diff --git a/templates/package-builder/package.json b/templates/package-builder/package.json
index d3b248c..d5a87fc 100644
--- a/templates/package-builder/package.json
+++ b/templates/package-builder/package.json
@@ -10,24 +10,11 @@
   "author": "Microsoft",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@types/chalk": "^0.4.31",
-    "@types/semver": "^5.3.30",
-    "diff": "^2.2.2",
-    "gitignore-parser": "0.0.2",
-    "glob": "^7.0.3",
-    "lodash": "^4.11.1",
-    "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
-    "rimraf": "^2.5.2",
-    "semver": "^5.3.0",
-    "tar.gz": "^1.0.5"
+    "mkdirp": "^0.5.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/glob": "^5.0.30",
-    "@types/lodash": "^4.14.37",
     "@types/mkdirp": "^0.3.29",
     "@types/node": "^6.0.45",
-    "@types/node-uuid": "0.0.28",
-    "@types/rimraf": "0.0.28",
     "typescript": "^2.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/templates/package-builder/src/build/build.ts b/templates/package-builder/src/build/build.ts
index 8b83447..24168e5 100644
--- a/templates/package-builder/src/build/build.ts
+++ b/templates/package-builder/src/build/build.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,14 @@
-import * as glob from 'glob';
-import * as gitignore from 'gitignore-parser';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
-import * as _ from 'lodash';
 import * as mkdirp from 'mkdirp';
-import * as rimraf from 'rimraf';
 import * as childProcess from 'child_process';
-import * as targz from 'tar.gz';
 
 const isWindows = /^win/.test(process.platform);
-
-const dotNetPackages = [
+const packageIds = [
     'Microsoft.DotNet.Web.Spa.ProjectTemplates',
     'Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaTemplates'
 ];
+const packageVersion = `1.0.${ getBuildNumber() }`;
 
 function getBuildNumber(): string {
     if (process.env.APPVEYOR_BUILD_NUMBER) {
@@ -24,25 +19,18 @@ function getBuildNumber(): string {
     return Math.floor((new Date().valueOf() - new Date(2017, 0, 1).valueOf()) / (60*1000)) + '-local';
 }
 
-function buildDotNetNewNuGetPackages(outputDir: string) {
-    const dotNetPackageIds = _.values(dotNetPackages);
-    dotNetPackageIds.forEach(packageId => {
-        const dotNetNewNupkgPath = buildDotNetNewNuGetPackage(packageId);
-
-        // Move the .nupkg file to the output dir
-        mkdirp.sync(outputDir);
-        fs.renameSync(dotNetNewNupkgPath, path.join(outputDir, path.basename(dotNetNewNupkgPath)));
-    });
-}
-
-function buildDotNetNewNuGetPackage(packageId: string) {
+packageIds.forEach(packageId => {
     // Invoke NuGet to create the final package
     const packageSourceRootDir = path.join('../', packageId);
     const nuspecFilename = `${ packageId }.nuspec`;
-    const nugetExe = path.join(process.cwd(), './bin/NuGet.exe');
+    const nugetExe = path.resolve('./bin/NuGet.exe');
     const nugetStartInfo = { cwd: packageSourceRootDir, stdio: 'inherit' };
-    const packageVersion = `1.0.${ getBuildNumber() }`;
-    const nugetArgs = ['pack', nuspecFilename, '-Version', packageVersion];
+    const nugetArgs = [
+        'pack', nuspecFilename,
+        '-Version', packageVersion,
+        '-OutputDirectory', path.resolve('./artifacts')
+    ];
+
     if (isWindows) {
         // Invoke NuGet.exe directly
         childProcess.spawnSync(nugetExe, nugetArgs, nugetStartInfo);
@@ -51,8 +39,4 @@ function buildDotNetNewNuGetPackage(packageId: string) {
         nugetArgs.unshift(nugetExe);
         childProcess.spawnSync('mono', nugetArgs, nugetStartInfo);
     }
-
-    return glob.sync(path.join(packageSourceRootDir, './*.nupkg'))[0];
-}
-
-buildDotNetNewNuGetPackages('./artifacts');
+});