diff --git a/_install_deps.js b/_install_deps.js
deleted file mode 100755
index fe1f543451a6..000000000000
--- a/_install_deps.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @license
- * Copyright 2016 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-'use strict';
-
-const exec = require('child_process').exec;
-
-const cwd = require('path').resolve();
-const corePath = `${cwd}/lighthouse-core`;
-const extPath = `${cwd}/lighthouse-extension`;
-
-const npm = 'npm --prefix';
-const cmd = `${npm} ${corePath} install ${corePath} && ${npm} ${extPath} install ${extPath}`;
-
-// Tell the user what command we're about to execute
-console.log(cmd);
-console.log('...');
-
-exec(cmd,
-  function(error, stdout, stderr) {
-    process.stderr.write(stderr);
-    process.stdout.write(stdout);
-    if (stdout.length === 0) {
-      console.log('The full install may not have completed.');
-      console.log('To manually install child dependencies:');
-      console.log(`    ${cmd}`);
-    }
-  });
-
diff --git a/lighthouse-core/test/index.js b/lighthouse-core/test/index.js
index 0844b8017bbb..f62cc393343d 100644
--- a/lighthouse-core/test/index.js
+++ b/lighthouse-core/test/index.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 /* eslint-env mocha */
 
-const pkg = require('../package.json');
+const pkg = require('../../package.json');
 const assert = require('assert');
 
 describe('Module Tests', function() {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c3e4737b08b5..c19716a897b2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,30 +9,47 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "//": "// passing through tasks to core",
-    "postinstall": "node _install_deps.js",
     "lint": "eslint .",
     "smoke": "lighthouse-cli/scripts/run-smoke-tests.sh",
     "coverage": "node $(echo $__node_harmony) $(npm bin)/istanbul cover -x \"**/third_party/**\" _mocha -- $(find */test -name '*.js') --timeout 60000",
     "coveralls": "npm run coverage && cat ./coverage/lcov.info | coveralls",
     "start": "node ./lighthouse-cli/index.js",
     "test": "npm run lint --silent && npm run unit && npm run closure",
-    "cli-unit": "mocha $(echo $__node_harmony) $(find lighthouse-cli/test -name '*.js') --timeout 60000",
-    "unit": "npm run cli-unit && npm --prefix ./lighthouse-core run unit",
+    "cli-unit": "mocha $(echo $__node_harmony) $(find lighthouse-cli/test lighthouse-core/test -name '*.js') --timeout 60000",
+    "unit": "npm run cli-unit",
     "//":
     "// passing through tasks to core",
-    "closure": "npm --prefix ./lighthouse-core run closure",
-    "watch": "npm --prefix ./lighthouse-core run watch",
-    "chrome": "npm --prefix ./lighthouse-core run chrome"
+    "closure": "cd lighthouse-core && closure/closure-type-checking.js",
+    "watch": "find lighthouse-core lighthouse-cli -name '*.js' -not -path '*/node_modules/*' -not -path '*/extension/*' | entr npm run unit",
+    "chrome": "lighthouse-core/scripts/launch-chrome.sh"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "mocha": "^2.3.3",
-    "eslint": "^2.4.0",
+    "coveralls": "^2.11.9",
     "eslint-config-google": "^0.4.0",
+    "eslint": "^2.4.0",
+    "google-closure-compiler": "^20160517.0.0",
+    "gulp-replace": "^0.5.4",
+    "gulp-util": "^3.0.7",
+    "gulp": "^3.9.1",
     "istanbul": "^0.4.3",
-    "coveralls": "^2.11.9"
+    "jsdom": "^9.0.0",
+    "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
+    "mocha": "^2.3.3",
+    "request": "^2.69.0",
+    "walk": "^2.3.9"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "axe-core": "^1.1.1",
+    "chrome-devtools-frontend": "1.0.401423",
+    "chrome-remote-interface": "^0.11.0",
+    "debug": "^2.2.0",
+    "devtools-timeline-model": "1.1.6",
+    "gl-matrix": "2.3.2",
+    "handlebars": "^4.0.5",
+    "json-stringify-safe": "^5.0.1",
+    "jszip": "2.6.0",
     "semver": ">=4.3.3",
+    "speedline": "0.2.2",
     "yargs": "3.30.0"
   },
   "repository": "googlechrome/lighthouse",