diff --git a/ghost/admin/Gruntfile.js b/ghost/admin/Gruntfile.js
index 198db3bb99..fafc6963eb 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/Gruntfile.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ var _              = require('lodash'),
     fs             = require('fs-extra'),
     path           = require('path'),
     https          = require('https'),
-    getTopContribs = require('top-gh-contribs'),
     moment         = require('moment'),
     chalk          = require('chalk'),
     Promise        = require('bluebird');
@@ -18,9 +17,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
         clean: {
             built: {
                 src: [
-                    'dist/**',
-                    'public/assets/img/contributors/**',
-                    'app/templates/-contributors.hbs'
+                    'dist/**'
                 ]
             },
             dependencies: {
@@ -96,116 +93,4 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
     grunt.registerTask('init', 'Install the client dependencies',
         ['shell:npm-install', 'shell:bower-install']
     );
-
-    // ### Build About Page *(Utility Task)*
-    // Builds the github contributors partial template used on the about page,
-    // and downloads the avatar for each of the users.
-    // Run by any task that compiles ember assets or manually via `grunt buildAboutPage`.
-    // Only builds if the template does not exist.
-    // To force a build regardless, supply the --force option.
-    //      `grunt buildAboutPage --force`
-    grunt.registerTask('buildAboutPage', 'Compile assets for the About Ghost page', function () {
-        var done = this.async(),
-            templatePath = 'app/templates/-contributors.hbs',
-            imagePath = 'public/assets/img/contributors',
-            timeSpan = moment().subtract(90, 'days').format('YYYY-MM-DD'),
-            oauthKey = process.env.GITHUB_OAUTH_KEY,
-            contribNumber = 18;
-
-        if (fs.existsSync(templatePath) && !grunt.option('force')) {
-            grunt.log.writeln('Contributors template already exists.');
-            grunt.log.writeln(chalk.bold('Skipped'));
-            return done();
-        }
-
-        grunt.verbose.writeln('Downloading release and contributor information from Github');
-
-        function mergeContribs(first, second) {
-            _.each(second, function (contributor) {
-                var contributorInFirst = _.find(first, ['name', contributor.name]);
-
-                if (contributorInFirst) {
-                    contributorInFirst.commitCount += contributor.commitCount;
-                } else {
-                    first.push(contributor);
-                }
-            });
-
-            return _(first)
-                .filter(function (contributor) {
-                    // remove greenkeeper from contributor list
-                    return contributor.name !== 'greenkeeperio-bot';
-                })
-                .sortBy('commitCount')
-                .reverse()
-                .take(contribNumber)
-                .value();
-        }
-
-        return Promise.join(
-            Promise.promisify(fs.mkdirs)(imagePath),
-            getTopContribs({
-                user: 'tryghost',
-                repo: 'ghost',
-                oauthKey: oauthKey,
-                sinceDate: timeSpan,
-                count: contribNumber,
-                retry: true
-            }),
-            getTopContribs({
-                user: 'tryghost',
-                repo: 'ghost-admin',
-                oauthKey: oauthKey,
-                sinceDate: timeSpan,
-                count: contribNumber,
-                retry: true
-            })
-        ).then(function (results) {
-            var contributors = mergeContribs(results[1], results[2]),
-                contributorTemplate = '<article>\n    <a href="<%= githubUrl %>" title="<%= name %>">\n'
-                    + '        <img src="{{gh-path "asset" "/img/contributors"}}/<%= name %>" alt="<%= name %>" />\n'
-                    + '    </a>\n</article>',
-
-                downloadImagePromise = function (url, name) {
-                    return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
-                        var file = fs.createWriteStream(path.join(__dirname, imagePath, name));
-
-                        https.get(url, function (response) {
-                            response.pipe(file);
-                            file.on('finish', function () {
-                                file.close();
-                                resolve();
-                            });
-                        }).on('error', reject);
-                    });
-                };
-
-            grunt.verbose.writeln('Creating contributors template');
-            grunt.file.write(
-                templatePath,
-                _.map(contributors, function (contributor) {
-                    var compiled = _.template(contributorTemplate);
-
-                    return compiled(contributor);
-                }).join('\n')
-            );
-
-            grunt.verbose.writeln('Downloading images for top contributors');
-            return Promise.all(_.map(contributors, function (contributor) {
-                return downloadImagePromise(contributor.avatarUrl + '&s=60', contributor.name);
-            }));
-        }).then(done).catch(function (error) {
-            grunt.log.error(error);
-
-            if (error.http_status) {
-                grunt.log.writeln('GitHub API request returned status: ' + error.http_status);
-            }
-
-            if (error.ratelimit_limit) {
-                grunt.log.writeln('Rate limit data: limit: %d, remaining: %d, reset: %s', error.ratelimit_limit, error.ratelimit_remaining, moment.unix(error.ratelimit_reset).fromNow());
-            }
-
-            done(false);
-        });
-    });
 };
diff --git a/ghost/admin/package.json b/ghost/admin/package.json
index 57f040e4fd..e022e62d0b 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/package.json
+++ b/ghost/admin/package.json
@@ -79,8 +79,6 @@
     "glob": "7.1.1",
     "grunt": "1.0.1",
     "grunt-bg-shell": "2.3.3",
-    "grunt-contrib-clean": "1.0.0",
-    "grunt-contrib-watch": "1.0.0",
     "grunt-shell": "1.3.1",
     "jquery-deparam": "0.5.2",
     "liquid-fire": "0.26.4",
@@ -104,8 +102,6 @@
     "ignore": [
       "grunt",
       "grunt-bg-shell",
-      "grunt-contrib-clean",
-      "grunt-contrib-watch",
       "grunt-shell"
     ]
   }