diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/node/package.json b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/node/package.json
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index a47fbdff9..000000000
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/node/package.json
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@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}",
-  "version": "{{ cookiecutter.version }}",
-  "dependencies": {},
-  "devDependencies": {
-    {% if cookiecutter.js_task_runner == 'Grunt' %}
-    "autoprefixer-core": "~5.2.1",
-    "connect-livereload": "~0.3.2",
-    "cssnano": "~2.1.0",
-    "grunt": "~0.4.5",
-    "grunt-bg-shell": "~2.3.1",
-    "grunt-contrib-watch": "~0.6.1",
-    "grunt-postcss": "~0.5.5",
-    "grunt-sass": "~1.0.0",
-    "load-grunt-tasks": "~3.2.0",
-    "pixrem": "~1.3.1",
-    "time-grunt": "~1.2.1"
-    {% elif cookiecutter.js_task_runner == 'Gulp' %}
-    "browser-sync": "^2.18.8",
-    "gulp": "^3.9.1",
-    "gulp-autoprefixer": "^3.1.1",
-    "gulp-clean": "^0.3.2",
-    "gulp-clean-css": "^3.0.4",
-    "gulp-concat": "^2.6.1",
-    "gulp-imagemin": "^3.1.1",
-    "gulp-pixrem": "^1.0.0",
-    "gulp-rename": "^1.2.2",
-    "gulp-sass": "^3.1.0",
-    "gulp-uglify": "^2.1.2",
-    "npm-check-updates": "^2.10.3",
-    "pump": "^1.0.2",
-    "run-sequence": "^1.2.2",
-    "standard": "^9.0.2",
-    "npm-check": "^5.4.0"
-    {% endif %}
-  },
-  "engines": {
-    "node": ">=0.8.0"
-  },
-  "scripts": {
-    "test": "standard"
-  }
-}