diff --git a/gulpfile.babel.js b/gulpfile.babel.js
index d9e0873..b854c82 100644
--- a/gulpfile.babel.js
+++ b/gulpfile.babel.js
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ import projectPaths from './config/projectPaths'
 gulp.task('build', ['build:core', 'build:react'])
 gulp.task('build:prod', ['production', 'build'])
 
+gulp.task('build:core', () => buildFile(projectPaths.entry, 'index'))
+gulp.task('build:react', () => buildFile(projectPaths.reactEntry, 'react'))
+
 
 /**
  * Sets the current chain of tasks to 'production mode'.
@@ -30,18 +33,6 @@ gulp.task('production', () => {
 })
 
 
-/**
- * Build the core library.
- */
-gulp.task('build:core', () => buildFile(projectPaths.entry, 'index'))
-
-
-/**
- * Build the react run modules.
- */
-gulp.task('build:react', () => buildFile(projectPaths.reactEntry, 'react'))
-
-
 /**
  * Run the test suite once.
  */
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 086a0ef..bc8f770 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^3.5.1",
     "gulp": "^3.9.0",
     "gulp-env": "^0.2.0",
-    "karma": "^0.13.22",
+    "karma": "^1.1.1",
     "karma-chrome-launcher": "^0.2.1",
     "karma-coverage": "^0.5.5",
     "karma-firefox-launcher": "^0.1.6",
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     "webpack-stream": "^2.1.1"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "karma": "^1.1.1",
     "lodash": "^4.2.1",
     "mediaquery": "0.0.3",
     "redux": "^3.5.2"
diff --git a/src/components/stylesheet.js b/src/components/stylesheet.js
index 9c3273a..4468a41 100644
--- a/src/components/stylesheet.js
+++ b/src/components/stylesheet.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // external imports
-import {connect} from 'react-redux'
+// import {connect} from 'react-redux'
 import mapValues from 'lodash/mapValues'
 import sortBy from 'lodash/sortBy'
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ const defaultOptions = {
 
 // export a higher order component
 export default (stylesheet, opts) => (component) => (
-    connect(
+    require('react-redux').connect( // eslint-disable-line no-undef
         mapStateToPropsFactory(stylesheet, {...defaultOptions, ...opts})
     )(component)
 )
diff --git a/tests/test_stylesheet.js b/tests/test_stylesheet.js
index e7a0348..aa26e10 100644
--- a/tests/test_stylesheet.js
+++ b/tests/test_stylesheet.js
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+
+import 'babel-polyfill'
+
 // local imports
 import {
     parsePattern,
@@ -5,9 +8,9 @@ import {
     sortKeys,
     transformStyle,
 } from '../src/components/stylesheet'
-
-// fix the testing environment
-import 'babel-polyfill'
+// import {parsePattern} from 'components/stylesheet'
+// // fix the testing environment
+// import foo from 'components/stylesheet'
 
 describe('ReactStyleSheet', function () {
     it("can parse the relevant data from style patterns", function() {