diff --git a/config/gulp/tasks/build.js b/config/gulp/tasks/build.js
index a0a46a0..a546ea5 100644
--- a/config/gulp/tasks/build.js
+++ b/config/gulp/tasks/build.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ var envVars = require('../utils/env-vars');
 require('@ngstarter/systemjs-extension')(config);
 
 gulp.task('build', function (done) {
-    runSequence('test', 'build-systemjs', 'build-assets', done);
+    runSequence('build-systemjs', 'build-assets', done);
 });
 
 /* Concat and minify/uglify all css, js, and copy fonts */
diff --git a/config/gulp/tasks/test.js b/config/gulp/tasks/test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b3a8596..0000000
--- a/config/gulp/tasks/test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-var gulp = require('gulp');
-var util = require('gulp-util');
-var config = require('../config')();
-var Server = require('karma').Server;
-var gulpProtractor = require('gulp-protractor');
-var remapIstanbul = require('remap-istanbul/lib/gulpRemapIstanbul');
-var runSequence = require('run-sequence');
-var argv = require('yargs')
-            .alias('w', 'watch')
-            .argv;
-
-gulp.task('test', ['clean-report', 'unit-test']);
-
-gulp.task('unit-test', ['tsc'], function (done) {
-    var watch = argv.watch || false;
-
-    runSequence(['html', 'css'], copyComponentFilesDone);
-
-    if (watch) {
-        runSequence(['watch-ts', 'watch-html', 'watch-css']);
-        console.log('=== Unit Test Watch Mode ===');
-        console.log('- It will autowatch the changed files and re-run the test');
-        console.log('- Press Cmd/Ctrl + C to exit and get the coverage result');
-        console.log('- Press Cmd/Ctrl + C again to close the TSC watch.');
-    }
-
-    function copyComponentFilesDone() {
-        new Server({
-            configFile: __dirname + '/../../test/karma.conf.js',
-            singleRun: !watch
-        }, karmaDone).start();
-    }
-
-    function karmaDone (exitCode) {
-    	remapCoverage(done, exitCode);
-    }
-});
-
-gulp.task('e2e', ['e2e-test']);
-gulp.task('driver-update', gulpProtractor['webdriver_update']);
-gulp.task('e2e-test', ['driver-update'], function () {
-    gulp.src(config.e2e + '**/*.spec.ts')
-    .pipe(gulpProtractor.protractor({
-        configFile: 'config/test/protractor.conf.js',
-        args: ['--baseUrl', config.e2eConfig.seleniumTarget]
-    }))
-    .on('error', function(e) {
-        util.log('Error running E2E testing');
-        process.exit(1);
-    });
-});
-
-function remapCoverage (done, exitCode) {
-    util.log('Remapping coverage to TypeScript format...');
-    gulp.src(config.report.path + 'report-json/coverage-final.json')
-        .pipe(remapIstanbul({
-            basePath: config.src,
-            reports: {
-                'lcovonly': config.report.path + 'remap/lcov.info',
-                'json': config.report.path + 'remap/coverage.json',
-                'html': config.report.path + 'remap/html-report',
-                'text-summary': config.report.path + 'remap/text-summary.txt'
-            }
-        }))
-        .on('finish', function () {
-            util.log('Test Done with exit code: ' + exitCode);
-            done(exitCode);
-            util.log('Remapping done! View the result in report/remap/html-report');
-        });
-}
diff --git a/config/test/karma-test-shim.js b/config/test/karma-test-shim.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f7b1976..0000000
--- a/config/test/karma-test-shim.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-// Turn on full stack traces in errors to help debugging
-Error.stackTraceLimit=Infinity;
-
-jasmine.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL = 1000;
-
-// Cancel Karma's synchronous start,
-// we will call `__karma__.start()` later, once all the specs are loaded.
-__karma__.loaded = function() {};
-
-System.import('test/test-helpers/setup')
-.then(function() {
-    return Promise.all(
-        Object.keys(window.__karma__.files)
-        .filter(onlySpecFiles)
-        .map(file2moduleName)
-        .map(importModules)
-    );
-})
-.then(function() {
-    __karma__.start();
-}, function(error) {
-    __karma__.error(error.name + ": " + error.message);
-});
-
-// Filter spec files
-function onlySpecFiles(path) {
-  return /\.spec\.js$/.test(path);
-}
-
-// Normalize paths to module names.
-function file2moduleName(filePath) {
-  return filePath.replace(/\\/g, '/')
-    .replace(/^\/base\//, '')
-    .replace(/\.js/, '');
-}
-
-// Import module path
-function importModules(path) {
-    return System.import(path);
-}
diff --git a/config/test/karma.conf.js b/config/test/karma.conf.js
deleted file mode 100644
index af04eaa..0000000
--- a/config/test/karma.conf.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = function(config) {
-  var gulpConfig = require('../gulp/config')();
-
-  /**
-   * List of npm packages that imported via `import` syntax
-   */
-  var dependencies = [
-    '@angular',
-    'lodash',
-    'rxjs'
-  ];
-
-  var configuration = {
-    basePath: '../../',
-
-    frameworks: ['jasmine'],
-    browsers: ['PhantomJS'],
-    reporters: ['progress', 'coverage'],
-
-    preprocessors: {},
-
-    // Generate json used for remap-istanbul
-    coverageReporter: {
-      dir: 'report/',
-      reporters: [
-        { type: 'json', subdir: 'report-json' }
-      ]
-    },
-
-    files: [
-      'node_modules/core-js/client/shim.min.js',
-      'node_modules/zone.js/dist/zone.js',
-      'node_modules/zone.js/dist/long-stack-trace-zone.js',
-      'node_modules/zone.js/dist/proxy.js',
-      'node_modules/zone.js/dist/sync-test.js',
-      'node_modules/zone.js/dist/jasmine-patch.js',
-      'node_modules/zone.js/dist/async-test.js',
-      'node_modules/zone.js/dist/fake-async-test.js',
-      'node_modules/systemjs/dist/system.src.js'
-    ],
-
-    // proxied base paths
-    proxies: {
-      // required for component assests fetched by Angular's compiler
-      "/src/": "/base/src/",
-      "/app/": "/base/src/app/",
-      "/tmp/": "/base/src/tmp/",
-      "/node_modules/": "/base/node_modules/"
-    },
-
-    port: 9876,
-    colors: true,
-    logLevel: config.LOG_INFO,
-    autoWatch: true
-  };
-
-  configuration.preprocessors[gulpConfig.tmpApp + '**/!(*.spec)+(.js)'] = ['coverage'];
-  configuration.preprocessors[gulpConfig.tmpApp + '**/*.js'] = ['sourcemap'];
-  configuration.preprocessors[gulpConfig.tmpTest + '**/*.js'] = ['sourcemap'];
-
-  var files = [
-    gulpConfig.tmpTest + 'test-helpers/global/**/*.js',
-    gulpConfig.src + 'systemjs.conf.js',
-    'config/test/karma-test-shim.js',
-    createFilePattern(gulpConfig.tmpApp + '**/*.js', { included: false }),
-    createFilePattern(gulpConfig.tmpTest + 'test-helpers/*.js', { included: false }),
-    createFilePattern(gulpConfig.app + '**/*.html', { included: false }),
-    createFilePattern(gulpConfig.tmpApp + '**/*.html', { included: false }),
-    createFilePattern(gulpConfig.app + '**/*.css', { included: false }),
-    createFilePattern(gulpConfig.app + '**/*.ts', { included: false, watched: false }),
-    createFilePattern(gulpConfig.tmpApp + '**/*.js.map', { included: false, watched: false })
-  ];
-
-  configuration.files = configuration.files.concat(files);
-
-  dependencies.forEach(function(key) {
-    configuration.files.push({
-        pattern: 'node_modules/' + key + '/**/!(*.spec)+(.js)',
-        included: false,
-        watched: false
-    });
-  });
-
-  if (process.env.APPVEYOR) {
-    configuration.browsers = ['IE'];
-    configuration.singleRun = true;
-    configuration.browserNoActivityTimeout = 90000; // Note: default value (10000) is not enough
-  }
-
-  config.set(configuration);
-
-  // Helpers
-  function createFilePattern(path, config) {
-    config.pattern = path;
-    return config;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/config/test/protractor.conf.js b/config/test/protractor.conf.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 20d91ed..0000000
--- a/config/test/protractor.conf.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-require('ts-node/register');
-
-var glob = require('glob');
-var seleniumPath = '../node_modules/gulp-protractor/node_modules/protractor/selenium/';
-var seleniumJarPath = '';
-
-glob(seleniumPath + '*.jar',
-    function(err, files) {
-        seleniumJarPath = files[0];
-    });
-
-exports.config = {
-    seleniumServerJar: seleniumJarPath,
-    capabilities: {
-        'browserName': 'chrome'
-    },
-    jasmineNodeOpts: {
-        showColors: true,
-        defaultTimeoutInterval: 60000
-    },
-    allScriptsTimeout: 30000,
-    useAllAngular2AppRoots: true
-};
diff --git a/src/app/app.component.spec.ts b/src/app/app.component.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2034f0a..0000000
--- a/src/app/app.component.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-import {
-    RouterTestingModule
-} from '@angular/router/testing';
-import {
-    async,
-    TestBed,
-    ComponentFixture
-} from '@angular/core/testing';
-import { provideRoutes, Routes, RouterModule } from '@angular/router';
-import { Component } from '@angular/core';
-
-import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
-
-@Component({
-    selector: 'as-test-cmp',
-    template: '<div class="title">Hello test</div>'
-})
-class TestRouterComponent {
-}
-
-let config: Routes = [
-    {
-        path: '', component: TestRouterComponent
-    }
-];
-
-describe('AppComponent', () => {
-    beforeEach(() => {
-        TestBed.configureTestingModule({
-            declarations: [
-                TestRouterComponent,
-                AppComponent
-            ],
-            imports: [RouterTestingModule, RouterModule],
-            providers: [provideRoutes(config)]
-        });
-    });
-
-    it('should have title Hello world', async(() => {
-        TestBed.compileComponents().then(() => {
-            let fixture: ComponentFixture<AppComponent>;
-            fixture = TestBed.createComponent(AppComponent);
-            fixture.detectChanges();
-
-            let compiled = fixture.debugElement.nativeElement;
-            expect(compiled).toBeDefined();
-            // TODO: find a way to compile the routed component
-            // expect(compiled.querySelector('div.title')).toMatch('Hello world');
-        });
-    }));
-});