diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 93077d7..828517c 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -170,12 +170,6 @@ function startGulp(name, opts) {
     });
   }
 
-  gulp.task('watch:jsdoc', function() {
-    // todo: only run tests that are linked to file changes by doing
-    // something smart like reading through the require statements
-    return gulp.watch(alljs, ['jsdoc']);
-  });
-
   gulp.task('watch:coverage', function() {
     // todo: only run tests that are linked to file changes by doing
     // something smart like reading through the require statements
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c086911..4227626 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@
     "gulp-uglify": "^1.0.2",
     "gulp-util": "=3.0.1",
     "istanbul": "^0.3.5",
-    "jsdoc": "^3.3.0-alpha11",
-    "jsdoc-to-markdown": "=0.5.9",
     "karma": "^0.12.28",
     "karma-chrome-launcher": "^0.1.7",
     "karma-detect-browsers": "^0.1.3",
@@ -60,11 +58,8 @@
     "karma-mocha": "^0.1.9",
     "lodash": "^2.4.1",
     "mocha": "^2.0.1",
-    "more-fs": "=0.5.0",
     "plato": "^1.3.0",
     "run-sequence": "^1.0.2",
-    "sinon": "^1.12.2",
-    "through2": "=0.6.3",
     "zuul": "1.16.3"
   }
 }