diff --git a/cookiecutter.json b/cookiecutter.json
index e6687822..d1c0b26d 100644
--- a/cookiecutter.json
+++ b/cookiecutter.json
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
   "project_name": "My Awesome Project",
   "project_slug": "{{ cookiecutter.project_name.lower()|replace(' ', '_')|replace('-', '_') }}",
   "description": "Behold My Awesome Project!",
-  "author_name": "Daniel Roy Greenfeld",
-  "email": "{{ cookiecutter.author_name.lower()|replace(' ', '-') }}@example.com",
+  "author_name": "{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}",
   "domain_name": "example.com",
+  "email": "{{ cookiecutter.author_name.lower()|replace(' ', '-') }}@example.com",
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "open_source_license": [
     "MIT",
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@
   ],
   "js_task_runner": [
     "None",
-    "Gulp",
-    "Grunt"
+    "Gulp"
   ],
   "custom_bootstrap_compilation": "n",
   "use_compressor": "n",
diff --git a/docs/project-generation-options.rst b/docs/project-generation-options.rst
index 4c46cbdc..476d65af 100644
--- a/docs/project-generation-options.rst
+++ b/docs/project-generation-options.rst
@@ -60,9 +60,8 @@ postgresql_version [1]
 js_task_runner [1]
     Select a JavaScript task runner. The choices are:
 
-    1. Gulp_
-    2. Grunt_
-    3. None
+    1. None
+    2. Gulp_
 
 custom_bootstrap_compilation [n]
     Indicates whether the project should support Bootstrap recompilation
@@ -114,7 +113,6 @@ debug [n]
 .. _PostgreSQL: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/
 
 .. _Gulp: https://github.com/gulpjs/gulp
-.. _Grunt: https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt
 
 .. _Django Compressor: https://github.com/django-compressor/django-compressor
 
diff --git a/hooks/post_gen_project.py b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
index 5e60b23a..884590ac 100644
--- a/hooks/post_gen_project.py
+++ b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
@@ -67,12 +67,6 @@ def remove_heroku_files():
         os.remove(file_name)
 
 
-def remove_grunt_files():
-    file_names = ["Gruntfile.js"]
-    for file_name in file_names:
-        os.remove(file_name)
-
-
 def remove_gulp_files():
     file_names = ["gulpfile.js"]
     for file_name in file_names:
@@ -264,16 +258,11 @@ def main():
         if "{{ cookiecutter.keep_local_envs_in_vcs }}".lower() == "y":
             append_to_gitignore_file("!.envs/.local/")
 
-    if "{{ cookiecutter.js_task_runner}}".lower() == "gulp":
-        remove_grunt_files()
-    elif "{{ cookiecutter.js_task_runner}}".lower() == "grunt":
+    if "{{ cookiecutter.js_task_runner}}".lower() == "none":
         remove_gulp_files()
-    else:
-        remove_gulp_files()
-        remove_grunt_files()
         remove_packagejson_file()
     if (
-        "{{ cookiecutter.js_task_runner }}".lower() in ["grunt", "gulp"]
+        "{{ cookiecutter.js_task_runner }}".lower() != "none"
         and "{{ cookiecutter.use_docker }}".lower() == "y"
     ):
         print(
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitignore b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitignore
index 84b7e6d6..3cabaac2 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitignore
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitignore
@@ -105,9 +105,6 @@ coverage
 # nyc test coverage
 .nyc_output
 
-# Grunt intermediate storage (http://gruntjs.com/creating-plugins#storing-task-files)
-.grunt
-
 # Bower dependency directory (https://bower.io/)
 bower_components
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/Gruntfile.js b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/Gruntfile.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b225266c..00000000
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/Gruntfile.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,144 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = function (grunt) {
-
-  var appConfig = grunt.file.readJSON('package.json');
-
-  // Load grunt tasks automatically
-  // see: https://github.com/sindresorhus/load-grunt-tasks
-  require('load-grunt-tasks')(grunt);
-
-  // Time how long tasks take. Can help when optimizing build times
-  // see: https://npmjs.org/package/time-grunt
-  require('time-grunt')(grunt);
-
-  var pathsConfig = function (appName) {
-    this.app = appName || appConfig.name;
-
-    return {
-      app: this.app,
-      templates: this.app + '/templates',
-      css: this.app + '/static/css',
-      sass: this.app + '/static/sass',
-      fonts: this.app + '/static/fonts',
-      images: this.app + '/static/images',
-      js: this.app + '/static/js',
-      manageScript: 'manage.py',
-    }
-  };
-
-  grunt.initConfig({
-
-    paths: pathsConfig(),
-    pkg: appConfig,
-
-    // see: https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt-contrib-watch
-    watch: {
-      gruntfile: {
-        files: ['Gruntfile.js']
-      },
-      sass: {
-        files: ['<%= paths.sass %>/**/*.{scss,sass}'],
-        tasks: ['sass:dev'],
-        options: {
-          atBegin: true
-        }
-      },
-      livereload: {
-        files: [
-          '<%= paths.js %>/**/*.js',
-          '<%= paths.sass %>/**/*.{scss,sass}',
-          '<%= paths.app %>/**/*.html'
-          ],
-        options: {
-          spawn: false,
-          livereload: true,
-        },
-      },
-    },
-
-    // see: https://github.com/sindresorhus/grunt-sass
-    sass: {
-      dev: {
-          options: {
-              outputStyle: 'nested',
-{% if cookiecutter.custom_bootstrap_compilation == 'y' %}
-              includePaths: ['node_modules/bootstrap/scss'],
-{% endif %}
-              sourceMap: false,
-              precision: 10
-          },
-          files: {
-              '<%= paths.css %>/project.css': '<%= paths.sass %>/project.scss'
-          },
-      },
-      dist: {
-          options: {
-              outputStyle: 'compressed',
-{% if cookiecutter.custom_bootstrap_compilation == 'y' %}
-              includePaths: ['node_modules/bootstrap/scss'],
-{% endif %}
-              sourceMap: false,
-              precision: 10
-          },
-          files: {
-              '<%= paths.css %>/project.css': '<%= paths.sass %>/project.scss'
-          },
-      }
-    },
-
-    //see https://github.com/nDmitry/grunt-postcss
-    postcss: {
-      options: {
-        map: true, // inline sourcemaps
-
-        processors: [
-          require('pixrem')(), // add fallbacks for rem units
-          require('autoprefixer')({browsers: [
-            'Android 2.3',
-            'Android >= 4',
-            'Chrome >= 20',
-            'Firefox >= 24',
-            'Explorer >= 8',
-            'iOS >= 6',
-            'Opera >= 12',
-            'Safari >= 6'
-          ]}), // add vendor prefixes
-          require('cssnano')() // minify the result
-        ]
-      },
-      dist: {
-        src: '<%= paths.css %>/*.css'
-      }
-    },
-
-    // see: https://npmjs.org/package/grunt-bg-shell
-    bgShell: {
-      _defaults: {
-        bg: true
-      },
-      runDjango: {
-        cmd: 'python <%= paths.manageScript %> runserver'
-      },
-      {% if cookiecutter.use_mailhog == "y" and cookiecutter.use_docker == 'n' -%}runMailHog: {
-        cmd: './mailhog'
-      },{%- endif %}
-    }
-  });
-
-  grunt.registerTask('serve', [
-    {% if cookiecutter.use_mailhog == "y" and cookiecutter.use_docker == 'n' -%}
-    'bgShell:runMailHog',
-    {%- endif %}
-    'bgShell:runDjango',
-    'watch'
-  ]);
-
-  grunt.registerTask('build', [
-    'sass:dist',
-    'postcss'
-  ]);
-
-  grunt.registerTask('default', [
-    'build'
-  ]);
-
-};
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/package.json b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/package.json
index acaae12a..f32c41a2 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/package.json
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/package.json
@@ -3,28 +3,7 @@
   "version": "{{ cookiecutter.version }}",
   "dependencies": {},
   "devDependencies": {
-    {% if cookiecutter.js_task_runner == 'Grunt' %}
-    "autoprefixer": "~8.1.0",
-    {% if cookiecutter.custom_bootstrap_compilation == 'y' %}
-    "bootstrap": "^4.0.0",
-    {% endif %}
-    "connect-livereload": "~0.6.0",
-    "cssnano": "~3.10.0",
-    "grunt": "~1.0.2",
-    "grunt-bg-shell": "~2.3.1",
-    "grunt-contrib-watch": "~1.0.0",
-    "grunt-postcss": "~0.9.0",
-    "grunt-sass": "~2.1.0",
-    {% if cookiecutter.custom_bootstrap_compilation == 'y' %}
-    "jquery": "^3.2.1-slim",
-    {% endif %}
-    "load-grunt-tasks": "~3.2.0",
-    "pixrem": "~4.0.1",
-    {% if cookiecutter.custom_bootstrap_compilation == 'y' %}
-    "popper.js": "^1.12.3",
-    {% endif %}
-    "time-grunt": "~1.2.1"
-    {% elif cookiecutter.js_task_runner == 'Gulp' %}
+    {% if cookiecutter.js_task_runner == 'Gulp' %}
     {% if cookiecutter.custom_bootstrap_compilation == 'y' %}
     "bootstrap": "^4.0.0",
     {% endif %}
@@ -54,11 +33,8 @@
     "node": ">=0.8.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    {% if cookiecutter.js_task_runner == 'Grunt' %}
-    "dev": "grunt serve"
-    {% elif cookiecutter.js_task_runner == 'Gulp' %}
+    {% if cookiecutter.js_task_runner == 'Gulp' %}
     "dev": "gulp"
     {% endif %}
-
   }
 }