diff --git a/build-system/tasks/e2e/index.js b/build-system/tasks/e2e/index.js
index 18047e453a880..49a9eece41c81 100644
--- a/build-system/tasks/e2e/index.js
+++ b/build-system/tasks/e2e/index.js
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ const TEST_RETRIES = 2;
 let webServerProcess_;
 
 function installPackages_() {
+  log('Running', cyan('yarn'), 'to install packages...');
   execOrDie('npx yarn --cwd build-system/tasks/e2e', {'stdio': 'ignore'});
 }
 
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ function buildRuntime_() {
 }
 
 function launchWebServer_() {
+  log('Launching webserver at', cyan(`http://${HOST}:${PORT}`) + '...');
   webServerProcess_ = execScriptAsync(
     `gulp serve --compiled --host ${HOST} --port ${PORT}`,
     {stdio: 'ignore'}
@@ -114,6 +116,7 @@ async function e2e() {
 
   // run tests
   if (!argv.watch) {
+    log('Running tests...');
     const mocha = createMocha_();
 
     // specify tests to run
diff --git a/build-system/tasks/e2e/package.json b/build-system/tasks/e2e/package.json
index ec1d99637732a..7ee09b2d88d75 100644
--- a/build-system/tasks/e2e/package.json
+++ b/build-system/tasks/e2e/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "name": "gulp-e2e",
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "description": "Gulp e2e",
-  "dependencies": {
+  "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/register": "7.4.4",
     "babel-regenerator-runtime": "6.5.0",
     "chromedriver": "74.0.0",
diff --git a/build-system/tasks/visual-diff/package.json b/build-system/tasks/visual-diff/package.json
index da5a378e9bbfc..99888a4634520 100644
--- a/build-system/tasks/visual-diff/package.json
+++ b/build-system/tasks/visual-diff/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "name": "gulp-visual-diff",
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "description": "Gulp visual diff",
-  "dependencies": {
+  "devDependencies": {
     "@percy/puppeteer": "0.4.0",
     "puppeteer": "1.9.0"
   }