diff --git a/guides/.gitignore b/guides/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b152df746bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.tmp
+node_modules
diff --git a/guides/Gemfile b/guides/Gemfile
index 050c4d43fbe..9266d25c6b4 100644
--- a/guides/Gemfile
+++ b/guides/Gemfile
@@ -5,6 +5,5 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
 gem "middleman", "~> 4.2"
 gem "oga", "~> 2.14"
 gem "nokogiri", "~>1.8.1"
-gem "middleman-blog", "~> 4.0"
 gem "middleman-s3_sync"
 gem "redcarpet"
diff --git a/guides/Gemfile.lock b/guides/Gemfile.lock
index 360000c1d5f..e5eb9485c3e 100644
--- a/guides/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/guides/Gemfile.lock
@@ -66,10 +66,6 @@ GEM
       middleman-cli (= 4.2.1)
       middleman-core (= 4.2.1)
       sass (>= 3.4.0, < 4.0)
-    middleman-blog (4.0.2)
-      addressable (~> 2.3)
-      middleman-core (~> 4.0)
-      tzinfo (>= 0.3.0)
     middleman-cli (4.2.1)
       thor (>= 0.17.0, < 2.0)
     middleman-core (4.2.1)
@@ -151,11 +147,10 @@ PLATFORMS
 
 DEPENDENCIES
   middleman (~> 4.2)
-  middleman-blog (~> 4.0)
   middleman-s3_sync
   nokogiri (~> 1.8.1)
   oga (~> 2.14)
   redcarpet
 
 BUNDLED WITH
-   1.15.1
+   1.16.1
diff --git a/guides/config.rb b/guides/config.rb
index b1e27e1058e..953d7aefb3b 100644
--- a/guides/config.rb
+++ b/guides/config.rb
@@ -120,5 +120,3 @@ def parse_table(table_body)
 configure :build do
   activate :asset_hash
 end
-
-set(:port, 4568)