diff --git a/__tests__/__snapshots__/fetchers.js.snap b/__tests__/__snapshots__/fetchers.js.snap
index 8bb05b8e1e..3d46fd719d 100644
--- a/__tests__/__snapshots__/fetchers.js.snap
+++ b/__tests__/__snapshots__/fetchers.js.snap
@@ -1 +1 @@
-exports[`test TarballFetcher.fetch throws 1`] = `"https://github.com/PolymerElements/font-roboto/archive/2fd5c7bd715a24fb5b250298a140a3ba1b71fe46.tar.gz: Bad hash. Expected foo but got 9689b3b48d63ff70f170a192bec3c01b04f58f45 "`;
+exports[`test TarballFetcher.fetch throws on invalid hash 1`] = `"https://github.com/sindresorhus/beeper/archive/master.tar.gz: Bad hash. Expected foo but got a32262ca1e22a3746b970936d3944b4bfd6cb9e9 "`;
diff --git a/__tests__/fetchers.js b/__tests__/fetchers.js
index ef1551ce99..b172f15472 100644
--- a/__tests__/fetchers.js
+++ b/__tests__/fetchers.js
@@ -59,37 +59,37 @@ test('GitFetcher.fetch', async () => {
   const dir = await mkdir('git-fetcher');
   const fetcher = new GitFetcher(dir, {
     type: 'git',
-    reference: 'https://github.com/PolymerElements/font-roboto',
-    hash: '2fd5c7bd715a24fb5b250298a140a3ba1b71fe46',
-    registry: 'bower',
+    reference: 'https://github.com/sindresorhus/beeper',
+    hash: '8beb0413a8028ca2d52dbb86c75f42069535591b',
+    registry: 'npm',
   }, await createConfig());
   await fetcher.fetch();
-  const name = (await fs.readJson(path.join(dir, 'bower.json'))).name;
-  expect(name).toBe('font-roboto');
+  const name = (await fs.readJson(path.join(dir, 'package.json'))).name;
+  expect(name).toBe('beeper');
 });
 
 test('TarballFetcher.fetch', async () => {
   const dir = await mkdir('tarball-fetcher');
   const fetcher = new TarballFetcher(dir, {
     type: 'tarball',
-    hash: '9689b3b48d63ff70f170a192bec3c01b04f58f45',
-    reference: 'https://github.com/PolymerElements/font-roboto/archive/2fd5c7bd715a24fb5b250298a140a3ba1b71fe46.tar.gz',
-    registry: 'bower',
+    hash: 'a32262ca1e22a3746b970936d3944b4bfd6cb9e9',
+    reference: 'https://github.com/sindresorhus/beeper/archive/master.tar.gz',
+    registry: 'npm',
   }, await createConfig());
 
   await fetcher.fetch();
-  const name = (await fs.readJson(path.join(dir, 'bower.json'))).name;
-  expect(name).toBe('font-roboto');
+  const name = (await fs.readJson(path.join(dir, 'package.json'))).name;
+  expect(name).toBe('beeper');
 });
 
-test('TarballFetcher.fetch throws', async () => {
+test('TarballFetcher.fetch throws on invalid hash', async () => {
   const dir = await mkdir('tarball-fetcher');
-  const url = 'https://github.com/PolymerElements/font-roboto/archive/2fd5c7bd715a24fb5b250298a140a3ba1b71fe46.tar.gz';
+  const url = 'https://github.com/sindresorhus/beeper/archive/master.tar.gz';
   const fetcher = new TarballFetcher(dir, {
     type: 'tarball',
     hash: 'foo',
     reference: url,
-    registry: 'bower',
+    registry: 'npm',
   }, await createConfig());
   let error;
   try {
@@ -104,11 +104,11 @@ test('TarballFetcher.fetch supports local ungzipped tarball', async () => {
   const dir = await mkdir('tarball-fetcher');
   const fetcher = new LocalTarballFetcher(dir, {
     type: 'tarball',
-    hash: '76d4316a3965259f7074f167f44a7a7a393884be',
+    hash: '25c5098052a7bd322c7db80c26852e9209f98d4f',
     reference: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'fetchers', 'tarball', 'ungzipped.tar'),
-    registry: 'bower',
+    registry: 'npm',
   }, await createConfig());
   await fetcher.fetch();
-  const name = (await fs.readJson(path.join(dir, 'bower.json'))).name;
-  expect(name).toBe('font-roboto');
+  const name = (await fs.readJson(path.join(dir, 'package.json'))).name;
+  expect(name).toBe('beeper');
 });
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/fetchers/tarball/ungzipped.tar b/__tests__/fixtures/fetchers/tarball/ungzipped.tar
index b929ea49b2..3f1d0252c9 100644
Binary files a/__tests__/fixtures/fetchers/tarball/ungzipped.tar and b/__tests__/fixtures/fetchers/tarball/ungzipped.tar differ
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/request-cache/GET/codeload.github.com/sindresorhus/beeper/tar.gz/master.bin b/__tests__/fixtures/request-cache/GET/codeload.github.com/sindresorhus/beeper/tar.gz/master.bin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e55a3e24ad
Binary files /dev/null and b/__tests__/fixtures/request-cache/GET/codeload.github.com/sindresorhus/beeper/tar.gz/master.bin differ
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/request-cache/GET/github.com/sindresorhus/beeper/archive/master.tar.gz.bin b/__tests__/fixtures/request-cache/GET/github.com/sindresorhus/beeper/archive/master.tar.gz.bin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4468f8d629
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/request-cache/GET/github.com/sindresorhus/beeper/archive/master.tar.gz.bin
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+HTTP/1.1 302 Found
+Server: GitHub.com
+Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 15:11:17 GMT
+Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
+Transfer-Encoding: chunked
+Status: 302 Found
+Cache-Control: no-cache
+Vary: X-PJAX
+Location: https://codeload.github.com/sindresorhus/beeper/tar.gz/master
+X-UA-Compatible: IE=Edge,chrome=1
+Set-Cookie: logged_in=no; domain=.github.com; path=/; expires=Sun, 26 Oct 2036 15:11:17 -0000; secure; HttpOnly
+Set-Cookie: _gh_sess=eyJzZXNzaW9uX2lkIjoiY2FkM2U3MzA5YWNjZGQyMmFmMjNhOWM0Nzk5OGNhNDciLCJzcHlfcmVwbyI6InNpbmRyZXNvcmh1cy9iZWVwZXIiLCJzcHlfcmVwb19hdCI6MTQ3NzQ5NDY3N30%3D--3b520aa753547a6a6f489fc7740d05e7d735bde8; path=/; secure; HttpOnly
+X-Request-Id: 45b91d50058c9f0ad6a1b5de1e42ee4a
+X-Runtime: 0.018190
+Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'none'; base-uri 'self'; block-all-mixed-content; child-src render.githubusercontent.com; connect-src 'self' uploads.github.com status.github.com api.github.com www.google-analytics.com github-cloud.s3.amazonaws.com wss://live.github.com; font-src assets-cdn.github.com; form-action 'self' github.com gist.github.com; frame-ancestors 'none'; frame-src render.githubusercontent.com; img-src 'self' data: assets-cdn.github.com identicons.github.com collector.githubapp.com github-cloud.s3.amazonaws.com *.githubusercontent.com; media-src 'none'; script-src assets-cdn.github.com; style-src 'unsafe-inline' assets-cdn.github.com
+Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains; preload
+Public-Key-Pins: max-age=5184000; pin-sha256="WoiWRyIOVNa9ihaBciRSC7XHjliYS9VwUGOIud4PB18="; pin-sha256="RRM1dGqnDFsCJXBTHky16vi1obOlCgFFn/yOhI/y+ho="; pin-sha256="k2v657xBsOVe1PQRwOsHsw3bsGT2VzIqz5K+59sNQws="; pin-sha256="K87oWBWM9UZfyddvDfoxL+8lpNyoUB2ptGtn0fv6G2Q="; pin-sha256="IQBnNBEiFuhj+8x6X8XLgh01V9Ic5/V3IRQLNFFc7v4="; pin-sha256="iie1VXtL7HzAMF+/PVPR9xzT80kQxdZeJ+zduCB3uj0="; pin-sha256="LvRiGEjRqfzurezaWuj8Wie2gyHMrW5Q06LspMnox7A="; includeSubDomains
+X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
+X-Frame-Options: deny
+X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block
+Vary: Accept-Encoding
+X-Served-By: ea1e1d06ad877450adf08d122b863cf0
+X-GitHub-Request-Id: 5284F033:6C7B:A1155BE:5810C795
+
+7f
+<html><body>You are being <a href="https://codeload.github.com/sindresorhus/beeper/tar.gz/master">redirected</a>.</body></html>
+0
+
diff --git a/__tests__/lockfile.js b/__tests__/lockfile.js
index 6f9a7a2a0c..419b7a4822 100644
--- a/__tests__/lockfile.js
+++ b/__tests__/lockfile.js
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ test("Lockfile.getLockfile", () => {
       },
       _remote: {
         resolved: "http://example.com/barfoo",
-        registry: "bower",
+        registry: "yarn",
       },
     },
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ test("Lockfile.getLockfile", () => {
       version: "0.0.1",
       uid: "0.1.0",
       resolved: "http://example.com/barfoo",
-      registry: "bower",
+      registry: "yarn",
       dependencies: {yes: "no"},
       optionalDependencies: {no: "yes"},
       permissions: {foo: "bar"},
diff --git a/__tests__/package-resolver.js b/__tests__/package-resolver.js
index 0aec435c37..9e5691dc0d 100644
--- a/__tests__/package-resolver.js
+++ b/__tests__/package-resolver.js
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ function addTest(pattern, registry = 'npm') {
   });
 }
 
-addTest('github:PolymerElements/paper-elements', 'bower'); // github url
-addTest('https://github.com/PolymerElements/font-roboto.git', 'bower'); // hosted git url
 addTest('https://github.com/npm-ml/re'); // git url with no .git
 addTest('https://bitbucket.org/hgarcia/node-bitbucket-api.git'); // hosted git url
 addTest('https://github.com/PolymerElements/font-roboto/archive/2fd5c7bd715a24fb5b250298a140a3ba1b71fe46.tar.gz'); // tarball
diff --git a/src/cli/commands/generate-lock-entry.js b/src/cli/commands/generate-lock-entry.js
index d305a28eec..456fc17a56 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/generate-lock-entry.js
+++ b/src/cli/commands/generate-lock-entry.js
@@ -52,6 +52,5 @@ export function setFlags(commander: Object) {
 export const examples = [
   'generate-lock-entry',
   'generate-lock-entry --use-manifest ./package.json',
-  'generate-lock-entry --registry bower',
   'generate-lock-entry --resolved local-file.tgz#hash',
 ];
diff --git a/src/config.js b/src/config.js
index 4f3235d5de..9307be8ccd 100644
--- a/src/config.js
+++ b/src/config.js
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ export default class Config {
     if (manifest) {
       return manifest;
     } else {
-      throw new MessageError(`Couldn't find a package.json (or bower.json) file in ${dir}`);
+      throw new MessageError(`Couldn't find a package.json file in ${dir}`);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/registries/base-registry.js b/src/registries/base-registry.js
index e784889e0b..be3a0cc927 100644
--- a/src/registries/base-registry.js
+++ b/src/registries/base-registry.js
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export default class BaseRegistry {
 
       const val = process.env[key];
 
-      // remove bower prefix
+      // remove config prefix
       key = removePrefix(key, prefix);
 
       // replace dunders with dots
diff --git a/src/registries/bower-registry.js b/src/registries/bower-registry.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c7c1584b67..0000000000
--- a/src/registries/bower-registry.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-/* @flow */
-
-import Registry from './base-registry.js';
-import * as fs from '../util/fs.js';
-
-const defaults = require('defaults');
-const userHome = require('user-home');
-const path = require('path');
-
-export default class BowerRegistry extends Registry {
-  static filename = 'bower.json';
-
-  async loadConfig(): Promise<void> {
-    // docs: http://bower.io/docs/config/
-    // spec: https://github.com/bower/spec/blob/master/config.md
-
-    this.mergeEnv('bower_');
-
-    // merge in configs
-    const possibles = [
-      path.join('/', '.bowerrc'),
-      path.join(userHome, '.bowerrc'),
-      // TODO all .bowerrc files upwards the directory tree
-      path.join(this.cwd, '.bowerrc'),
-    ];
-    for (const loc of possibles) {
-      if (await fs.exists(loc)) {
-        Object.assign(this.config, await fs.readJson(loc));
-      }
-    }
-
-    defaults(this.config, {
-      registry: 'https://bower.herokuapp.com',
-      directory: 'bower_components',
-    });
-
-    // TODO: warn on properties we do not support
-
-    this.folder = this.config.directory;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/registries/index.js b/src/registries/index.js
index 9956d2276e..b6c63677e2 100644
--- a/src/registries/index.js
+++ b/src/registries/index.js
@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@
 
 import YarnRegistry from './yarn-registry.js';
 import NpmRegistry from './npm-registry.js';
-import BowerRegistry from './bower-registry.js';
 
 export const registries = {
   npm: NpmRegistry,
   yarn: YarnRegistry,
-  bower: BowerRegistry,
 };
 
 export const registryNames = Object.keys(registries);
@@ -16,5 +14,4 @@ export type RegistryNames = $Keys<typeof registries>;
 export type ConfigRegistries = {
   npm: NpmRegistry,
   yarn: YarnRegistry,
-  bower: BowerRegistry
 };
diff --git a/src/resolvers/index.js b/src/resolvers/index.js
index e6f010cb7a..1d5912ee71 100644
--- a/src/resolvers/index.js
+++ b/src/resolvers/index.js
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 /* @flow */
 
 import RegistryNpm from './registries/npm-resolver.js';
-import RegistryBower from './registries/bower-resolver.js';
 import RegistryYarn from './registries/yarn-resolver.js';
 
 export const registries = {
-  bower: RegistryBower,
   npm: RegistryNpm,
   yarn: RegistryYarn,
 };
diff --git a/src/resolvers/registries/bower-resolver.js b/src/resolvers/registries/bower-resolver.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b2f4ddf2c2..0000000000
--- a/src/resolvers/registries/bower-resolver.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/* @flow */
-
-import type {Manifest} from '../../types.js';
-import {MessageError} from '../../errors.js';
-import RegistryResolver from './registry-resolver.js';
-import GitResolver from '../exotics/git-resolver.js';
-
-export default class BowerResolver extends RegistryResolver {
-  static registry = 'bower';
-
-  resolveRequest(): Promise<?{url: string}> {
-    return this.config.requestManager.request({
-      url: `${this.registryConfig.registry}/packages/${this.name}`,
-      json: true,
-      queue: this.resolver.fetchingQueue,
-    });
-  }
-
-  async resolve(): Promise<Manifest> {
-    const body = await this.resolveRequest();
-
-    if (body != null) {
-      return this.fork(GitResolver, false, `${body.url}#${this.range}`);
-    } else {
-      throw new MessageError(this.reporter.lang('packageNotFoundRegistry', this.name, 'bower'));
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/types.js b/src/types.js
index 517a9b1521..e059fe23c1 100644
--- a/src/types.js
+++ b/src/types.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ type Dependencies = {
   [key: string]: string
 };
 
-// package.json/bower.json etc
+// package.json
 export type Manifest = {
   _registry?: ?RegistryNames,
   _loc?: ?string,