diff --git a/orca-igor/orca-igor.gradle b/orca-igor/orca-igor.gradle
index 65fb70b948..a9f2d555fd 100644
--- a/orca-igor/orca-igor.gradle
+++ b/orca-igor/orca-igor.gradle
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ dependencies {
   compile project(":orca-front50")
   compile spinnaker.dependency('kork')
   compile spinnaker.dependency('bootAutoConfigure')
-  compile spinnaker.dependency('googleCloudBuild')
   compileOnly spinnaker.dependency("lombok")
   annotationProcessor spinnaker.dependency("lombok")
   testCompile project(":orca-test-groovy")
diff --git a/orca-igor/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/igor/IgorService.java b/orca-igor/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/igor/IgorService.java
index 60a3d73f34..f5b8e66358 100644
--- a/orca-igor/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/igor/IgorService.java
+++ b/orca-igor/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/igor/IgorService.java
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
  */
 package com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.igor;
 
-import com.google.api.services.cloudbuild.v1.model.Build;
-import com.google.api.services.cloudbuild.v1.model.Operation;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.kork.artifacts.model.Artifact;
 import retrofit.http.*;
 
@@ -72,7 +70,7 @@ List<Artifact> getArtifacts(
     @Path(value = "job", encode = false) String job);
 
   @POST("/gcb/builds/create/{account}")
-  Operation createGoogleCloudBuild(
+  Map<String, Object> createGoogleCloudBuild(
     @Path("account") String account,
-    @Body Build job);
+    @Body Map<String, Object> job);
 }
diff --git a/orca-igor/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/igor/model/GoogleCloudBuildStageDefinition.java b/orca-igor/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/igor/model/GoogleCloudBuildStageDefinition.java
index eeab7e70a4..bc97a400e2 100644
--- a/orca-igor/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/igor/model/GoogleCloudBuildStageDefinition.java
+++ b/orca-igor/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/igor/model/GoogleCloudBuildStageDefinition.java
@@ -17,19 +17,20 @@
 package com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.igor.model;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
-import com.google.api.services.cloudbuild.v1.model.Build;
 import lombok.Getter;
 
+import java.util.Map;
+
 @Getter
 public class GoogleCloudBuildStageDefinition {
   private final String account;
-  private final Build buildDefinition;
+  private final Map<String, Object> buildDefinition;
 
   // There does not seem to be a way to auto-generate a constructor using our current version of Lombok (1.16.20) that
   // Jackson can use to deserialize.
   public GoogleCloudBuildStageDefinition(
     @JsonProperty("account") String account,
-    @JsonProperty("buildDefinition") Build buildDefinition
+    @JsonProperty("buildDefinition") Map<String, Object> buildDefinition
   ) {
     this.account = account;
     this.buildDefinition = buildDefinition;
diff --git a/orca-igor/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/igor/tasks/StartGoogleCloudBuildTask.java b/orca-igor/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/igor/tasks/StartGoogleCloudBuildTask.java
index 3be7144a1c..75a939a210 100644
--- a/orca-igor/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/igor/tasks/StartGoogleCloudBuildTask.java
+++ b/orca-igor/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/igor/tasks/StartGoogleCloudBuildTask.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 package com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.igor.tasks;
 
-import com.google.api.services.cloudbuild.v1.model.Operation;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.ExecutionStatus;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.Task;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.TaskResult;
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 @Component
 @RequiredArgsConstructor
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class StartGoogleCloudBuildTask implements Task {
   @Override
   @Nonnull public TaskResult execute(@Nonnull Stage stage) {
     GoogleCloudBuildStageDefinition stageDefinition = stage.mapTo(GoogleCloudBuildStageDefinition.class);
-    Operation result = igorService.createGoogleCloudBuild(stageDefinition.getAccount(), stageDefinition.getBuildDefinition());
+    Map<String, Object> result = igorService.createGoogleCloudBuild(stageDefinition.getAccount(), stageDefinition.getBuildDefinition());
     return new TaskResult(ExecutionStatus.SUCCEEDED);
   }
 }
diff --git a/orca-igor/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/igor/pipeline/GoogleCloudBuildStageSpec.groovy b/orca-igor/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/igor/pipeline/GoogleCloudBuildStageSpec.groovy
index bb60d356ba..0d98558d61 100644
--- a/orca-igor/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/igor/pipeline/GoogleCloudBuildStageSpec.groovy
+++ b/orca-igor/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/igor/pipeline/GoogleCloudBuildStageSpec.groovy
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 package com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.igor.pipeline
 
-import com.google.api.services.cloudbuild.v1.model.Build
+
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.igor.tasks.StartGoogleCloudBuildTask
 import spock.lang.Specification
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import static com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.test.model.ExecutionBuilder.stage
 
 class GoogleCloudBuildStageSpec extends Specification {
   def ACCOUNT = "my-account"
-  def BUILD = new Build()
+  def BUILD = new HashMap<String, Object>()
 
   def "should start a build"() {
     given:
diff --git a/orca-igor/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/igor/tasks/StartGoogleCloudBuildTaskSpec.groovy b/orca-igor/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/igor/tasks/StartGoogleCloudBuildTaskSpec.groovy
index cd9d87f440..a73f0d7ff5 100644
--- a/orca-igor/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/igor/tasks/StartGoogleCloudBuildTaskSpec.groovy
+++ b/orca-igor/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/igor/tasks/StartGoogleCloudBuildTaskSpec.groovy
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 package com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.igor.tasks
 
-import com.google.api.services.cloudbuild.v1.model.Build
+
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.TaskResult
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.igor.IgorService
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.pipeline.model.Execution
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import spock.lang.Subject
 
 class StartGoogleCloudBuildTaskSpec extends Specification {
   def ACCOUNT = "my-account"
-  def BUILD = new Build()
+  def BUILD = new HashMap<String, Object>()
 
   Execution execution = Mock(Execution)
   IgorService igorService = Mock(IgorService)