diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index b1de9b01..5554f3ab 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const fs = require('fs');
 const glob = require('glob');
 const ejs = require('ejs');
+const sass = require('sass');
 
 module.exports = function(grunt) {
   var pkg = require("./package.json");
@@ -8,7 +9,6 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
 
   grunt.initConfig({
     pkg: pkg,
-    sass: require('./grunt/config/sass.js'),
     cssUrlEmbed: require('./grunt/config/cssUrlEmbed.js')
   });
 
@@ -40,7 +40,21 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
 
   grunt.loadTasks('grunt/tasks');
 
-  grunt.registerTask('default', ['sass:dist', "cssUrlEmbed"]);
+  grunt.registerTask('sass',
+    'Compile sass to css',
+    function() {
+      try {
+        const output = sass.compile('src/html/jasmine.scss');
+        fs.writeFileSync('lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.css', output.css,
+          {encoding: 'utf8'});
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.error(e);
+        throw e;
+      }
+    }
+  );
+
+  grunt.registerTask('default', ['sass', "cssUrlEmbed"]);
 
   grunt.registerTask('concat',
     'Concatenate files',
@@ -149,7 +163,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
   grunt.registerTask('buildDistribution',
     'Builds and lints jasmine.js, jasmine-html.js, jasmine.css',
     [
-      'sass:dist',
+      'sass',
       "cssUrlEmbed",
       'concat'
     ]
diff --git a/grunt/config/sass.js b/grunt/config/sass.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ce0ef61..00000000
--- a/grunt/config/sass.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-const sass = require('sass');
-
-module.exports = {
-  options: {
-    implementation: sass,
-    sourceComments: false
-  },
-  dist: {
-    files: {
-      "lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.css": "src/html/jasmine.scss"
-    }
-  }
-};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b2f0ef41..72bb4db5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
     "globals": "^16.0.0",
     "grunt": "^1.0.4",
     "grunt-cli": "^1.3.2",
-    "grunt-sass": "^4.0.0",
     "jasmine": "^5.0.0",
     "jasmine-browser-runner": "github:jasmine/jasmine-browser-runner",
     "jsdom": "^26.0.0",