diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING_DETAILED.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING_DETAILED.md
index 8c2bfffd87..422dd1f664 100644
--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING_DETAILED.md
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING_DETAILED.md
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ There's two big areas that you should know about:
   You may need to run the following commands to set up gulp properly:
   ```
   npm cache clean
-  npm install -g bower
   npm install -g gulp
   npm install -g gulp-cli
   npm install
diff --git a/.github/V8_GETTING_STARTED.md b/.github/V8_GETTING_STARTED.md
index 1cc33bb126..eaf4aa334e 100644
--- a/.github/V8_GETTING_STARTED.md
+++ b/.github/V8_GETTING_STARTED.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 * Open the `/src/umbraco.sln` Visual Studio solution
 * Start the solution (easiest way is to use `ctrl + F5`)
-* When the solution is first built this may take some time since it will restore all nuget, npm and bower packages, build the .net solution and also build the angular solution
+* When the solution is first built this may take some time since it will restore all nuget and npm packages, build the .net solution and also build the angular solution
 * When the website starts you'll see the Umbraco installer and just follow the prompts
 * You're all set!
 
diff --git a/build/build.ps1 b/build/build.ps1
index dafae2665a..65b4041e30 100644
--- a/build/build.ps1
+++ b/build/build.ps1
@@ -330,9 +330,6 @@
 
   $ubuild.DefineMethod("PrepareBuild",
   {
-    Write-Host "Clear folders and files"
-    $this.RemoveDirectory("$($this.SolutionRoot)\src\Umbraco.Web.UI.Client\bower_components")
-
     $this.TempStoreFile("$($this.SolutionRoot)\src\Umbraco.Web.UI\web.config")
     Write-Host "Create clean web.config"
     $this.CopyFile("$($this.SolutionRoot)\src\Umbraco.Web.UI\web.Template.config", "$($this.SolutionRoot)\src\Umbraco.Web.UI\web.config")