diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 9efdda3ce98..d0da499048a 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ var gulpJsdoc2md = require('gulp-jsdoc-to-markdown');
 var concat = require('gulp-concat');
 var header = require('gulp-header');
 var footer = require('gulp-footer');
-var zip = require('gulp-zip');
 var replace = require('gulp-replace');
 var shell = require('gulp-shell');
 var optimizejs = require('gulp-optimize-js');
@@ -131,13 +130,6 @@ gulp.task('webpack', ['clean'], function () {
     .pipe(connect.reload());
 });
 
-//zip up for release
-gulp.task('zip', ['webpack'], function () {
-  return gulp.src(['build/dist/*', 'integrationExamples/gpt/*'])
-    .pipe(zip(packageNameVersion + '.zip'))
-    .pipe(gulp.dest('./'));
-});
-
 // Karma Continuous Testing
 // Pass your browsers by using --browsers=chrome,firefox,ie9
 // Run CI by passing --watch
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index abe66a0aca3..a115545f597 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
     "gulp-uglify": "^0.3.1",
     "gulp-util": "^3.0.0",
     "gulp-webdriver": "^1.0.1",
-    "gulp-zip": "^3.1.0",
     "istanbul": "^0.3.2",
     "istanbul-instrumenter-loader": "^0.1.2",
     "json-loader": "^0.5.1",