diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 753aa80d..3a745d8f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -179,11 +179,6 @@ More examples can be seen at the above link for Protractor.
 
 All e2e tests are run with `gulp protractor`.
 
-**Notes:**
-
-- before running the Protractor tests, the application server must be running (start it with `gulp dev`)
-- the Protractor library used for the end-to-end tests may require installing the [Java JDK](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index-jsp-138363.html) beforehand.
-
 ##### Unit Tests
 
 Unit tests are used to test a single module (or "unit") at a time in order to ensure that each module performs as intended individually. In AngularJS this could be thought of as a single controller, directive, filter, service, etc. That is how the unit tests are organized in this boilerplate.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 866f6f27..03ee734e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "angularjs-gulp-browserify-boilerplate",
-  "version": "1.5.5",
+  "version": "1.5.6",
   "author": "Jake Marsh <jakemmarsh@gmail.com>",
   "description": "Boilerplate using AngularJS, SASS, Gulp, and Browserify while also utilizing best practices.",
   "repository": {
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@
     "karma-sauce-launcher": "^0.3.0",
     "merge-stream": "^1.0.0",
     "pretty-hrtime": "^1.0.1",
-    "protractor": "^3.0.0",
     "run-sequence": "^1.1.5",
     "tiny-lr": "^0.2.1",
     "uglifyify": "^3.0.1",