diff --git a/__tests__/__snapshots__/fetchers.js.snap b/__tests__/__snapshots__/fetchers.js.snap
deleted file mode 100644
index 8bb05b8e1e..0000000000
--- a/__tests__/__snapshots__/fetchers.js.snap
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-exports[`test TarballFetcher.fetch throws 1`] = `"https://github.com/PolymerElements/font-roboto/archive/2fd5c7bd715a24fb5b250298a140a3ba1b71fe46.tar.gz: Bad hash. Expected foo but got 9689b3b48d63ff70f170a192bec3c01b04f58f45 "`;
diff --git a/__tests__/fetchers.js b/__tests__/fetchers.js
index 6bfb81a905..f7aadc388f 100644
--- a/__tests__/fetchers.js
+++ b/__tests__/fetchers.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 /* @flow */
 /* eslint max-len: 0 */
 
-import TarballFetcher, {LocalTarballFetcher} from '../src/fetchers/tarball-fetcher.js';
+// import TarballFetcher, {LocalTarballFetcher} from '../src/fetchers/tarball-fetcher.js';
 import BaseFetcher from '../src/fetchers/base-fetcher.js';
 import CopyFetcher from '../src/fetchers/copy-fetcher.js';
-import GitFetcher from '../src/fetchers/git-fetcher.js';
+// import GitFetcher from '../src/fetchers/git-fetcher.js';
 import {NoopReporter} from '../src/reporters/index.js';
 import Config from '../src/config.js';
 import mkdir from './_temp.js';
@@ -53,60 +53,60 @@ test('CopyFetcher.fetch', async () => {
   expect(contentFoo).toBe('bar');
 });
 
-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',
-  }, await createConfig());
-  await fetcher.fetch();
-  const name = (await fs.readJson(path.join(dir, 'bower.json'))).name;
-  expect(name).toBe('font-roboto');
-});
+// 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',
+//   }, await createConfig());
+//   await fetcher.fetch();
+//   const name = (await fs.readJson(path.join(dir, 'bower.json'))).name;
+//   expect(name).toBe('font-roboto');
+// });
 
-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',
-  }, await createConfig());
+// 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',
+//   }, await createConfig());
 
-  await fetcher.fetch();
-  const name = (await fs.readJson(path.join(dir, 'bower.json'))).name;
-  expect(name).toBe('font-roboto');
-});
+//   await fetcher.fetch();
+//   const name = (await fs.readJson(path.join(dir, 'bower.json'))).name;
+//   expect(name).toBe('font-roboto');
+// });
 
-test('TarballFetcher.fetch throws', async () => {
-  const dir = await mkdir('tarball-fetcher');
-  const url = 'https://github.com/PolymerElements/font-roboto/archive/2fd5c7bd715a24fb5b250298a140a3ba1b71fe46.tar.gz';
-  const fetcher = new TarballFetcher(dir, {
-    type: 'tarball',
-    hash: 'foo',
-    reference: url,
-    registry: 'bower',
-  }, await createConfig());
-  let error;
-  try {
-    await fetcher.fetch();
-  } catch (e) {
-    error = e;
-  }
-  expect(error && error.message).toMatchSnapshot();
-});
+// test('TarballFetcher.fetch throws', async () => {
+//   const dir = await mkdir('tarball-fetcher');
+//   const url = 'https://github.com/PolymerElements/font-roboto/archive/2fd5c7bd715a24fb5b250298a140a3ba1b71fe46.tar.gz';
+//   const fetcher = new TarballFetcher(dir, {
+//     type: 'tarball',
+//     hash: 'foo',
+//     reference: url,
+//     registry: 'bower',
+//   }, await createConfig());
+//   let error;
+//   try {
+//     await fetcher.fetch();
+//   } catch (e) {
+//     error = e;
+//   }
+//   expect(error && error.message).toMatchSnapshot();
+// });
 
-test('TarballFetcher.fetch supports local ungzipped tarball', async () => {
-  const dir = await mkdir('tarball-fetcher');
-  const fetcher = new LocalTarballFetcher(dir, {
-    type: 'tarball',
-    hash: '76d4316a3965259f7074f167f44a7a7a393884be',
-    reference: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'fetchers', 'tarball', 'ungzipped.tar'),
-    registry: 'bower',
-  }, await createConfig());
-  await fetcher.fetch();
-  const name = (await fs.readJson(path.join(dir, 'bower.json'))).name;
-  expect(name).toBe('font-roboto');
-});
+// test('TarballFetcher.fetch supports local ungzipped tarball', async () => {
+//   const dir = await mkdir('tarball-fetcher');
+//   const fetcher = new LocalTarballFetcher(dir, {
+//     type: 'tarball',
+//     hash: '76d4316a3965259f7074f167f44a7a7a393884be',
+//     reference: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'fetchers', 'tarball', 'ungzipped.tar'),
+//     registry: 'bower',
+//   }, await createConfig());
+//   await fetcher.fetch();
+//   const name = (await fs.readJson(path.join(dir, 'bower.json'))).name;
+//   expect(name).toBe('font-roboto');
+// });
diff --git a/__tests__/package-resolver.js b/__tests__/package-resolver.js
index 9525338709..69325879d6 100644
--- a/__tests__/package-resolver.js
+++ b/__tests__/package-resolver.js
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ 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('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
+// addTest('https://github.com/PolymerElements/font-roboto/archive/2fd5c7bd715a24fb5b250298a140a3ba1b71fe46.tar.gz'); // tarball
 addTest('https://github.com/npm-ml/ocaml.git#npm-4.02.3'); // hash
 addTest('gitlab:leanlabsio/kanban'); // gitlab
 addTest('gist:d59975ac23e26ad4e25b'); // gist url
diff --git a/src/registries/index.js b/src/registries/index.js
index 83e907aa61..831497aeca 100644
--- a/src/registries/index.js
+++ b/src/registries/index.js
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 import YarnRegistry from './yarn-registry.js';
 import NpmRegistry from './npm-registry.js';
-import BowerRegistry from './bower-registry.js';
+// import BowerRegistry from './bower-registry.js';
 
 export const registries = {
   npm: NpmRegistry,
   yarn: YarnRegistry,
-  bower: BowerRegistry,
+  // bower: BowerRegistry,
 };
 
 export const registryNames = Object.keys(registries);
diff --git a/src/resolvers/index.js b/src/resolvers/index.js
index e6f010cb7a..a482523361 100644
--- a/src/resolvers/index.js
+++ b/src/resolvers/index.js
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /* @flow */
 
 import RegistryNpm from './registries/npm-resolver.js';
-import RegistryBower from './registries/bower-resolver.js';
+// import RegistryBower from './registries/bower-resolver.js';
 import RegistryYarn from './registries/yarn-resolver.js';
 
 export const registries = {
-  bower: RegistryBower,
+  // bower: RegistryBower,
   npm: RegistryNpm,
   yarn: RegistryYarn,
 };
diff --git a/src/resolvers/registries/bower-resolver.js b/src/resolvers/registries/bower-resolver.js
index b2f4ddf2c2..cf7a01bb2f 100644
--- a/src/resolvers/registries/bower-resolver.js
+++ b/src/resolvers/registries/bower-resolver.js
@@ -1,28 +1,28 @@
 /* @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';
+// 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';
+// 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,
-    });
-  }
+//   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();
+//   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'));
-    }
-  }
-}
+//     if (body != null) {
+//       return this.fork(GitResolver, false, `${body.url}#${this.range}`);
+//     } else {
+//       throw new MessageError(this.reporter.lang('packageNotFoundRegistry', this.name, 'bower'));
+//     }
+//   }
+// }