diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 6f1ea81ea7..5727958edf 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ updates:
   - package-ecosystem: 'npm'
     directory: '/'
     schedule:
-      interval: 'daily'
-      time: '07:00'
+      interval: 'weekly'
       # Use Eastern Standard Time (UTC -05:00)
       timezone: 'America/Toronto'
-    open-pull-requests-limit: 10
+    allowed_updates:
+      - match:
+          update_type: 'security'
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 5
     commit-message:
       prefix: 'chore: '
     reviewers:
@@ -26,10 +28,13 @@ updates:
   - package-ecosystem: 'npm'
     directory: '/src/frontend/gatsby'
     schedule:
-      interval: 'daily'
+      interval: 'weekly'
       time: '07:00'
       timezone: 'America/Toronto'
-    open-pull-requests-limit: 10
+    allowed_updates:
+      - match:
+          update_type: 'security'
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 5
     commit-message:
       prefix: 'chore: '
     reviewers:
@@ -44,10 +49,13 @@ updates:
   - package-ecosystem: 'npm'
     directory: '/src/frontend/next'
     schedule:
-      interval: 'daily'
+      interval: 'weekly'
       time: '07:00'
       timezone: 'America/Toronto'
-    open-pull-requests-limit: 10
+    allowed_updates:
+      - match:
+          update_type: 'security'
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 5
     commit-message:
       prefix: 'chore: '
     reviewers:
@@ -62,10 +70,13 @@ updates:
   - package-ecosystem: 'npm'
     directory: '/tools/autodeployment'
     schedule:
-      interval: 'daily'
+      interval: 'weekly'
       time: '07:00'
       timezone: 'America/Toronto'
-    open-pull-requests-limit: 10
+    allowed_updates:
+      - match:
+          update_type: 'security'
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 5
     commit-message:
       prefix: 'chore: '
     reviewers:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aa8e51a65b..f249ca4438 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 [![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/Seneca-CDOT/telescope.svg?style=svg)](https://circleci.com/gh/Seneca-CDOT/telescope)
 [![js-airbnb/prettier-style](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-airbnb%2Fprettier-blue)](https://github.com/airbnb/javascript)
 ![Node.js CI](https://github.com/Seneca-CDOT/telescope/workflows/node-js-ci/badge.svg)
-[![Netlify next.js Status](https://api.netlify.com/api/v1/badges/b791409e-67ee-493d-9ec6-e045d3026346/deploy-status)](https://app.netlify.com/sites/telescope-next/deploys)
 
 ## What is Telescope?
 
diff --git a/netlify.toml b/netlify.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9079628e3b..0000000000
--- a/netlify.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-[build]
-  base = "src/frontend/next/"
-  publish = "out"
-  command = "npm run build"
-
-  # Netlify cancels builds when it detects that no changes were made to the next frontend,
-  # and this cancellation is reported as "fail" in our netlify badge.
-  # To avoid this, we use the ignore setting to force a build even when no changes have been made to the next frontend.
-  ignore = "/bin/false"
-
-[build.environment]
-  # Expose the API_URL to the back-end
-  API_URL="https://dev.telescope.cdot.systems"
-  # We need to expose the API_URL to the front-end too
-  NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL="https://dev.telescope.cdot.systems"
diff --git a/now.json b/now.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 350326e757..0000000000
--- a/now.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "build": {
-    "env": {
-      "API_URL": "https://dev.telescope.cdot.systems"
-    }
-  },
-  "builds": [
-    {
-      "src": "package.json",
-      "use": "@now/static-build",
-      "config": { "distDir": "src/frontend/gatsby/public" }
-    }
-  ],
-  "public": true,
-  "github": {
-    "silent": true
-  }
-}