diff --git a/Dockerfile.dev b/Dockerfile.dev
index 13feda44..9f68b43e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -10,3 +10,8 @@ COPY tsconfig.json /app/tsconfig.json
 
 RUN echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}" > $HOME/.npmrc && \
   scripts/install_dependencies
+
+# NOTE: Remove this after a newer version is released to karma (current version is 1.7.1)
+# This hack will remove the optional dependencies  (see more about the bug: https://github.com/karma-runner/karma/issues/2593)
+RUN rm -Rf /app/node_modules/bufferutil && \
+  rm -Rf /app/node_modules/utf-8-validate
diff --git a/src/subrepos/gtrack-common-ngx/.gitrepo b/src/subrepos/gtrack-common-ngx/.gitrepo
index 9154d50e..a76a8381 100644
--- a/src/subrepos/gtrack-common-ngx/.gitrepo
+++ b/src/subrepos/gtrack-common-ngx/.gitrepo
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
 [subrepo]
 	remote = https://github.com/garlictech/gtrack-common-ngx.git
 	branch = master
-	commit = f4f80e482fffeaab69e16d1a8a9bf76e0d3fe5fa
-	parent = 1d165692abc936c3793d3024228c1205390d80dc
+	commit = d7d200bf629fde996b63c5bb24e7e4e177046c9f
+	parent = 12586ffea570363d8abf034893c5a432b17e7f22
 	cmdver = 0.3.1
diff --git a/src/subrepos/gtrack-common-ngx/package.json b/src/subrepos/gtrack-common-ngx/package.json
index 4a967e8f..c561550f 100644
--- a/src/subrepos/gtrack-common-ngx/package.json
+++ b/src/subrepos/gtrack-common-ngx/package.json
@@ -28,15 +28,7 @@
     "dependencies": {
       "deepstream-ngx": "file:./subrepos/deepstream-ngx",
       "authentication-api-ngx": "file:./subrepos/authentication-api-ngx",
-      "@ngrx/effects": "^4.1.1",
-      "@ngrx/router-store": "^4.1.1",
-      "@ngrx/store": "^4.1.1",
       "@turf/turf": "^5.1.3",
-      "@types/d3": "^4.7.0",
-      "@types/googlemaps": "^3.26.8",
-      "@types/leaflet": "^1.0.3",
-      "@types/lodash": "^4.14.62",
-      "@types/spin.js": "^2.3.0",
       "promise-polyfill": "^6.0.2",
       "d3": "^4.12.0",
       "google-maps": "^3.2.1",
@@ -46,8 +38,10 @@
       "load-google-maps-api": "1.0.0",
       "moment": "^2.18.1",
       "spin.js": "^2.3.2",
-      "lodash": "^4.17.4",
-      "rxjs": "5.5.0"
+      "@types/d3": "^4.7.0",
+      "@types/leaflet": "^1.0.3",
+      "@types/googlemaps": "^3.26.8",
+      "@types/spin.js": "^2.3.0"
     },
     "devDependencies": {}
 }