contrib-coffee": "~0.10.1",
-    "grunt-execute": "~0.2.1",
-    "grunt-forever": "~0.4.4",
-    "grunt-mocha-test": "~0.10.2",
     "mocha": "^4.0.1",
-    "grunt-shell": "~0.7.0",
     "sandboxed-module": "~0.3.0",
     "sinon": "~1.5.2",
     "timekeeper": "0.0.5"