diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 8ed443851d39335252131e27b4ab492623a3b5ae..d0aaaabcfb94c69252ab860dc85fdbd0b3b0a158 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -77,8 +77,6 @@ Mirador uses the node.js runtime for its development environment, and to bundle
 #### The NPM package manager
 Dependencies are managed primarily with the NPM package manager, and releases are primarily distributed over npm. It is recommended that any new dependencies being added are tracked with a specific version in the `package.json` and installed with npm. The final build dependency is then copied into the `js/lib` directory for inclusion into Mirador. Only this copied final version of the dependency should be versioned (added to git).
 #### Javascript Resources
-#### Bower Package Manager [DEPRECATED]
-Some resources are managed with bower, but this is being phased out. It is recommended that no new dependency be added through bower unless it is truly unavailable on NPM.
 ### Project Management with Grunt
 [Grunt](http://gruntjs.com/) is a utility for managing repetitive tasks involved in the development process, such as building, linting, format-checking, and compressing files, running tests and generating coverage reports, and reloading the browser on file changes (for interactive feedback during feature development). A variety of tasks have been automated for developer convenience.
 #### Building and Compressing
diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index f7b29291923ddd0ee3facd247aef085dd46ad7f1..edb4a8ece3969ab2b3fdd3e1f22b1234c30b76d7 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
     'node_modules/i18next/i18next.min.js',
     'node_modules/i18next-browser-languagedetector/i18nextBrowserLanguageDetector.min.js',
     'node_modules/i18next-xhr-backend/i18nextXHRBackend.min.js',
-    'bower_components/simplePagination.js/jquery.simplePagination.js',
+    'node_modules/simple-pagination.js/jquery.simplePagination.js',
     'js/lib/modernizr.custom.js',
     'js/lib/sanitize-html.min.js',
     'node_modules/iiif-evented-canvas/dist/iiif-evented-canvas.umd.min.js',
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
           'node_modules/select2/dist/css/select2.min.css',
           'css/mirador.css',
           'css/material-icons.css',
-          'bower_components/simplePagination.js/simplePagination.css'
+          'node_modules/simple-pagination.js/simplePagination.css'
         ],
         dest: 'build/mirador/css/mirador-combined.css'
       }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 72bfa9433a20cba55d1cda4e1dfc90ea36d9b526..091b80ee92f20b4abca6219606a0861bfdb42a54 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ Mirador uses [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) and a build system to assemble, test
 
  1. Install [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/)
  2. Install the Grunt command line runner i.e. `npm install -g grunt-cli`
- 3. Install the Bower command line utility i.e. `npm install -g bower`
  1. Clone the Mirador repository
  1. Change into the Mirador directory
  1. Install all dependencies with `npm install`. Run `npm start`.
diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 727616b1444753863fc455dd251272f92b8d0796..de99abbdaa3514462aa48b5185b184a6aece6980 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
     "tests"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "sanitize-html": "~1.11.4",
-    "qtip2": "~2.2.1",
-    "simplePagination.js": "*"
   },
   "resolutions": {
     "jquery": ">=1.7.2"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 281b78e4b7b8158bcec4ea957225168802d155af..9d1cfb4e2e54ab2a66441e8fd95a69ea40da477f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
     "openseadragon": "^2.2.1",
     "paper": "^0.10.2",
     "select2": "^4.0.3",
+    "simple-pagination.js": "^1.6.0",
     "spectrum-colorpicker": "^1.8.0",
     "tinymce": "^4.1.7",
     "urijs": "^1.16.1"