diff --git a/app/index.js b/app/index.js
index 141d6e03..2c66ef7f 100644
--- a/app/index.js
+++ b/app/index.js
@@ -258,19 +258,13 @@ var AspnetGenerator = yeoman.generators.Base.extend({
         break;
       case 'webbasic':
         this.sourceRoot(path.join(__dirname, '../templates/projects/' + this.type));
-        // Grunt or Gulp
-        if (this.options.grunt) {
-          this.fs.copyTpl(this.templatePath('Gruntfile.js'), this.applicationName + '/Gruntfile.js', this.templatedata);
-        } else {
-          this.fs.copyTpl(this.templatePath('gulpfile.js'), this.applicationName + '/gulpfile.js', this.templatedata);
-        }
         // individual files (configs, etc)
         this.fs.copyTpl(this.sourceRoot() + '/../../Dockerfile.txt', this.applicationName + '/Dockerfile', this.templatedata);
         this.fs.copy(this.templatePath('.bowerrc'), this.applicationName + '/.bowerrc');
+        this.fs.copy(this.templatePath('bundleconfig.json'), this.applicationName + '/bundleconfig.json');
         this.fs.copy(this.sourceRoot() + '/../../gitignore.txt', this.applicationName + '/.gitignore');
         this.fs.copyTpl(this.templatePath('bower.json'), this.applicationName + '/bower.json', this.templatedata);
         this.fs.copyTpl(this.templatePath('appsettings.json'), this.applicationName + '/appsettings.json', this.templatedata);
-        this.fs.copyTpl(this.templatePath('package.json'), this.applicationName + '/package.json', this.templatedata);
         this.fs.copyTpl(this.templatePath('project.json'), this.applicationName + '/project.json', this.templatedata);
         this.fs.copyTpl(this.templatePath('Program.cs'), this.applicationName + '/Program.cs', this.templatedata);
         // Properties
@@ -343,7 +337,7 @@ var AspnetGenerator = yeoman.generators.Base.extend({
     if(!this.options['skip-install'] && (this.type === 'web' || this.type === 'webbasic')) {
       process.chdir(this.applicationName);
       this.installDependencies({
-        npm: true,
+        npm: false,
         bower: true,
         callback: this._showUsageHints.bind(this)
       });
diff --git a/templates/overrides/semantic/webbasic/bundleconfig.json b/templates/overrides/semantic/webbasic/bundleconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ae75176
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/overrides/semantic/webbasic/bundleconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+[
+  {
+    "outputFileName": "wwwroot/css/site.min.css",
+    "inputFiles": [
+      "wwwroot/css/site.css"
+    ],
+    "minify": {
+      "enabled": true
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "outputFileName": "wwwroot/js/site.min.js",
+    "inputFiles": [
+      "wwwroot/js/site.js"
+    ],
+    "minify": {
+      "enabled": true
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "outputFileName": "wwwroot/js/semantic.validation.min.js",
+    "inputFiles": [
+      "wwwroot/js/semantic.validation.js"
+    ],
+    "minify": {
+      "enabled": true
+    }
+  }
+]
diff --git a/templates/projects/webbasic/Gruntfile.js b/templates/projects/webbasic/Gruntfile.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 27b3117e..00000000
--- a/templates/projects/webbasic/Gruntfile.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  This file is the main entry point for defining grunt tasks and using grunt plugins.
-  Click here to learn more: https://docs.asp.net/en/latest/client-side/using-grunt.html
-*/
-"use strict";
-
-module.exports = function(grunt) {
-  grunt.initConfig({
-  });
-};
diff --git a/templates/projects/webbasic/bundleconfig.json b/templates/projects/webbasic/bundleconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6eadf24e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/projects/webbasic/bundleconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+[
+  {
+    "outputFileName": "wwwroot/css/site.min.css",
+    "inputFiles": [
+      "wwwroot/css/site.css"
+    ],
+    "minify": {
+      "enabled": true
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "outputFileName": "wwwroot/js/site.min.js",
+    "inputFiles": [
+      "wwwroot/js/site.js"
+    ],
+    "minify": {
+      "enabled": true
+    }
+  }
+]
diff --git a/templates/projects/webbasic/gulpfile.js b/templates/projects/webbasic/gulpfile.js
deleted file mode 100755
index 55871e61..00000000
--- a/templates/projects/webbasic/gulpfile.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-/// <binding Clean='clean' />
-"use strict";
-
-var gulp = require("gulp"),
-    rimraf = require("rimraf"),
-    concat = require("gulp-concat"),
-    cssmin = require("gulp-cssmin"),
-    uglify = require("gulp-uglify");
-
-var webroot = "./wwwroot/";
-
-var paths = {
-    js: webroot + "js/**/*.js",
-    minJs: webroot + "js/**/*.min.js",
-    css: webroot + "css/**/*.css",
-    minCss: webroot + "css/**/*.min.css",
-    concatJsDest: webroot + "js/site.min.js",
-    concatCssDest: webroot + "css/site.min.css"
-};
-
-gulp.task("clean:js", function (cb) {
-    rimraf(paths.concatJsDest, cb);
-});
-
-gulp.task("clean:css", function (cb) {
-    rimraf(paths.concatCssDest, cb);
-});
-
-gulp.task("clean", ["clean:js", "clean:css"]);
-
-gulp.task("min:js", function () {
-    return gulp.src([paths.js, "!" + paths.minJs], { base: "." })
-        .pipe(concat(paths.concatJsDest))
-        .pipe(uglify())
-        .pipe(gulp.dest("."));
-});
-
-gulp.task("min:css", function () {
-    return gulp.src([paths.css, "!" + paths.minCss])
-        .pipe(concat(paths.concatCssDest))
-        .pipe(cssmin())
-        .pipe(gulp.dest("."));
-});
-
-gulp.task("min", ["min:js", "min:css"]);
diff --git a/templates/projects/webbasic/package.json b/templates/projects/webbasic/package.json
deleted file mode 100755
index 16a66434..00000000
--- a/templates/projects/webbasic/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "<%= namespace.toLowerCase() %>",
-  "version": "0.0.0",
-  "private": true,
-  "devDependencies": {<% if(!grunt){ %>
-    "gulp": "3.9.1",
-    "gulp-concat": "2.6.0",
-    "gulp-cssmin": "0.1.7",
-    "gulp-uglify": "1.5.3",
-    "rimraf": "2.5.2"<% } %><% if(grunt){ %>
-    "grunt": "1.0.1"<% } %>
-  }
-}
diff --git a/templates/projects/webbasic/project.json b/templates/projects/webbasic/project.json
index 0ab37150..a651d37e 100755
--- a/templates/projects/webbasic/project.json
+++ b/templates/projects/webbasic/project.json
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@
   },
 
   "tools": {
+    "BundlerMinifier.Core": {
+      "version": "2.0.208",
+      "imports": [
+        "portable-net45+win8+dnxcore50",
+        "portable-net40+sl5+win8+wp8+wpa81"
+      ]
+    },
     "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Tools": {
       "version": "1.0.0-preview1-final",
       "imports": "portable-net45+win8+dnxcore50"
@@ -68,7 +75,7 @@
   },
 
   "scripts": {
-    "prepublish": [ "npm install", "bower install"<% if(!grunt){ %>, "gulp clean", "gulp min"<% } %> ],
+    "prepublish": [ "bower install" ],
     "postpublish": [ "dotnet publish-iis --publish-folder %publish:OutputPath% --framework %publish:FullTargetFramework%" ]
   },
 
diff --git a/test/test-core.js b/test/test-core.js
index b945541a..f1c305cb 100644
--- a/test/test-core.js
+++ b/test/test-core.js
@@ -555,53 +555,6 @@ describe('aspnet - Web Application (Semantic UI)', function() {
 
 });
 
-
-/*
- * yo aspnet Web Application Basic - Grunt option
- */
-describe('aspnet - Web Application Basic w/grunt', function() {
-
-  util.goCreateApplicationWithOptions('webbasic', 'gruntTest', 'bootstrap', {
-    grunt: 'grunt'
-  });
-
-  describe('Checking directories', function() {
-    it('Application directory created', function() {
-      assert.file('gruntTest/');
-    });
-
-    it('grunt file created', function() {
-      assert.file('gruntTest/Gruntfile.js');
-    });
-
-    it('gulpfile does NOT exist', function() {
-      assert.noFile('gruntTest/gulpfile.js');
-    });
-  });
-});
-
-/*
- * yo aspnet Web Application Basic - No Grunt option
- */
-describe('aspnet - Web Application Basic w/o grunt', function() {
-
-  util.goCreateApplication('webbasic', 'gulpTest');
-
-  describe('Checking directories', function() {
-    it('Application directory created', function() {
-      assert.file('gulpTest/');
-    });
-
-    it('gulp file created', function() {
-      assert.file('gulpTest/gulpfile.js');
-    });
-
-    it('grunt file does NOT exist', function() {
-      assert.noFile('gulpTest/Gruntfile.js');
-    });
-  });
-});
-
 /*
  * yo aspnet Web Application (Bootstrap)
  */
@@ -658,10 +611,9 @@ describe('aspnet - Web Application Basic (Bootstrap)', function() {
     'webTest/.bowerrc',
     'webTest/.gitignore',
     'webTest/bower.json',
+    'webTest/bundleconfig.json',
     'webTest/appsettings.json',
     'webTest/Controllers/HomeController.cs',
-    'webTest/gulpfile.js',
-    'webTest/package.json',
     'webTest/Program.cs',
     'webTest/project.json',
     'webTest/Properties/launchSettings.json',
@@ -759,8 +711,6 @@ describe('aspnet - Web Application Basic (Semantic UI)', function() {
     'webTest/bower.json',
     'webTest/appsettings.json',
     'webTest/Controllers/HomeController.cs',
-    'webTest/gulpfile.js',
-    'webTest/package.json',
     'webTest/Program.cs',
     'webTest/project.json',
     'webTest/Properties/launchSettings.json',