diff --git a/config.coffee b/config.coffee
index 465676f6f..d27435f9b 100644
--- a/config.coffee
+++ b/config.coffee
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ exports.config =
     uglify:
       output:
         semicolons: false
+    sass:
+      mode: 'ruby'
 
   onCompile: (files) ->
     exec = require('child_process').exec
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d5a56c0af..92677c821 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
     "javascript-brunch": "> 1.0 < 1.8",
     "coffee-script-brunch": "https://github.com/brunch/coffee-script-brunch/tarball/master",
     "coffeelint-brunch": "> 1.0 < 1.8",
-    "sass-brunch": "1.8.3",
+    "sass-brunch": "1.7.0",
     "css-brunch": "> 1.0 < 1.8",
     "jade-brunch": "> 1.0 < 1.8",
     "uglify-js-brunch": "~1.7.4",
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@
     "marked": "0.2.x",
     "telepath-brunch": "https://github.com/nwinter/telepath-brunch/tarball/master",
     "bower": "~1.3.8",
-    "bless-brunch": "https://github.com/ThomasConner/bless-brunch/tarball/master",
     "karma-script-launcher": "~0.1.0",
     "karma-chrome-launcher": "~0.1.2",
     "karma-firefox-launcher": "~0.1.3",