diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 7c435591..8f7675fd 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -22,14 +22,12 @@ var indexTemplate = _.template(indexFile);
 var prodDependencies = [
   '<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.0/jquery.min.js"></script>',
   '<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/underscore.js/1.3.3/underscore-min.js"></script>',
-  '<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/backbone.js/0.9.2/backbone-min.js"></script>',
   '<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/raphael/2.1.0/raphael-min.js"></script>'
 ];
 
 var devDependencies = [
   '<script src="lib/jquery-1.8.0.min.js"></script>',
   '<script src="lib/underscore-min.js"></script>',
-  '<script src="lib/backbone-min.js"></script>',
   '<script src="lib/raphael-min.js"></script>'
 ];
 
diff --git a/src/template.index.html b/src/template.index.html
index 09c72510..7d5902be 100644
--- a/src/template.index.html
+++ b/src/template.index.html
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@
   {{jsDependencies}}
 
   <script src="lib/jquery-ui-1.9.0.custom.min.js"></script>
-  <script src="lib/backbone.localStorage-min.js"></script>
 
   <!-- Templates from here on out. Someone seriously needs to fix template
        management for node.js apps. I know there is the text plugin