diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 68907e7e..b19cb8b1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,25 +32,10 @@ docpad run --env static
 
 Point your browser to: `http://localhost:9778/`
 
-## Deploy
+## Deployment
 
-While GitHub Pages is not used to host [fluiproject.org](https://docs.fluidproject.org), our deployment process requires that the generated site be pushed to the `deploy` branch in the project repo. The contents of the `deploy` branch will automatically be served as the contents are changed.
-
-To generate and push to the `deploy` branch on the project repo run the following:
-
-```shell
-npm run deploy
-```
-
-This runs the command:
-
-```shell
-docpad deploy-ghpages --env static
-```
-
-_**WARNING:** Deploying will upload the site to the `deploy` branch of the `origin` remote. If you have cloned
-from the production repository and you have push access, you will actually run the docs publication
-workflow against the live production branch, regardless of whichever branch you happen to be working on._
+1. Generate the static site: `docpad generate --env static`
+2. Commit the contents of `out` directory to the `deploy` branch (we are currently doing this manually, as the plugin we relied on previously is broken); when changes are pushed or merged to the `deploy` branch of the `fluid-project/infusion-docs` repo, CI will pick up and deploy them automatically
 
 ## A Note on DocPad plugins
 
diff --git a/docpad.js b/docpad.js
index b8a86c45..e5e7732e 100644
--- a/docpad.js
+++ b/docpad.js
@@ -87,15 +87,6 @@ module.exports = {
                 snippet: "shell",
                 stylus:  "css"
             }
-        },
-        markit: {
-            html: true,
-            plugins: ["markdown-it-anchor"],
-            "markdown-it-anchor": {}
-        },
-        ghpages: {
-            deployRemote: "origin",
-            deployBranch: "deploy"
         }
     },
     events: {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ef4341e3..e3de6291 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,28 +6,27 @@
     "repository": "https://github.com/fluid-project/infusion-docs",
     "scripts": {
         "docpad": "docpad run --env static --out out",
-        "deploy": "docpad deploy-ghpages --env static",
         "pretest": "docpad generate --env static --out out",
         "test": "node tests/all-tests.js"
     },
     "dependencies": {
-        "urijs": "1.19.0",
-        "docpad-plugin-ghpages": "2.6.1",
-        "docpad-plugin-handlebars": "2.4.0",
-        "docpad-plugin-highlightjs": "2.5.0",
-        "docpad-plugin-markit": "2.4.0",
-        "fs-extra": "4.0.2",
-        "markdown-it-anchor": "4.0.0"
+        "docpad": "6.82.5",
+        "docpad-plugin-handlebars": "github:waharnum/docpad-plugin-handlebars#fixFor6.8-build",
+        "docpad-plugin-highlightjs": "2.6.0",
+        "docpad-plugin-marked": "2.5.0",
+        "docpad-plugin-serve": "2.0.1",
+        "fs-extra": "7.0.1",
+        "urijs": "1.19.1"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
         "eslint-config-fluid": "1.3.0",
-        "gpii-grunt-lint-all": "1.0.5-dev.20180904T103657Z.c351ca9",
-        "gpii-express": "1.0.11",
-        "grunt": "1.0.1",
+        "gpii-grunt-lint-all": "1.0.5",
+        "gpii-express": "1.0.15",
+        "grunt": "1.0.3",
         "infusion": "3.0.0-dev.20171006T195039Z.a128358",
-        "jsdom": "11.3.0",
-        "kettle": "1.7.0",
-        "node-jqunit": "1.1.7",
-        "request": "2.83.0"
+        "jsdom": "13.0.0",
+        "kettle": "1.9.0",
+        "node-jqunit": "1.1.8",
+        "request": "2.88.0"
     }
 }