diff --git a/Gruntfile.coffee b/Gruntfile.coffee
index 3dbd37175..6f97306e8 100755
--- a/Gruntfile.coffee
+++ b/Gruntfile.coffee
@@ -358,12 +358,10 @@ module.exports = (grunt) ->
     ]
 
   grunt.registerTask 'beta', [
-    'checkbranch:master'
     'shell:beta'
   ]
 
   grunt.registerTask 'stable', [
-    'checkbranch:bstable'
     'shell:stable'
   ]
 
diff --git a/npm-shrinkwrap.json b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
index c4634b83a..aee77294d 100644
--- a/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
@@ -197,16 +197,6 @@
         }
       }
     },
-    "grunt-checkbranch": {
-      "version": "0.3.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/grunt-checkbranch/-/grunt-checkbranch-0.3.1.tgz",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "shelljs": {
-          "version": "0.3.0",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/shelljs/-/shelljs-0.3.0.tgz"
-        }
-      }
-    },
     "grunt-concurrent": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/grunt-concurrent/-/grunt-concurrent-1.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c4520fb8d..85f12a213 100755
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "font-awesome": "4.3.0",
     "grunt": "^0.4.5",
-    "grunt-checkbranch": "^0.3.1",
     "grunt-concurrent": "^1.0.0",
     "grunt-contrib-clean": "^0.6.0",
     "grunt-contrib-coffee": "^0.13.0",