diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d612dfb1b..54d5ca4a0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@ webpack-stats.json
 webpack-assets.json
 bundle-stats.json
 selenium-debug.log
-tests/functional/output/*
-test/functional/screenshots/*
 .ssh
 webpack-stats.debug.json
 *.DS_Store
-.vscode
\ No newline at end of file
+.vscode
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index e35fbfe63..4b545569f 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -55,10 +55,6 @@ Pull requests are the greatest contributions, so be sure they are focused in sco
 	```
 	Our `npm run test` tests and _watch_. Otherwise use `npm run test:ci:unit` for CI level tests.
 
-	We also have nightwatch function tests. You can install nightwatch globally and can run tests like this:
-	```
-	nightwatch --test tests/functional/specs/Index_spec.js
-	```
 
 5. To create a PR you need to push your branch to the origin(forked) remote and then press some buttons on GitHub:
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4ea3792b6..0fb5d184a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,12 +7,8 @@
     "test": "npm run test:dev:unit",
     "test:ci:unit": "karma start --browsers PhantomJS --single-run",
     "pretest:ci:unit": "npm run test:ci:lint",
-    "test:ci:functional": "BROWSER=phantomjs ./tests/functional/test.sh start-ci",
-    "posttest:ci:functional": "./tests/functional/test.sh stop",
     "test:dev:unit": "karma start",
     "test:ci:lint": "./node_modules/eslint/bin/eslint.js ./src",
-    "test:dev:functional": "BROWSER=chrome ./tests/functional/test.sh start",
-    "posttest:dev:functional": "./tests/functional/test.sh stop",
     "test:dev:lint": "./node_modules/eslint/bin/eslint.js ./src",
     "test:stylelint": "stylelint './src/**/*.scss' --config ./webpack/.stylelintrc",
     "dev-old": "env NODE_PATH='./src' PORT=8000 UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE=100 node ./webpack/webpack-dev-server.js & env NODE_PATH='./src' PORT=8000 node ./bin/server.js",
@@ -174,14 +170,10 @@
     "redux-devtools": "3.1.1",
     "redux-devtools-dock-monitor": "1.1.0",
     "redux-devtools-log-monitor": "1.0.5",
-    "selenium-server": "2.48.2",
     "sinon": "1.15.3",
     "sinon-chai": "2.8.0",
     "stylelint": "7.1.0",
     "stylelint-webpack-plugin": "0.2.0",
-    "wdio-mocha-framework": "0.3.7",
-    "wdio-spec-reporter": "0.0.3",
-    "webdriverio": "4.2.1",
     "webpack-bundle-analyzer": "2.2.1",
     "webpack-dev-server": "2.1.0-beta.0",
     "webpack-hot-middleware": "2.12.2"
diff --git a/tests/functional/globals.js b/tests/functional/globals.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b32cb85a3..000000000
--- a/tests/functional/globals.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-var witm = require('../../webpack-isomorphic-tools-main');
-var server = require('../../server');
-var app;
-
-module.exports = {
-  before: function(done) {
-    return witm(function() {
-      server(function(serverScope) {
-        app = serverScope;
-        done();
-      })
-    });
-  },
-  after: function(done) {
-    done();
-    app.close(function() {
-      process.exit(0);
-    });
-  }
-};
diff --git a/tests/functional/pageobjects/BasePage.js b/tests/functional/pageobjects/BasePage.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 788b2c0d0..000000000
--- a/tests/functional/pageobjects/BasePage.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-export default class BasePage {
-  constructor(selectors) {
-    this.selectors = Object.assign(selectors, {
-      SURAH_PAGE_SURAH_NAME: '.surah-body .navbar-text.surah-name'
-    });
-  }
-
-  getSurahName() {
-    return browser.getText(this.selectors.SURAH_PAGE_SURAH_NAME);
-  }
-
-  goHome() {
-    browser.url('http://quran.com');
-  }
-
-};
diff --git a/tests/functional/pageobjects/HomePage.js b/tests/functional/pageobjects/HomePage.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f1e7c376..000000000
--- a/tests/functional/pageobjects/HomePage.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-import BasePage from './BasePage';
-import selectors from './selectors';
-
-export default class HomePage extends BasePage {
-  constructor() {
-    super(selectors);
-    this.selectors = selectors;
-  }
-
-  getLandingText() {
-    const landingText = browser.getText(this.selectors.LANDING_TEXT);
-    return landingText;
-  }
-
-  getNumberOfSurahs() {
-    const surahs = browser.elements(this.selectors.SURAH_LIST);
-    return surahs.value.length;
-  }
-
-  searchForSurahAndGoToSurahPage(searchQuery) {
-    browser.setValue(this.selectors.SEARCH_FORM, searchQuery);
-    browser.waitForVisible(this.selectors.SEARCH_RESULT_LIST);
-    browser.click(this.selectors.SEARCH_RESULT_LIST);
-    return this.getSurahName();
-  }
-
-  clickOntheSurahByNumber(number) {
-    const surahs = browser.elements('.row .col-xs-7 span');
-    const chapterId = surahs.value[number].ELEMENT;
-    browser.elementIdClick(chapterId);
-    return browser.getUrl();
-  }
-}
diff --git a/tests/functional/pageobjects/selectors.js b/tests/functional/pageobjects/selectors.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a8d66fb8..000000000
--- a/tests/functional/pageobjects/selectors.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-export default {
-  LANDING_TEXT: 'h4.title',
-  NEXT: 'a[data-direction="next"]',
-  PREVIOUS: 'a[data-direction="previous"]',
-  SURAH_LIST: '.row .col-md-4 li',
-  SEARCH_FORM: '.searchinput input',
-  SEARCH_RESULT_LIST: '.searchinput a',
-  SURAH_PAGE: '.surah-body .surah-title',
-  SURAH_NAME: '.navbar-text.surah-name'
-};
diff --git a/tests/functional/specs/HomePageTests.js b/tests/functional/specs/HomePageTests.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e860bde0b..000000000
--- a/tests/functional/specs/HomePageTests.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-import Homepage from '../pageobjects/HomePage';
-const homePage = new Homepage(browser);
-
-describe('Home Page', () => {
-
-  it('Should Have English Heading', () => {
-    homePage.goHome();
-    const text = homePage.getLandingText();
-    expect(text).to.equal('THE NOBLE QUR\'AN');
-  });
-
-  it('Should have 114 surahs', () => {
-    const numberSurahs = homePage.getNumberOfSurahs();
-    expect(numberSurahs).to.equal(114);
-  });
-
-  it('Should search for surah, click the first result item and land on the surah page', () => {
-    const surahName = homePage.searchForSurahAndGoToSurahPage('ya-sin');
-    expect(surahName).to.equal('YA-SIN (YA SIN) - سورة يس');
-  });
-
-  it('Should click a surah from the list of surahs and land on the surah page', () => {
-    homePage.goHome();
-    const url = homePage.clickOntheSurahByNumber(1);
-    expect(url).to.contain('/1');
-  });
-});
diff --git a/tests/functional/test.sh b/tests/functional/test.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 49f0ca954..000000000
--- a/tests/functional/test.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-if [ "$1" == 'stop' ]; then
-        echo "Stopping selenium server..."
-        pid=`ps -eo pid,args | grep selenium-server-standalone | grep -v grep | cut -c1-6`
-        echo $pid
-        kill $pid
-elif [ "$1" == 'start' ]; then
-        echo "Starting selenium server..."
-        PATH="./node_modules/phantomjs/bin:$PATH" java -jar ./node_modules/selenium-server/lib/runner/selenium-server-standalone-2.53.0.jar &> /dev/null &
-        sleep 2
-        BROWSERNAME=$BROWSER  ./node_modules/.bin/wdio ./tests/functional/wdio.conf.js
-elif [ "$1" == 'start-ci' ]; then
-        echo "[CI] Starting selenium server..."
-
-        if [ ! -f selenium-server-standalone-2.53.1.jar ]; then
-            echo "selenium jar File not found!"
-            wget https://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/2.53/selenium-server-standalone-2.53.1.jar
-        fi
-
-        PATH="./node_modules/phantomjs/bin:$PATH" java -jar selenium-server-standalone-2.53.1.jar &> /dev/null &
-        sleep 5
-        BROWSERNAME=$BROWSER ./node_modules/.bin/wdio ./tests/functional/wdio.conf.js
-else
-        echo "Nothing to do!"
-fi
diff --git a/tests/functional/wdio.conf.js b/tests/functional/wdio.conf.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b02f41928..000000000
--- a/tests/functional/wdio.conf.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-const browser = process.env.BROWSERNAME || 'phantomjs';
-
-exports.config = {
-
-  maxInstances: 4,
-  sync: true,
-  specs: [
-    './tests/functional/specs/**/*.js'
-  ],
-  exclude: [
-  ],
-
-  capabilities: [
-    {
-      browserName: browser
-    }
-  ],
-
-  logLevel: 'error',
-  coloredLogs: true,
-  screenshotPath: './errorShots/',
-
-  waitforTimeout: 10000,
-  framework: 'mocha',
-  reporters: ['dot', 'spec'],
-  onPrepare: () => {
-  },
-  before: () => {
-
-    const chai = require('chai'); // eslint-disable-line global-require
-    global.chai = chai;
-    global.expect = chai.expect;
-
-    process.on('unhandledRejection', (e) => {
-      console.error(e);
-      if (e.stack) {
-        console.error(e.stack);
-      }
-    });
-
-    require('babel-core/register'); // eslint-disable-line global-require
-    require('babel-polyfill'); // eslint-disable-line global-require
-  }
-};