diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b167e7c..00000000
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,129 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-var gulp = require('gulp');
-var prettify = require('gulp-jsbeautifier');
-var diff = require('gulp-diff');
-var electron = require('electron-connect').server.create({
-  path: './dist'
-});
-
-const fs = require('fs');
-const path = require('path');
-const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
-
-const distPackageAuthor = 'Mattermost, Inc.';
-
-var sources = ['**/*.js', '**/*.json', '**/*.css', '**/*.html', '!**/node_modules/**', '!dist/**', '!release/**', '!**/test_config.json'];
-
-gulp.task('prettify', ['prettify:sources']);
-gulp.task('prettify:verify', ['prettify:sources:verify']);
-
-var prettifyOptions = {
-  html: {
-    indent_size: 2,
-    end_with_newline: true
-  },
-  css: {
-    indent_size: 2,
-    end_with_newline: true
-  },
-  js: {
-    indent_size: 2,
-    brace_style: 'end-expand',
-    end_with_newline: true
-  }
-};
-
-gulp.task('prettify:sources', ['sync-meta'], () => {
-  return gulp.src(sources).
-    pipe(prettify(prettifyOptions)).
-    pipe(prettify.reporter()).
-    pipe(diff()).
-    pipe(diff.reporter({
-      quiet: true,
-      fail: false
-    })).
-    pipe(gulp.dest('.'));
-});
-
-gulp.task('prettify:sources:verify', () => {
-  return gulp.src(sources).
-    pipe(prettify(prettifyOptions)).
-    pipe(prettify.reporter()).
-    pipe(diff()).
-    pipe(diff.reporter({
-      quiet: true,
-      fail: true
-    }));
-});
-
-gulp.task('build', ['sync-meta', 'copy'], (cb) => {
-  const appPackageJson = require('./src/package.json');
-  const distPackageJson = Object.assign({}, appPackageJson, {
-    author: {
-      name: distPackageAuthor,
-      email: 'noreply'
-    }
-  });
-  fs.writeFile('./dist/package.json', JSON.stringify(distPackageJson, null, '  '), cb);
-});
-
-gulp.task('copy', ['copy:assets', 'copy:html/css', 'copy:modules']);
-
-gulp.task('copy:assets', () => {
-  return gulp.src('src/assets/**').
-    pipe(gulp.dest('dist/assets'));
-});
-
-gulp.task('copy:html/css', () => {
-  return gulp.src(['src/browser/**/*.html', 'src/browser/**/*.css']).
-    pipe(gulp.dest('dist/browser'));
-});
-
-gulp.task('copy:modules', () => {
-  return gulp.src(['src/node_modules/bootstrap/dist/**']).
-    pipe(gulp.dest('dist/browser/modules/bootstrap'));
-});
-
-function spawnWebpack(config, cb) {
-  const ext = process.platform === 'win32' ? '.cmd' : '';
-  spawn(path.resolve(`./node_modules/.bin/webpack${ext}`), ['--config', config], {
-    stdio: 'inherit'
-  }).on('exit', (code) => {
-    cb(code);
-  });
-}
-
-gulp.task('webpack:main', (cb) => {
-  spawnWebpack('webpack.config.main.js', cb);
-});
-
-gulp.task('webpack:renderer', (cb) => {
-  spawnWebpack('webpack.config.renderer.js', cb);
-});
-
-gulp.task('watch', ['build', 'webpack:main', 'webpack:renderer'], () => {
-  var options = ['--livereload'];
-  electron.start(options);
-
-  gulp.watch(['src/main.js', 'src/main/**/*.js', 'src/common/**/*.js'], ['webpack:main']);
-  gulp.watch(['src/browser/**/*.js', 'src/browser/**/*.jsx'], ['webpack:renderer']);
-  gulp.watch(['src/browser/**/*.css', 'src/browser/**/*.html', 'src/assets/**/*.png'], ['copy']);
-
-  gulp.watch(['dist/main.js', 'dist/assets/**'], () => {
-    electron.restart(options);
-  });
-  gulp.watch(['dist/browser/*.js'], electron.reload);
-});
-
-gulp.task('sync-meta', () => {
-  var appPackageJson = require('./src/package.json');
-  var packageJson = require('./package.json');
-  appPackageJson.name = packageJson.name;
-  appPackageJson.productName = packageJson.productName;
-  appPackageJson.version = packageJson.version;
-  appPackageJson.description = packageJson.description;
-  appPackageJson.author = packageJson.author;
-  appPackageJson.license = packageJson.license;
-  fs.writeFileSync('./src/package.json', JSON.stringify(appPackageJson, null, '  ') + '\n');
-});
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 62a6b976..6a550568 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@
     "electron-connect": "^0.6.1",
     "eslint": "^3.16.1",
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^6.10.0",
-    "gulp": "^3.9.1",
-    "gulp-diff": "^1.0.0",
-    "gulp-jsbeautifier": "^2.0.4",
     "mocha": "^3.2.0",
     "mocha-circleci-reporter": "0.0.2",
     "npm-run-all": "^4.0.2",
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index 22189c8f..6e00cf99 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -77,15 +77,6 @@ if (process.platform === 'win32') {
 
 var argv = require('yargs').parse(process.argv.slice(1));
 
-const electronConnect = argv.livereload ? require('electron-connect') : null;
-var client;
-if (argv.livereload) {
-  client = electronConnect.client.create();
-  client.on('reload', () => {
-    mainWindow.reload();
-  });
-}
-
 var hideOnStartup;
 if (argv.hidden) {
   hideOnStartup = true;
diff --git a/src/package.json b/src/package.json
index 6263983d..22535726 100644
--- a/src/package.json
+++ b/src/package.json
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://about.mattermost.com",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "electron-connect": "^0.6.1"
-  },
   "dependencies": {
     "auto-launch": "^5.0.1",
     "bootstrap": "^3.3.7",