diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 5477c1e..0ee57cb 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ Please report issues via the issue tracker on [Github](https://github.com/mike18
 
 - **Send coherent history** - Make sure each individual commit in your pull request is meaningful. If you had to make multiple intermediate commits while developing, please squash them before submitting.
 
-- **Use conventional-changelog style commit messages** - See [here](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#-git-commit-guidelines) for more details. This project is [commitizen](https://commitizen.github.io/cz-cli/) friendly.
-
 ## Running Tests
 
 You can run all of the tests in the project using:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cc2f222..2843ac2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 [![Coveralls](https://img.shields.io/coveralls/mike182uk/timestring/master.svg?style=flat-square)](https://coveralls.io/r/mike182uk/timestring)
 [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/timestring.svg?style=flat-square)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/timestring)
 [![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/mike182uk/timestring.svg?style=flat-square)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/timestring)
-[![Commitizen friendly](https://img.shields.io/badge/commitizen-friendly-brightgreen.svg?style=flat-square)](http://commitizen.github.io/cz-cli/)
 
 Parse a human readable time string into a time based value.
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4a84434..c1d045d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,16 +37,10 @@
     "chai": "^3.4.1",
     "codeclimate-test-reporter": "^0.4.0",
     "coveralls": "^2.11.2",
-    "cz-conventional-changelog": "^1.1.5",
     "istanbul": "^0.4.1",
     "mocha": "^3.0.0",
     "mocha-lcov-reporter": "1.2.0",
     "standard": "^8.6.0",
     "watch": "^1.0.1"
-  },
-  "config": {
-    "commitizen": {
-      "path": "./node_modules/cz-conventional-changelog"
-    }
   }
 }