diff --git a/client/README.md b/client/README.md
index b75516ce384197..5ba2586944b6e0 100644
--- a/client/README.md
+++ b/client/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 This is the entry point for the client
 Code that should only run on the client should be put here.
+
 NOTE(berks): For react specific stuff this should be the entry point
diff --git a/client/config.json b/client/config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f5ecb7649e2b7..00000000000000
--- a/client/config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "restApiRoot": "/api",
-  "remoting": {
-    "context": {
-      "enableHttpContext": false
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/client/config.local.js b/client/config.local.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e5058ced89b20d..00000000000000
--- a/client/config.local.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-var globalConfig = require('../common/config.global');
-
-module.exports = {
-  restApiRoot: globalConfig.restApi
-};
diff --git a/client/datasources.json b/client/datasources.json
deleted file mode 100644
index d6d2206bd6434f..00000000000000
--- a/client/datasources.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "remote": {
-    "name": "remote",
-    "connector": "remote"
-  },
-  "local": {
-    "name": "local",
-    "connector": "memory"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/client/datasources.local.js b/client/datasources.local.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f07ba41f355c1..00000000000000
--- a/client/datasources.local.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-var globalConfig = require('../common/config.global');
-
-module.exports = {
-  remote: {
-    url: globalConfig.restApiUrl
-  }
-};
diff --git a/client/loopbackClient.js b/client/loopbackClient.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f860ae72b2f36..00000000000000
--- a/client/loopbackClient.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-var loopback = require('loopback'),
-    boot = require('loopback-boot');
-
-var app = loopback();
-
-boot(app, __dirname);
-
-module.exports = app;
diff --git a/client/model-config.json b/client/model-config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 61e1e58d3d9e9c..00000000000000
--- a/client/model-config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "_meta": {
-    "sources": [
-      "../common/models",
-      "./models"
-    ]
-  },
-  "user": {
-    "dataSource": "remote"
-  },
-  "bonfire": {
-    "dataSource": "remote"
-  },
-  "challenge": {
-    "dataSource": "remote"
-  },
-  "comment": {
-    "dataSource": "remote"
-  },
-  "fieldGuide": {
-    "dataSource": "remote"
-  },
-  "job": {
-    "dataSource": "remote"
-  },
-  "nonprofit": {
-    "dataSource": "remote"
-  },
-  "story": {
-    "dataSource": "remote"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 28cef3e44a32cd..106748b8ab8ae9 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -4,16 +4,11 @@ var Rx = require('rx'),
   path = require('path'),
 
   // utils
+  plumber = require('gulp-plumber'),
   notify = require('gulp-notify'),
   debug = require('debug')('freecc:gulp'),
   bower = require('bower-main-files'),
 
-  // loopback client
-  browserify = require('browserify'),
-  boot = require('loopback-boot'),
-  envify = require('envify/custom'),
-  toVinylWithName = require('vinyl-source-stream'),
-
   // react app
   webpack = require('gulp-webpack'),
   webpackConfig = require('./webpack.config.js'),
@@ -67,57 +62,45 @@ var paths = {
   ]
 };
 
+function errorHandler() {
+  var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments);
+
+  // Send error to notification center with gulp-notify
+  notify.onError({
+    title: 'Compile Error',
+    message: '<%= error %>'
+  }).apply(this, args);
+
+  // Keep gulp from hanging on this task
+  this.emit('end');
+}
+
 gulp.task('inject', function() {
   gulp.src('views/home.jade')
+    .pipe(plumber({ errorHandler }))
     .pipe(inject(gulp.src(bower()), {
       //ignorePath: '/public'
     }))
     .pipe(gulp.dest('views'));
 });
 
-// NOTE(berks): not using this for now as loopback client is just too large
-gulp.task('loopback', function() {
-  var config = {
-    basedir: __dirname,
-    debug: true,
-    cache: {},
-    packageCache: {},
-    fullPaths: true,
-    standalone: paths.loopback.clientName
-  };
-
-  var b = browserify(config);
-
-  // compile loopback for the client
-  b.require(paths.loopback.client);
-
-  boot.compileToBrowserify(paths.loopback.root, b);
-
-  // sub process.env for proper strings
-  b.transform(envify({
-    NODE_ENV: 'development'
-  }));
-
-  return b.bundle()
-    .on('error', errorNotifier)
-    .pipe(toVinylWithName(paths.loopback.clientName + '.js'))
-    .pipe(gulp.dest(paths.publicJs));
-});
-
 gulp.task('pack-client', function() {
   return gulp.src(webpackConfig.entry)
+    .pipe(plumber({ errorHandler }))
     .pipe(webpack(webpackConfig))
     .pipe(gulp.dest(webpackConfig.output.path));
 });
 
 gulp.task('pack-watch', function() {
   return gulp.src(webpackConfig.entry)
+    .pipe(plumber({ errorHandler }))
     .pipe(webpack(Object.assign(webpackConfig, { watch: true })))
     .pipe(gulp.dest(webpackConfig.output.path));
 });
 
 gulp.task('pack-node', function() {
   return gulp.src(webpackConfigNode.entry)
+    .pipe(plumber({ errorHandler }))
     .pipe(webpack(webpackConfigNode))
     .pipe(gulp.dest(webpackConfigNode.output.path));
 });
@@ -174,6 +157,7 @@ gulp.task('lint', function() {
 
 gulp.task('less', function() {
   return gulp.src('./public/css/*.less')
+    .pipe(plumber({ errorHandler }))
     .pipe(less({
       paths: [ path.join(__dirname, 'less', 'includes') ]
     }))
@@ -188,15 +172,3 @@ gulp.task('watch', ['less', 'serve', 'sync'], function() {
 
 gulp.task('default', ['less', 'serve', 'sync', 'watch', 'pack-watch']);
 
-function errorNotifier() {
-  var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments);
-
-  // Send error to notification center with gulp-notify
-  notify.onError({
-    title: 'Compile Error',
-    message: '<%= error %>'
-  }).apply(this, args);
-
-  // Keep gulp from hanging on this task
-  this.emit('end');
-}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6ad19b0dba6529..675336c28fe582 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
     "gulp-inject": "~1.0.2",
     "gulp-nodemon": "^2.0.3",
     "gulp-notify": "^2.2.0",
+    "gulp-plumber": "^1.0.1",
     "istanbul": "^0.3.15",
     "loopback-explorer": "^1.7.2",
     "loopback-testing": "^1.1.0",