diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 9bb787ab0..2b902bc23 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ gulp.task('build', gulp.shell.task([
 // and JavaScript code generation.  If you need another localization or
 // generator language, just copy and edit the srcs. Only one localization
 // language can be included.
-gulp.task('blockly_javascript_en', ['build'], function() {
+gulp.task('blockly_javascript_en', function() {
   var srcs = [
     'blockly_compressed.js',
     'blocks_compressed.js',
@@ -99,4 +99,4 @@ gulp.task('watch', buildWatchTaskFn('blockly_javascript_en'));
 
 // The default task concatenates files for Node.js, using English language
 // blocks and the JavaScript generator.
-gulp.task('default', ['blockly_javascript_en']);
+gulp.task('default', ['build', 'blockly_javascript_en']);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 585c6a93d..6d5a792fb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "name": "Neil Fraser"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "prepare": "gulp default",
+    "prepare": "gulp blockly_javascript_en",
     "lint": "eslint .",
     "pretest": "tests/scripts/test_setup.sh",
     "test": "node tests/test_runner.js"
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "devDependencies": {
     "eslint": "^4.16",
+    "google-closure-library": "^20180506.0.0",
     "gulp": "^3.9.1",
     "gulp-concat": "^2.6.1",
     "gulp-insert": "^0.5.0",
@@ -48,8 +49,5 @@
     "sub": true,
     "undef": true,
     "unused": true
-  },
-  "dependencies": {
-    "google-closure-library": "^20180506.0.0"
   }
 }