diff --git a/tools/gulp/util/github.ts b/tools/gulp/util/github.ts
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index 6882db79fc0..00000000000
--- a/tools/gulp/util/github.ts
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@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-import {MATERIAL_VERSION} from '../build-config';
-
-const request = require('request');
-
-/** Data that must be specified to set a Github PR status. */
-export type GithubStatusData = {
-  result: boolean;
-  name: string;
-  description: string;
-  url: string;
-};
-
-/** Function that sets a Github commit status */
-export function setGithubStatus(commitSHA: number, statusData: GithubStatusData) {
-  let state = statusData.result ? 'success' : 'failure';
-  let token = decode(process.env['MATERIAL2_GITHUB_STATUS_TOKEN']);
-
-  let data = JSON.stringify({
-    state: state,
-    target_url: statusData.url,
-    context: statusData.name,
-    description: statusData.description
-  });
-
-  let headers =  {
-    'Authorization': `token ${token}`,
-    'User-Agent': `${statusData.name}/${MATERIAL_VERSION}`,
-    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-    'Content-Length': Buffer.byteLength(data)
-  };
-
-  return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    request({
-      url: `https://api.github.com/repos/angular/material2/statuses/${commitSHA}`,
-      method: 'POST',
-      form: data,
-      headers: headers
-    }, function (error: any, response: any) {
-      resolve(response.statusCode);
-    });
-  });
-}
-
-function decode(value: string): string {
-  return value.split('').reverse().join('');
-}