diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6efd9ae9..dd36e73b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 node_modules
-bower_components
 _site
 _build
 Gemfile.lock
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index dc78f487..5e40d885 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ cache:
   bundler: true
   directories:
   - $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/node_modules
-  - $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/bower_components
   - $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/_site/media
 
 addons:
diff --git a/_ci/setup.sh b/_ci/setup.sh
index 4f979053..fef53ce0 100755
--- a/_ci/setup.sh
+++ b/_ci/setup.sh
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ echo "         Installing dependencies "
 echo "============================================="
 echo "$(tput sgr0)" # reset
 
-npm install gulpjs/gulp.git#4.0 bower -g
+npm install gulpjs/gulp.git#4.0 -g
 npm install
-bower install
 
 # Travis does that automatically after selecting ruby
 #bundle install
diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
deleted file mode 100644
index c0c6f49b..00000000
--- a/bower.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "kremalicious3",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
-  "homepage": "http://kremalicious.com",
-  "authors": [
-    "Matthias Kretschmann <m@kretschmann.io>"
-  ],
-  "description": "Blog of Matthias Kretschmann",
-  "license": "MIT",
-  "dependencies": {
-    "time-elements": ">=0.4.0"
-  },
-  "ignore": [
-    "**/.*",
-    "node_modules",
-    "bower_components",
-    "test",
-    "tests"
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7d575b47..f66137ce 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     "picturefill": ">=2.3.1",
     "simple-jekyll-search": "1.1.8",
     "svg4everybody": ">=0.0.2",
+    "time-elements": ">=0.6.1",
     "vex-js": ">=2.3.4",
     "webcomponents.js": ">=0.7.1"
   },