diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 3e3be6ad..04f4f794 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -1,95 +1,8 @@
-/**
- * @file gulpfile.js
- *
- * Defines tasks that can be run on gulp.
- *
- * Summary: <ul>
- * <li> `test` - runs all the tests using mocha
- * <ul>
- * <li> `test:node`
- * <li> `test:nofail` - internally used for watching (due to bug on gulp-mocha)
- * </ul>`
- * <li> `watch:test` - watch for file changes and run tests
- * <li> `lint` - run `jshint`
- * <li> `coverage` - run `istanbul` with mocha to generate a report of test coverage
- * <li> `coveralls` - updates coveralls info
- * </ul>
- */
 'use strict';
 
 var gulp = require('gulp');
+var bitcoreTasks = require('bitcore-build');
 
-var coveralls = require('gulp-coveralls');
-var jshint = require('gulp-jshint');
-var mocha = require('gulp-mocha');
-var shell = require('gulp-shell');
+bitcoreTasks('node', {skipBrowser: true});
 
-
-function ignoreerror() {
-  /* jshint ignore:start */ // using `this` in this context is weird 
-  this.emit('end');
-  /* jshint ignore:end */
-}
-
-var files = ['lib/**/*.js'];
-var tests = ['test/**/*.js'];
-var alljs = files.concat(tests);
-
-
-/**
- * testing
- */
-
-var testmocha = function() {
-  return gulp.src(tests).pipe(new mocha({
-    reporter: 'spec'
-  }));
-}
-
-gulp.task('test', testmocha);
-
-gulp.task('test:nofail', function() {
-  return testmocha().on('error', ignoreerror);
-});
-
-
-/**
- * code quality and documentation
- */
-
-gulp.task('lint', function() {
-  return gulp.src(alljs)
-    .pipe(jshint())
-    .pipe(jshint.reporter('default'));
-});
-
-gulp.task('plato', shell.task(['node_modules/.bin/plato -d report -r -l .jshintrc -t bitcore-node lib']));
-
-gulp.task('coverage', shell.task(['node_modules/.bin/istanbul cover node_modules/.bin/_mocha -- --recursive']));
-
-gulp.task('coveralls', ['coverage'], function() {
-  gulp.src('coverage/lcov.info').pipe(coveralls());
-});
-
-
-/**
- * watch tasks
- */
-
-gulp.task('watch:test', function() {
-  // todo: only run tests that are linked to file changes by doing
-  // something smart like reading through the require statements
-  return gulp.watch(alljs, ['test']);
-});
-
-gulp.task('watch:coverage', function() {
-  // todo: only run tests that are linked to file changes by doing
-  // something smart like reading through the require statements
-  return gulp.watch(alljs, ['coverage']);
-});
-
-gulp.task('watch:lint', function() {
-  // todo: only lint files that are linked to file changes by doing
-  // something smart like reading through the require statements
-  return gulp.watch(alljs, ['lint']);
-});
+gulp.task('default', ['lint', 'coverage']);