diff --git a/gulp-tasks/tasks/build-app.js b/gulp-tasks/tasks/build-app.js
index 187a5696..e75d3fb2 100644
--- a/gulp-tasks/tasks/build-app.js
+++ b/gulp-tasks/tasks/build-app.js
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
-const fs = require('fs')
 const gulp = require('gulp')
-const gutil = require('gulp-util')
 const replace = require('gulp-replace')
 const inquirer = require('inquirer')
-const merge = require('merge-stream')
 const exec = require('child_process').exec
 const chalk = require('chalk')
 const release = require('gulp-github-release')
 const notify = require('gulp-notify')
-const archiver = require('archiver')
 const opn = require('opn')
 
 // Update process.env based on .env file (in root directory)
@@ -114,50 +110,6 @@ gulp.task('deploy-app:changelog', function (cb) {
     });
 });
 
-// Create a ZIP of executable file
-gulp.task('deploy-app:zip-app', function (done) {
-    // create a file to stream archive data to.
-    var output = fs.createWriteStream(PATH_TO_MAC_ZIP);
-    var archive = archiver('zip', {
-        zlib: {
-            level: 9 // Sets the compression level.
-        }
-    });
-
-    // listen for all archive data to be written
-    // 'close' event is fired only when a file descriptor is involved
-    output.on('close', function () {
-        console.log(chalk.yellow('ZIP created: ' + archive.pointer() + ' total bytes'));
-        console.log(chalk.yellow(`🚀 Setting up the Github release...`));
-        done();
-    });
-
-    // Catch warnings
-    archive.on('warning', function (err) {
-        if (err.code === 'ENOENT') {
-            // log warning
-            console.log(err);
-        } else {
-            // throw error
-            throw err;
-        }
-    });
-
-    // Catch error
-    archive.on('error', function (err) {
-        throw err;
-    });
-
-    // Pipe archive data to the file
-    archive.pipe(output);
-
-    // Path to the app, app name
-    archive.directory('ship/Shift/osx64/Shift.app/', 'Shift.app');
-
-    // Finish the ZIP
-    archive.finalize();
-});
-
 // Creates a draft release on Github
 // 1. Open the file: `.env` (root directory of this project)
 // 2. You can create a Github token here: https://github.com/settings/tokens
@@ -204,7 +156,6 @@ gulp.task('build-app', gulp.series(
 gulp.task('deploy-app', gulp.series(
     'deploy-app:prompt-version-diff',
     'deploy-app:changelog',
-    'deploy-app:zip-app',
     'deploy-app:draft-release',
     'deploy-app:open-release-in-browser'
 ));
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8dbc7910..ee7ae5a7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     "babel-register": "^6.26.0",
     "babili-webpack-plugin": "^0.1.2",
     "cfonts": "^2.1.2",
-    "chalk": "^2.4.1",
+    "chalk": "^2.4.2",
     "copy-webpack-plugin": "^4.5.1",
     "cross-env": "^5.1.6",
     "css-loader": "^0.28.11",
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@
     "eslint-plugin-promise": "^3.8.0",
     "eslint-plugin-standard": "^3.1.0",
     "file-loader": "^1.1.11",
+    "gulp": "^4.0.0",
+    "gulp-github-release": "^1.2.1",
+    "gulp-hub": "^4.2.0",
+    "gulp-notify": "^3.2.0",
+    "gulp-replace": "^1.0.0",
     "html-webpack-plugin": "^3.2.0",
     "jest": "^24.0.0",
     "jest-vue-preprocessor": "^1.4.0",
@@ -120,6 +125,7 @@
     "multispinner": "^0.2.1",
     "node-loader": "^0.6.0",
     "node-sass": "^4.9.2",
+    "opn": "^5.4.0",
     "sass-loader": "^7.0.3",
     "style-loader": "^0.21.0",
     "url-loader": "^1.0.1",