diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index ad1148860..d00735331 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -241,13 +241,6 @@ group :production do # we don"t install these on travis to speed up test runs
 end
 
 group :development do
-  # Automatic test runs
-  gem "guard",          "2.16.1", require: false
-  gem "guard-rspec",    "4.7.3", require: false
-  gem "guard-rubocop",  "1.3.0", require: false
-  gem "rb-fsevent",     "0.10.3", require: false
-  gem "rb-inotify",     "0.10.1", require: false
-
   # Linters
   gem "haml_lint",      "0.35.0", require: false
   gem "pronto",         "0.10.0", require: false
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 27818de7a..c3d942158 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -280,23 +280,6 @@ GEM
       i18n (>= 0.7)
       multi_json
       request_store (>= 1.0)
-    guard (2.16.1)
-      formatador (>= 0.2.4)
-      listen (>= 2.7, < 4.0)
-      lumberjack (>= 1.0.12, < 2.0)
-      nenv (~> 0.1)
-      notiffany (~> 0.0)
-      pry (>= 0.9.12)
-      shellany (~> 0.0)
-      thor (>= 0.18.1)
-    guard-compat (1.2.1)
-    guard-rspec (4.7.3)
-      guard (~> 2.1)
-      guard-compat (~> 1.1)
-      rspec (>= 2.99.0, < 4.0)
-    guard-rubocop (1.3.0)
-      guard (~> 2.0)
-      rubocop (~> 0.20)
     haml (5.1.2)
       temple (>= 0.8.0)
       tilt
@@ -376,9 +359,6 @@ GEM
     kostya-sigar (2.0.8)
     leaflet-rails (1.6.0)
       rails (>= 4.2.0)
-    listen (3.2.1)
-      rb-fsevent (~> 0.10, >= 0.10.3)
-      rb-inotify (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.10)
     little-plugger (1.1.4)
     logging (2.2.2)
       little-plugger (~> 1.1)
@@ -388,7 +368,6 @@ GEM
     loofah (2.9.1)
       crass (~> 1.0.2)
       nokogiri (>= 1.5.9)
-    lumberjack (1.2.4)
     macaddr (1.7.2)
       systemu (~> 2.6.5)
     mail (2.7.1)
@@ -415,14 +394,10 @@ GEM
     multipart-post (2.1.1)
     mysql2 (0.5.3)
     naught (1.1.0)
-    nenv (0.3.0)
     nio4r (2.5.7)
     nokogiri (1.11.3)
       mini_portile2 (~> 2.5.0)
       racc (~> 1.4)
-    notiffany (0.1.3)
-      nenv (~> 0.1)
-      shellany (~> 0.0)
     oauth (0.5.4)
     oauth2 (1.4.4)
       faraday (>= 0.8, < 2.0)
@@ -671,7 +646,6 @@ GEM
       rake (>= 0.9, < 13)
       sass (~> 3.4.20)
     secure_headers (6.3.2)
-    shellany (0.0.1)
     shoulda-matchers (4.0.1)
       activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
     sidekiq (6.2.1)
@@ -816,9 +790,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   fog-aws (= 3.5.2)
   fuubar (= 2.5.0)
   gon (= 6.3.2)
-  guard (= 2.16.1)
-  guard-rspec (= 4.7.3)
-  guard-rubocop (= 1.3.0)
   haml_lint (= 0.35.0)
   hamlit (= 2.11.0)
   handlebars_assets (= 0.23.8)
@@ -886,8 +857,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rails-controller-testing (= 1.0.4)
   rails-i18n (= 5.1.3)
   rails-timeago (= 2.18.0)
-  rb-fsevent (= 0.10.3)
-  rb-inotify (= 0.10.1)
   redcarpet (= 3.5.1)
   redis (= 4.2.5)
   responders (= 3.0.1)
diff --git a/Guardfile b/Guardfile
deleted file mode 100644
index f10147bba..000000000
--- a/Guardfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-guard :rspec, cmd: "bin/spring rspec", all_on_start: false, all_after_pass: false do
-  watch(/^spec\/.+_spec\.rb$/)
-  watch(/^lib\/(.+)\.rb$/)       {|m| "spec/lib/#{m[1]}_spec.rb" }
-  watch(/spec\/spec_helper.rb/)  { "spec" }
-
-  # Rails example
-  watch(/^spec\/.+_spec\.rb$/)
-  watch(/^app\/(.+)\.rb$/)                            {|m| "spec/#{m[1]}_spec.rb" }
-  watch(/^lib\/(.+)\.rb$/)                            {|m| "spec/lib/#{m[1]}_spec.rb" }
-  watch(%r{^app/controllers/(.+)_(controller)\.rb$}) {|m|
-    ["spec/routing/#{m[1]}_routing_spec.rb",
-     "spec/#{m[2]}s/#{m[1]}_#{m[2]}_spec.rb",
-     "spec/acceptance/#{m[1]}_spec.rb"]
-  }
-  watch(%r{^spec/support/(.+)\.rb$})                  { "spec" }
-  watch("spec/spec_helper.rb")                        { "spec" }
-  watch("config/routes.rb")                           { "spec/routing" }
-  watch("app/controllers/application_controller.rb")  { "spec/controllers" }
-
-  # Capybara request specs
-  watch(%r{^app/views/(.+)/.*\.(erb|haml)$})          {|m| "spec/requests/#{m[1]}_spec.rb" }
-end
-
-guard :rubocop, all_on_start: false, keep_failed: false do
-  watch(/(?:app|config|db|lib|features|spec)\/.+\.rb$/)
-  watch(/(config.ru|Gemfile|Guardfile|Rakefile)$/)
-end
diff --git a/bin/guard b/bin/guard
deleted file mode 100755
index 0c1a532bd..000000000
--- a/bin/guard
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env ruby
-#
-# This file was generated by Bundler.
-#
-# The application 'guard' is installed as part of a gem, and
-# this file is here to facilitate running it.
-#
-
-require 'pathname'
-ENV['BUNDLE_GEMFILE'] ||= File.expand_path("../../Gemfile",
-  Pathname.new(__FILE__).realpath)
-
-require 'rubygems'
-require 'bundler/setup'
-
-load Gem.bin_path('guard', 'guard')