diff --git a/tools/dashboard/functions/functions.ts b/tools/dashboard/functions/functions.ts
index 82583391d20..ff59155dee7 100644
--- a/tools/dashboard/functions/functions.ts
+++ b/tools/dashboard/functions/functions.ts
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 export {payloadGithubStatus} from './payload-github-status';
-export {pullRequestsWithConflicts} from './pull-requests-with-conflicts';
diff --git a/tools/dashboard/functions/github/github-api.ts b/tools/dashboard/functions/github/github-api.ts
index 0790045103c..3a838a3b0ce 100644
--- a/tools/dashboard/functions/github/github-api.ts
+++ b/tools/dashboard/functions/github/github-api.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,11 @@
-import {GraphQLClient} from 'graphql-request';
 import {config} from 'firebase-functions';
-import * as GithubApi from 'github';
+import * as GithubApi from '@octokit/rest';
 
 /** API token for the Github repository. Required to set the github status on commits and PRs. */
 const githubAccessToken = config().secret.github;
 
-/** API Endpoint for the Github API v4 using GraphQL. */
-const githubApiV4Endpoint = 'https://api.github.com/graphql';
-
 /** Export the GitHub V3 API instance that is authenticated. */
 export const githubApiV3 = new GithubApi();
 
-/** Export the GraphQL client that can be used to query the Github API v4. */
-export const githubApiV4 = new GraphQLClient(githubApiV4Endpoint, {
-  headers: {
-    Authorization: `Bearer ${githubAccessToken}`,
-  }
-});
-
 // Authenticate the Github API package with the user token.
 githubApiV3.authenticate({type: 'token', token: githubAccessToken});
diff --git a/tools/dashboard/functions/github/github-graphql-queries.ts b/tools/dashboard/functions/github/github-graphql-queries.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a0aa582ce19..00000000000
--- a/tools/dashboard/functions/github/github-graphql-queries.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-import {githubApiV4} from './github-api';
-
-/** GraphQL query that finds all Pull Requests and their mergeable state. */
-const getOpenPullRequestsWithMergeableStateQuery = `
- query getOpenPullRequestsWithMergeableState($lastCursor: String) {
-   repository(owner: "angular", name: "material2") {
-     pullRequests(states: OPEN, first: 100, after: $lastCursor) {
-       pageInfo {
-         hasNextPage,
-         endCursor
-       }
-       nodes {
-         number,
-         mergeable
-       }
-     }
-   }
- }`;
-
-/** Pull Request node that will be returned by the Github V4 API. */
-export interface PullRequestWithMergeableState {
-  number: number;
-  mergeable: string;
-}
-
-/** Queries the GitHub API to find all open pull requests and their mergeable state. */
-export async function getOpenPullRequestsWithMergeableState()
-    : Promise<PullRequestWithMergeableState[]> {
-  const nodes: PullRequestWithMergeableState[] = [];
-  let lastData: any|null = null;
-
-  while (!lastData || lastData.repository.pullRequests.pageInfo.hasNextPage) {
-    lastData = await githubApiV4.request(getOpenPullRequestsWithMergeableStateQuery, {
-      lastCursor: lastData && lastData.repository.pullRequests.pageInfo.endCursor
-    });
-
-    nodes.push(...lastData.repository.pullRequests.nodes);
-  }
-
-  return nodes;
-}
-
-
diff --git a/tools/dashboard/functions/package.json b/tools/dashboard/functions/package.json
index b51fc4c4b05..480778c1b87 100644
--- a/tools/dashboard/functions/package.json
+++ b/tools/dashboard/functions/package.json
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 {
   "name": "material2-board-functions",
-  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
   "main": "index.js",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@types/jsonwebtoken": "^7.2.1",
-    "firebase-admin": "~4.2.1",
-    "firebase-functions": "^0.5.7",
-    "github": "^10.0.0",
-    "graphql-request": "^1.3.4",
-    "jsonwebtoken": "^7.4.1",
-    "request": "^2.81.0",
-    "ts-node": "^3.0.6",
-    "typescript": "^2.3.4"
+    "@firebase/app-types": "^0.1.1",
+    "@octokit/rest": "^14.0.4",
+    "@types/jsonwebtoken": "^7.2.5",
+    "firebase-admin": "^5.8.1",
+    "firebase-functions": "^0.8.1",
+    "jsonwebtoken": "^8.1.0",
+    "request": "^2.83.0",
+    "ts-node": "^4.1.0",
+    "typescript": "^2.6.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/tools/dashboard/functions/payload-github-status.ts b/tools/dashboard/functions/payload-github-status.ts
index 4ab3915e88a..f60ed0da05d 100644
--- a/tools/dashboard/functions/payload-github-status.ts
+++ b/tools/dashboard/functions/payload-github-status.ts
@@ -38,13 +38,18 @@ export const payloadGithubStatus = https.onRequest(async (request, response) =>
   const diffFormatted = Math.abs(packageDiff).toFixed(2);
   const packageSizeFormatted = packageSize.toFixed(2);
 
-  await setGithubStatus(commitSha, {
-    result: true,
-    name: `${capitalizeFirstLetter(packageName)} Payload Size`,
-    description: `${packageSizeFormatted}kb / ${diffFormatted}kb ${diffMessage} (ES2015 bundle)`
-  });
+  try {
+    await setGithubStatus(commitSha, {
+      result: true,
+      name: `${capitalizeFirstLetter(packageName)} Payload Size`,
+      description: `${packageSizeFormatted}kb / ${diffFormatted}kb ${diffMessage} (ES2015 bundle)`
+    });
 
-  response.json({message: 'Payload Github status successfully set.'});
+    response.json({message: 'Payload Github status successfully set.'});
+  } catch (e) {
+    response.json({message: 'An error occurred while setting the GitHub status.'});
+    console.error('An error occurred while setting Github status.', e);
+  }
 });
 
 /** Capitalizes the first letter of a string. */
diff --git a/tools/dashboard/functions/pull-requests-with-conflicts.ts b/tools/dashboard/functions/pull-requests-with-conflicts.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index c0ddc7cb11a..00000000000
--- a/tools/dashboard/functions/pull-requests-with-conflicts.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-import {https} from 'firebase-functions';
-import {getOpenPullRequestsWithMergeableState} from './github/github-graphql-queries';
-
-/**
- * Firebase HTTP trigger that responds with a list of Pull Requests that have merge conflicts.
- */
-export const pullRequestsWithConflicts = https.onRequest(async (_request, response) => {
-  const pullRequests = (await getOpenPullRequestsWithMergeableState())
-    .filter(pullRequest => pullRequest.mergeable === 'CONFLICTING');
-
-  response.status(200).json(pullRequests);
-});
-