diff --git a/generators/app/index.js b/generators/app/index.js
index fc9347df..b1ee86be 100644
--- a/generators/app/index.js
+++ b/generators/app/index.js
@@ -140,16 +140,6 @@ module.exports = yeoman.generators.Base.extend(
         this.copy( "coffeelint.json",   "coffeelint.json" );
         this.copy( "jshintrc",          ".jshintrc" );
 
-        // Determine jQuery version
-        //
-        if( this.ie8 === true )
-        {
-            this.jQueryVersion = "^1.11.1";
-        }
-        else {
-            this.jQueryVersion = "^2.1.1";
-        }
-
         // write package.json and readme file
         //
         this.template( "_package.json",     "package.json" );
@@ -235,6 +225,48 @@ module.exports = yeoman.generators.Base.extend(
 
 ,   install: function ()
     {
+        var deps =
+                [
+                    "backbone"
+                ,   ( "jquery" + ( this.ie8 ? "@<2" : "" ))
+                ,   "madlib-console"
+                ,   "madlib-hostmapping"
+                ,   "madlib-settings"
+                ,   "q"
+                ]
+        ,   devDeps =
+                [
+                    "browserify"
+                ,   "browserify-shim"
+                ,   "chai"
+                ,   "coffeeify"
+                ,   "grunt"
+                ,   "grunt-browserify"
+                ,   "grunt-coffee-jshint"
+                ,   "grunt-coffeelint"
+                ,   "grunt-contrib-clean"
+                ,   "grunt-contrib-compass"
+                ,   "grunt-contrib-compress"
+                ,   "grunt-contrib-copy"
+                ,   "grunt-contrib-uglify"
+                ,   "grunt-contrib-watch"
+                ,   "grunt-contrib-yuidoc-iq"
+                ,   "grunt-mocha-test"
+                ,   "grunt-template"
+                ,   "handlebars"
+                ,   "hbsfy"
+                ,   "yuidoc-marviq-theme"
+                ]
+        ;
+
+        if ( this.i18n )
+        {
+            deps.push( "madlib-locale" );
+        }
+
+        this.npmInstall( deps,      { save:     true } );
+        this.npmInstall( devDeps,   { saveDev:  true } );
+
         this.installDependencies(
             {
                 bower:          false
diff --git a/generators/app/templates/_package.json b/generators/app/templates/_package.json
index 85225543..68169e73 100644
--- a/generators/app/templates/_package.json
+++ b/generators/app/templates/_package.json
@@ -13,38 +13,9 @@
         ]
     },
     "browserify-shim": {},
-    "dependencies": {
-        "backbone": "~1.1.2",
-        "jquery": "<%= jQueryVersion %>",
-        "madlib-console": "~0.1.4",
-        "madlib-hostmapping": "~0.1.7"<% if ( i18n ) { %>,
-        "madlib-locale": "~0.0.1"<% } %>,
-        "madlib-settings": "~0.1.7",
-        "q": "~1.1.2"
-    },
+    "dependencies": {},
     "description": "<%= packageDescription %>",
-    "devDependencies": {
-        "browserify": "~7.0.0",
-        "browserify-shim": "~3.8.1",
-        "chai": "~1.10.0",
-        "coffeeify": "~1.0.0",
-        "grunt": "~0.4.5",
-        "grunt-browserify": "~3.2.1",
-        "grunt-coffee-jshint": "^0.2.1",
-        "grunt-coffeelint": "^0.0.13",
-        "grunt-contrib-clean": "~0.6.0",
-        "grunt-contrib-compass": "~1.0.1",
-        "grunt-contrib-compress": "~0.12.0",
-        "grunt-contrib-copy": "~0.7.0",
-        "grunt-contrib-uglify": "~0.6.0",
-        "grunt-contrib-watch": "~0.6.1",
-        "grunt-contrib-yuidoc-iq": "~0.1.4",
-        "grunt-mocha-test": "~0.12.4",
-        "grunt-template": "^0.2.3",
-        "handlebars": "^2.0.0",
-        "hbsfy": "~2.2.1",
-        "yuidoc-marviq-theme": "~0.1.5"
-    },
+    "devDependencies": {},
     "licenses": [
         {
             "type": "BSD"