diff --git a/appengine_war.gradle b/appengine_war.gradle
index 45d61cc29..a8f15eb11 100644
--- a/appengine_war.gradle
+++ b/appengine_war.gradle
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ explodeWar.doLast {
 
 appengineDeployAll.mustRunAfter ':console-webapp:deploy'
 appengineDeployAll.finalizedBy ':deployCloudSchedulerAndQueue'
-rootProject.deploy.dependsOn appengineDeployAll
 
 rootProject.stage.dependsOn appengineStage
 tasks['war'].dependsOn ':core:processResources'
diff --git a/console-webapp/build.gradle b/console-webapp/build.gradle
index f0c04c988..7f8c4c4d4 100644
--- a/console-webapp/build.gradle
+++ b/console-webapp/build.gradle
@@ -101,16 +101,9 @@ task checkFormatting(type: Exec) {
   args 'run', 'prettify:check'
 }
 
-task deploy(type: Exec) {
-  workingDir "${consoleDir}/staged"
-  executable 'gcloud'
-  args 'app', 'deploy', "${projectParam}", '--quiet'
-}
-
 tasks.buildConsoleWebapp.dependsOn(tasks.npmInstallDeps)
 tasks.runConsoleWebappUnitTests.dependsOn(tasks.npmInstallDeps)
 tasks.applyFormatting.dependsOn(tasks.npmInstallDeps)
 tasks.checkFormatting.dependsOn(tasks.npmInstallDeps)
 tasks.build.dependsOn(tasks.checkFormatting)
 tasks.build.dependsOn(tasks.runConsoleWebappUnitTests)
-tasks.deploy.dependsOn(tasks.buildConsoleWebapp)
diff --git a/jetty/build.gradle b/jetty/build.gradle
index aa43bf166..c3e67aba3 100644
--- a/jetty/build.gradle
+++ b/jetty/build.gradle
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ tasks.register('stage') {
 }
 
 tasks.register('buildNomulusImage', Exec) {
-    commandLine 'docker', 'build', '-t', 'nomulus', '.'
+    commandLine 'docker', 'build', '-t', 'nomulus', '.', '--pull'
     dependsOn(tasks.named('stage'))
 }
 
@@ -137,3 +137,4 @@ tasks.register('getEndpoints', Exec) {
 }
 
 project.build.dependsOn(tasks.named('buildNomulusImage'))
+rootProject.deploy.dependsOn(tasks.named('deployNomulus'))
diff --git a/proxy/build.gradle b/proxy/build.gradle
index 960f7cf88..3678870bc 100644
--- a/proxy/build.gradle
+++ b/proxy/build.gradle
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 createUberJar('deployJar', 'proxy_server', 'google.registry.proxy.ProxyServer')
 
 task buildProxyImage(dependsOn: deployJar, type: Exec) {
-  commandLine 'docker', 'build', '-t', 'proxy', '.'
+  commandLine 'docker', 'build', '-t', 'proxy', '.', '--pull'
 }
 
 task tagProxyImage(dependsOn: buildProxyImage, type: Exec) {