diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 8b7b85a25..66ebf4f38 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -496,7 +496,9 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
     grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-chmod');
     grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-jsonlint');
     grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-mocha-istanbul');
-    grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-webdriver');
+    if (fs.existsSync(path.join("node_modules", "grunt-webdriver"))) {
+        grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-webdriver');
+    }
     grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-jsdoc');
     grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-jsdoc-to-markdown');
     grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-npm-command');
@@ -555,8 +557,8 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
     });
 
     grunt.registerTask('verifyUiTestDependencies', function() {
-        if (!fs.existsSync(path.join("node_modules", "chromedriver"))) {
-            grunt.fail.fatal('You need to run "npm install chromedriver@2" before running UI test.');
+        if (!fs.existsSync(path.join("node_modules", "grunt-webdriver"))) {
+            grunt.fail.fatal('You need to install the UI test dependencies first.\nUse the script in "scripts/install-ui-test-dependencies.sh"');
             return false;
         }
     });
@@ -579,9 +581,15 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
         'Runs code style check on editor code',
         ['jshint:editor']);
 
-    grunt.registerTask('test-ui',
-        'Builds editor content then runs unit tests on editor ui',
-        ['verifyUiTestDependencies','build','jshint:editor','webdriver:all']);
+    if (!fs.existsSync(path.join("node_modules", "grunt-webdriver"))) {
+        grunt.registerTask('test-ui',
+            'Builds editor content then runs unit tests on editor ui',
+            ['verifyUiTestDependencies']);
+    } else {
+        grunt.registerTask('test-ui',
+            'Builds editor content then runs unit tests on editor ui',
+            ['verifyUiTestDependencies','build','jshint:editor','webdriver:all']);
+    }
 
     grunt.registerTask('test-nodes',
         'Runs unit tests on core nodes',
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 92bc8020d..e0997ce16 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@
         "grunt-npm-command": "~0.1.2",
         "grunt-sass": "~2.0.0",
         "grunt-simple-mocha": "~0.4.1",
-        "grunt-webdriver": "^2.0.3",
         "http-proxy": "^1.16.2",
         "istanbul": "0.4.5",
         "minami": "1.2.3",
@@ -105,10 +104,6 @@
         "sinon": "1.17.7",
         "stoppable": "^1.1.0",
         "supertest": "3.4.2",
-        "wdio-chromedriver-service": "^0.1.5",
-        "wdio-mocha-framework": "^0.6.4",
-        "wdio-spec-reporter": "^0.1.5",
-        "webdriverio": "^4.14.1",
         "node-red-node-test-helper": "^0.2.3",
         "jsdoc-nr-template": "node-red/jsdoc-nr-template"
     },
diff --git a/scripts/install-ui-test-dependencies.sh b/scripts/install-ui-test-dependencies.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..0148633be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/install-ui-test-dependencies.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+npm install --no-save \
+ grunt-webdriver@^2.0.3 \
+ wdio-chromedriver-service@^0.1.5 \
+ wdio-mocha-framework@^0.6.4 \
+ wdio-spec-reporter@^0.1.5 \
+ webdriverio@^4.14.1 \
+ chromedriver@2