diff --git a/.bowerrc b/.bowerrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c58c8efc9..0000000000
--- a/.bowerrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "directory": "app/bower_components"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/index.html b/app/index.html
index ec9da03650..62604591ac 100644
--- a/app/index.html
+++ b/app/index.html
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
   <title>My AngularJS App</title>
   <meta name="description" content="">
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
-  <link rel="stylesheet" href="bower_components/html5-boilerplate/dist/css/normalize.css">
-  <link rel="stylesheet" href="bower_components/html5-boilerplate/dist/css/main.css">
+  <link rel="stylesheet" href="lib/html5-boilerplate/dist/css/normalize.css">
+  <link rel="stylesheet" href="lib/html5-boilerplate/dist/css/main.css">
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="app.css">
-  <script src="bower_components/html5-boilerplate/dist/js/vendor/modernizr-2.8.3.min.js"></script>
+  <script src="lib/html5-boilerplate/dist/js/vendor/modernizr-2.8.3.min.js"></script>
 </head>
 <body>
   <ul class="menu">
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
   <!-- In production use:
   <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/x.x.x/angular.min.js"></script>
   -->
-  <script src="bower_components/angular/angular.js"></script>
-  <script src="bower_components/angular-route/angular-route.js"></script>
+  <script src="lib/angular/angular.js"></script>
+  <script src="lib/angular-route/angular-route.js"></script>
   <script src="app.js"></script>
   <script src="view1/view1.js"></script>
   <script src="view2/view2.js"></script>
diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 66d9d74ede..0000000000
--- a/bower.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "angular-seed",
-  "description": "A starter project for AngularJS",
-  "version": "0.0.0",
-  "homepage": "https://github.com/angular/angular-seed",
-  "license": "MIT",
-  "private": true,
-  "dependencies": {
-    "angular": "~1.5.0",
-    "angular-route": "~1.5.0",
-    "angular-loader": "~1.5.0",
-    "angular-mocks": "~1.5.0",
-    "html5-boilerplate": "^5.3.0"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/karma.conf.js b/karma.conf.js
index 7271e9fef8..030f100864 100644
--- a/karma.conf.js
+++ b/karma.conf.js
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ module.exports = function(config) {
     basePath: './app',
 
     files: [
-      'bower_components/angular/angular.js',
-      'bower_components/angular-route/angular-route.js',
-      'bower_components/angular-mocks/angular-mocks.js',
+      '../node_modules/angular/angular.js',
+      '../node_modules/angular-route/angular-route.js',
+      '../node_modules/angular-mocks/angular-mocks.js',
       'components/**/*.js',
       'view*/**/*.js'
     ],
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 48c7f62418..0c495e5e5f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,32 +6,39 @@
   "repository": "https://github.com/angular/angular-seed",
   "license": "MIT",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "bower": "^1.7.7",
-    "http-server": "^0.9.0",
+    "angular-mocks": "^1.5.8",
     "jasmine-core": "^2.4.1",
     "karma": "^0.13.22",
     "karma-chrome-launcher": "^0.2.3",
     "karma-firefox-launcher": "^0.1.7",
     "karma-jasmine": "^0.3.8",
     "karma-junit-reporter": "^0.4.1",
+    "local-web-server": "^1.2.6",
     "protractor": "^4.0.9"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "postinstall": "bower install",
-
     "prestart": "npm install",
-    "start": "http-server -a localhost -p 8000 -c-1 ./app",
-
+    "start": "ws",
     "pretest": "npm install",
     "test": "karma start karma.conf.js",
     "test-single-run": "karma start karma.conf.js --single-run",
-
     "preupdate-webdriver": "npm install",
     "update-webdriver": "webdriver-manager update",
-
     "preprotractor": "npm run update-webdriver",
     "protractor": "protractor e2e-tests/protractor.conf.js",
-
-    "update-index-async": "node -e \"var fs=require('fs'),indexFile='app/index-async.html',loaderFile='app/bower_components/angular-loader/angular-loader.min.js',loaderText=fs.readFileSync(loaderFile,'utf-8').split(/sourceMappingURL=angular-loader.min.js.map/).join('sourceMappingURL=bower_components/angular-loader/angular-loader.min.js.map'),indexText=fs.readFileSync(indexFile,'utf-8').split(/\\/\\/@@NG_LOADER_START@@[\\s\\S]*\\/\\/@@NG_LOADER_END@@/).join('//@@NG_LOADER_START@@\\n'+loaderText+'    //@@NG_LOADER_END@@');fs.writeFileSync(indexFile,indexText);\""
+    "update-index-async": "node -e \"var fs=require('fs'),indexFile='app/index-async.html',loaderFile='app/lib/angular-loader/angular-loader.min.js',loaderText=fs.readFileSync(loaderFile,'utf-8').split(/sourceMappingURL=angular-loader.min.js.map/).join('sourceMappingURL=lib/angular-loader/angular-loader.min.js.map'),indexText=fs.readFileSync(indexFile,'utf-8').split(/\\/\\/@@NG_LOADER_START@@[\\s\\S]*\\/\\/@@NG_LOADER_END@@/).join('//@@NG_LOADER_START@@\\n'+loaderText+'    //@@NG_LOADER_END@@');fs.writeFileSync(indexFile,indexText);\""
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "angular": "^1.5.8",
+    "angular-loader": "^1.5.8",
+    "angular-route": "^1.5.8",
+    "html5-boilerplate": "0.0.1"
+  },
+  "local-web-server": {
+    "port": 8000,
+    "rewrite": [
+      { "from": "/lib/*", "to": "./node_modules/$1" },
+      { "from": "/*", "to": "./app/$1" }
+    ]
   }
 }
