diff --git a/firebase.json b/firebase.json
index e72184b069..2af13c01ba 100644
--- a/firebase.json
+++ b/firebase.json
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@
     "ignore": [
       "firebase.json",
       "**/.*",
-      "**/node_modules/**"
+      "**/node_modules/**",
+      "docs/dart/**"
     ]
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 83750aff5e..771ca7aef5 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ function configLangs(langOption) {
   const fullSiteBuildTasks = ['build-compile', 'check-deploy', 'harp-compile'];
   const buildAllDocs = argv['_'] &&
     fullSiteBuildTasks.some((task) => argv['_'].indexOf(task) >= 0);
-  const langDefault = buildAllDocs ? 'all' : 'ts|js';
+  const langDefault = /*buildAllDocs ? 'all' :*/ 'ts|js';
   if (langOption === '') {
     lang = '';
     langs = [];
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ function harpCompile() {
 
   if(skipLangs && fs.existsSync(WWW) && backupApiHtmlFilesExist(WWW)) {
     gutil.log(`Harp site recompile: skipping recompilation of API docs for [${skipLangs}]`);
-    gutil.log(`API docs will be copied from existing ${WWW} folder.`)
+    gutil.log(`API docs will be copied from existing ${WWW} folder (if they exist).`)
     del.sync(`${WWW}-backup`); // remove existing backup if it exists
     renameIfExistsSync(WWW, `${WWW}-backup`);
   } else {
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ function restoreApiHtml() {
     const relApiDir = path.join('docs', lang, vers, 'api');
     const apiSubdir = path.join(WWW, relApiDir);
     const backupApiSubdir = path.join(`${WWW}-backup`, relApiDir);
-    if (fs.existsSync(backupApiSubdir) || argv.forceSkipApi !== true) {
+    if (fs.existsSync(backupApiSubdir)) {
       gutil.log(`cp ${backupApiSubdir} ${apiSubdir}`)
       fs.copySync(backupApiSubdir, apiSubdir);
     }
@@ -1081,6 +1081,7 @@ function backupApiHtmlFilesExist(folderName) {
   const vers = 'latest';
   var result = 1;
   skipLangs.forEach(lang => {
+    if (lang === 'dart') return true;
     const relApiDir = path.join('docs', lang, vers, 'api');
     const backupApiSubdir = path.join(folderName, relApiDir);
     if (!fs.existsSync(backupApiSubdir)) {
diff --git a/scripts/deploy-install.sh b/scripts/deploy-install.sh
index 6364f8fb52..5f0b31d9d0 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy-install.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy-install.sh
@@ -16,13 +16,5 @@ else
     travis_fold end install.ng2
 fi
 
-if [[ -e "$NG2DART_REPO" ]]; then
-    echo Angular2 Dart repo is already present at: $NG2DART_REPO
-elif [[ -n "$TRAVIS" ]]; then
-    ./scripts/install-ng2dart.sh
-# else
-#    echo WARNING: no Angular2 Dart repo found at: $NG2DART_REPO
-fi
-
 echo INSTALLED repos:
 ls -ld ../a*
diff --git a/scripts/install-dart-sdk.sh b/scripts/install-dart-sdk.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 5eb4e7e7e1..0000000000
--- a/scripts/install-dart-sdk.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -e -o pipefail
-
-[[ -z "$NGIO_ENV_DEFS" ]] && . ./scripts/env-set.sh
-
-if  [[ -z "$(type -t dart)" ]]; then
-    travis_fold start install.dart
-    echo INSTALLING Dart SDK and Dartium ...
-    
-    # URLs for sdk and dartium:
-    # https://storage.googleapis.com/dart-archive/channels/stable/release/latest/sdk/dartsdk-linux-x64-release.zip
-    # https://storage.googleapis.com/dart-archive/channels/stable/release/latest/dartium/dartium-macos-x64-release.zip
-
-    DART_ARCHIVE=https://storage.googleapis.com/dart-archive/channels
-    VERS=stable/release/latest
-    # VERS=stable/release/1.18.1 # If necessary, pin a specific version like this
-
-    mkUrl() {
-        local dir=$1
-        local pkg=$2
-        local arch=$3
-        local zip=$pkg-$_OS_NAME-$arch-release.zip
-        echo "$DART_ARCHIVE/$VERS/$dir/$zip";
-    }
-
-    getAndInstall() {
-        local dir=$1
-        local pkg=${2:-$dir};
-        local arch=${3:-x64}
-        local URL=$(mkUrl $dir $pkg $arch)
-        local exitStatus=0;
-        local zip=$(basename $URL)
-
-        echo "Getting $pkg from:"
-        echo "  $URL"
-
-        [[ ! -d "$TMP" ]] && mkdir "$TMP"
-        [[ ! -d "$PKG" ]] && mkdir "$PKG"
-
-        curl $URL > "$TMP/$zip" # 2> /dev/null
-
-        if [[ "1000" -lt "$(wc -c $TMP/$zip | awk '{print $1}')" ]]; then
-            unzip "$TMP/$zip" -d "$PKG" > /dev/null
-            rm -f "$TMP/$zip"
-            # PATH is set in ./scripts/env-set.sh
-        else
-            echo FAILED to download Dart $pkg. Check URL.
-            exitStatus=1;
-        fi
-    }
-
-    if getAndInstall sdk dartsdk; then
-        # Install Dartium
-        if [[ "$_OS_NAME" == "macos" ]]; then
-            getAndInstall dartium dartium ia32
-        else
-            getAndInstall dartium
-        fi
-        echo
-        dart --version
-    fi
-    travis_fold end install.dart
-else
-    echo Dart SDK appears to be installed: `type dart`
-    # PATH is set in ./scripts/env-set.sh
-    dart --version
-fi
diff --git a/scripts/install-ng2dart.sh b/scripts/install-ng2dart.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index a0e0283073..0000000000
--- a/scripts/install-ng2dart.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -e -o pipefail
-
-[[ -z "$NGIO_ENV_DEFS" ]] && . ./scripts/env-set.sh
-
-./scripts/install-dart-sdk.sh
-
-travis_fold start install.ng2dart
-if  [[ -z "$(type -t dart)" ]]; then
-    echo "No Dart SDK: aborting install of Angular2/Dart"
-    exit 1;
-elif [[ -e "$NG2DART_REPO" ]]; then
-    echo Angular2/Dart found at: $NG2DART_REPO
-else
-    echo GETTING Angular2/Dart from pub package ...
-    set -x
-    # Get ng2dart via pub on ng.io pubspec.yaml
-    pub upgrade > /dev/null
-
-    NG2DART_PUB=`find ~/.pub-cache/ -type d -name "angular2*" | xargs ls -dtr | tail -1`
-
-    cp -r $NG2DART_PUB $NG2DART_REPO
-fi
-
-# Run pub on ng2dart
-(cd $NG2DART_REPO && pub get)
-set +x
-travis_fold end install.ng2dart