diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 85856f4b8af069c976bb3fe8b01a8b28a64c7e7b..5bd7e0c353909ca8bc3b3709875840a148f8aa6e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 resources/
 public/
 package-lock.json
+node_modules/
+assets/js/version-switcher.js
diff --git a/DEVELOPMENT.md b/DEVELOPMENT.md
index 5ccb2ad0be68a4502f8e3075783e08b1d64a5b87..0c8c4770a45b6dadc6eb91c643aabca6fc166908 100644
--- a/DEVELOPMENT.md
+++ b/DEVELOPMENT.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Developing the Tekton website
 
-- [Setting up your dev environment](#setup)
-- [Running locally](#running-locally)
-- [tekton.dev](#tekton.dev)
+- [Developing the Tekton website](#developing-the-tekton-website)
+  - [Running Locally](#running-locally)
+  - [tekton.dev](#tektondev)
 
 ## Running Locally
 
@@ -36,13 +36,12 @@ To run the [Makefile](Makefile) you will need more dependencies and flags:
 
 To run the makefile locally, you'll have to set the env var:
 
-* `SKIP_BACKGROUND` (see [#38](https://github.com/tektoncd/website/issues/38)) to avoid having to supply GCP credentials
 * [`DEPLOY_PRIME_URL`](https://docs.netlify.com/configure-builds/environment-variables/) to the path to your website files
 
 For example:
 
 ```bash
-SKIP_BACKGROUND=1 DEPLOY_PRIME_URL=localhost make preview-build
+DEPLOY_PRIME_URL=localhost make preview-build
 ```
 
 ## tekton.dev
diff --git a/content/en/featured-background.jpeg b/content/en/featured-background.jpeg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5b3ceb029efdd0391899f1ccbed4e3aeef81b987
Binary files /dev/null and b/content/en/featured-background.jpeg differ
diff --git a/sync/sync.py b/sync/sync.py
index 419833a6a7d032e5a8afd9103492477da7a5d26e..9a100d670b312f68a16b6c6c3d24271de2b11d00 100644
--- a/sync/sync.py
+++ b/sync/sync.py
@@ -20,18 +20,9 @@ TEMPLATE_DIR = './templates'
 VAULT_DIR = './content/en/vault'
 BUCKET_NAME = 'tekton-website-assets'
 
-SKIP_BACKGROUND = os.environ.get('SKIP_BACKGROUND')
 GCP_NETLIFY_ENV_CRED = os.environ.get('GCP_CREDENTIAL_JSON')
 GCP_PROJECT = os.environ.get('GCP_PROJECT')
 
-if not SKIP_BACKGROUND:
-    if GCP_NETLIFY_ENV_CRED:
-        credentials = service_account.Credentials.from_service_account_info(json.loads(GCP_NETLIFY_ENV_CRED))
-        gcs_client = storage.Client(project=GCP_PROJECT,
-                                    credentials=credentials)
-    else:
-        gcs_client = storage.Client()
-    gcs_bucket = gcs_client.get_bucket(BUCKET_NAME)
 jinja_env = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader(TEMPLATE_DIR))
 
 
@@ -103,12 +94,6 @@ def prepare_vault_landing_page(component_versions):
         f.write(md)
 
 
-def download_background_image():
-    if not SKIP_BACKGROUND:
-        blob = gcs_bucket.blob('featured-background.jpeg')
-        blob.download_to_filename('./content/en/featured-background.jpeg')
-
-
 def scan(dir_path):
     entries = os.scandir(dir_path)
     sync_config_paths = []
@@ -132,4 +117,3 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     component_versions = get_component_versions(sync_configs)
     prepare_version_switcher_script(component_versions)
     prepare_vault_landing_page(component_versions)
-    download_background_image()