diff --git a/lib/shared/is-string.js b/lib/shared/is-string.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f0026b3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/shared/is-string.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+'use strict';
+
+function isString(val) {
+  return (typeof val === 'string');
+}
+
+module.exports = isString;
diff --git a/lib/shared/log/tasks.js b/lib/shared/log/tasks.js
index 7d311fe3..b938bcf9 100644
--- a/lib/shared/log/tasks.js
+++ b/lib/shared/log/tasks.js
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ var chalk = require('chalk');
 var log = require('gulplog');
 
 var sortBy = require('lodash.sortby');
-var isString = require('lodash.isstring');
 var isObject = require('lodash.isplainobject');
 
+var isString = require('../is-string');
+
 function logTasks(tree, depth, getTask) {
   depth = (typeof depth !== 'number') ? null : ((depth < 1) ? 1 : depth);
 
diff --git a/lib/versioned/^3.7.0/index.js b/lib/versioned/^3.7.0/index.js
index d6ccc326..bca1d402 100644
--- a/lib/versioned/^3.7.0/index.js
+++ b/lib/versioned/^3.7.0/index.js
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ var chalk = require('chalk');
 var log = require('gulplog');
 var stdout = require('mute-stdout');
 var tildify = require('tildify');
-var isString = require('lodash.isstring');
 
 var taskTree = require('./taskTree');
 var logTasks = require('../../shared/log/tasks');
+var isString = require('../../shared/is-string');
 var logEvents = require('./log/events');
 var logTasksSimple = require('./log/tasksSimple');
 var registerExports = require('../../shared/registerExports');
diff --git a/lib/versioned/^4.0.0-alpha.1/index.js b/lib/versioned/^4.0.0-alpha.1/index.js
index 9788e8be..c47f3efa 100644
--- a/lib/versioned/^4.0.0-alpha.1/index.js
+++ b/lib/versioned/^4.0.0-alpha.1/index.js
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ var log = require('gulplog');
 var chalk = require('chalk');
 var stdout = require('mute-stdout');
 var tildify = require('tildify');
-var isString = require('lodash.isstring');
 
 var exit = require('../../shared/exit');
+var isString = require('../../shared/is-string');
 
 var logTasks = require('../../shared/log/tasks');
 var logEvents = require('../^4.0.0/log/events');
diff --git a/lib/versioned/^4.0.0-alpha.2/index.js b/lib/versioned/^4.0.0-alpha.2/index.js
index 783071d6..987c07a6 100644
--- a/lib/versioned/^4.0.0-alpha.2/index.js
+++ b/lib/versioned/^4.0.0-alpha.2/index.js
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ var log = require('gulplog');
 var chalk = require('chalk');
 var stdout = require('mute-stdout');
 var tildify = require('tildify');
-var isString = require('lodash.isstring');
 
 var exit = require('../../shared/exit');
+var isString = require('../../shared/is-string');
 
 var logTasks = require('../../shared/log/tasks');
 var logEvents = require('../^4.0.0/log/events');
diff --git a/lib/versioned/^4.0.0/index.js b/lib/versioned/^4.0.0/index.js
index 042cb04e..c34c431b 100644
--- a/lib/versioned/^4.0.0/index.js
+++ b/lib/versioned/^4.0.0/index.js
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ var log = require('gulplog');
 var chalk = require('chalk');
 var stdout = require('mute-stdout');
 var tildify = require('tildify');
-var isString = require('lodash.isstring');
 
 var exit = require('../../shared/exit');
+var isString = require('../../shared/is-string');
 
 var logTasks = require('../../shared/log/tasks');
 var logEvents = require('./log/events');
diff --git a/lib/versioned/^4.0.0/log/getTask.js b/lib/versioned/^4.0.0/log/getTask.js
index e437663a..985278b1 100644
--- a/lib/versioned/^4.0.0/log/getTask.js
+++ b/lib/versioned/^4.0.0/log/getTask.js
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 'use strict';
 
-var isString = require('lodash.isstring');
 var isObject = require('lodash.isplainobject');
 var isFunction = require('lodash.isfunction');
 
+var isString = require('../../../shared/is-string');
+
 function getTask(gulpInst) {
   return function(name) {
     var task = gulpInst.task(name);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eeb8857f..4f7978e3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
     "liftoff": "^2.3.0",
     "lodash.isfunction": "^3.0.8",
     "lodash.isplainobject": "^4.0.4",
-    "lodash.isstring": "^4.0.1",
     "lodash.sortby": "^4.5.0",
     "matchdep": "^1.0.0",
     "mute-stdout": "^1.0.0",