diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/templates/default.rb b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/templates/default.rb
index f7fbc658..233acdde 100644
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/templates/default.rb
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/templates/default.rb
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@ class Middleman::Templates::Default < Middleman::Templates::Base
     copy_file "default/source/index.html.erb", File.join(location, "source/index.html.erb")
     copy_file "default/source/layouts/layout.erb", File.join(location, "source/layouts/layout.erb")
     empty_directory File.join(location, "source", options[:css_dir])
-    copy_file "default/source/stylesheets/all.css.scss", File.join(location, "source", options[:css_dir], "all.css.scss")
-    copy_file "default/source/stylesheets/_animate.scss", File.join(location, "source", options[:css_dir], "_animate.scss")
-    copy_file "default/source/stylesheets/_normalize.scss", File.join(location, "source", options[:css_dir], "_normalize.scss")
+    copy_file "default/source/stylesheets/all.css", File.join(location, "source", options[:css_dir], "all.css")
+    copy_file "default/source/stylesheets/normalize.css", File.join(location, "source", options[:css_dir], "normalize.css")
     empty_directory File.join(location, "source", options[:js_dir])
     copy_file "default/source/javascripts/all.js", File.join(location, "source", options[:js_dir], "all.js")
     empty_directory File.join(location, "source", options[:images_dir])
diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/templates/default/source/layouts/layout.erb b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/templates/default/source/layouts/layout.erb
index 43df2daf..365985b7 100644
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/templates/default/source/layouts/layout.erb
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/templates/default/source/layouts/layout.erb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <!-- Use title if it's in the page YAML frontmatter -->
     <title><%= data.page.title || "The Middleman" %></title>
     
-    <%= stylesheet_link_tag "all" %>
+    <%= stylesheet_link_tag "normalize", "all" %>
     <%= javascript_include_tag  "all" %>
   </head>
   
diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/templates/default/source/stylesheets/_animate.scss b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/templates/default/source/stylesheets/_animate.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index bc87b07c..00000000
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/templates/default/source/stylesheets/_animate.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-.welcome {
-  -webkit-animation-name: welcome;
-  -webkit-animation-duration: .9s;
-}
-
-@-webkit-keyframes welcome {
-  from {
-    -webkit-transform: scale(0);
-    opacity: 0;
-  }
-  50% {
-   -webkit-transform: scale(0);
-   opacity: 0;
-  }
-  82.5% {
-    -webkit-transform: scale(1.03);
-    -webkit-animation-timing-function: ease-out;
-    opacity: 1;
-  }
-  to {
-    -webkit-transform: scale(1);
-  }
-}
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diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/templates/default/source/stylesheets/all.css b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/templates/default/source/stylesheets/all.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6ff94cf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/templates/default/source/stylesheets/all.css
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+@charset "utf-8";
+
+body {
+  background: #d4d4d4 url("../images/background.png");
+  text-align: center;
+  font-family: sans-serif; }
+
+h1 {
+  color: rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
+  font-weight: bold;
+  font-size: 32px;
+  letter-spacing: -1px;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .5);
+  background: url("../images/middleman.png") no-repeat center 100px;
+  padding: 350px 0 10px;
+  margin: 0; }
+
+.doc {
+  font-size: 14px;
+  margin: 0; }
+  .doc:before,
+  .doc:after {
+    opacity: .2;
+    padding: 6px;
+    font-style: normal;
+    position: relative;
+    content: "•"; }
+  .doc a {
+    color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); }
+    .doc a:hover {
+      color: #666; }
+
+.welcome {
+  -webkit-animation-name: welcome;
+  -webkit-animation-duration: .9s; }
+
+@-webkit-keyframes welcome {
+  from {
+    -webkit-transform: scale(0);
+    opacity: 0;
+  }
+  50% {
+   -webkit-transform: scale(0);
+   opacity: 0;
+  }
+  82.5% {
+    -webkit-transform: scale(1.03);
+    -webkit-animation-timing-function: ease-out;
+    opacity: 1;
+  }
+  to {
+    -webkit-transform: scale(1);
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/templates/default/source/stylesheets/all.css.scss b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/templates/default/source/stylesheets/all.css.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c091dec..00000000
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/templates/default/source/stylesheets/all.css.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-@charset "utf-8";
-
-@import "normalize";
-@import "compass";
-
-body {
-  background: #d4d4d4 image-url("background.png");
-  text-align: center;
-  font-family: sans-serif;
-}
-
-h1 {
-  color: rgba(black, .3);
-  font-weight: bold;
-  @include adjust-font-size-to(32px);
-  letter-spacing: -1px;
-  text-transform: uppercase;
-  text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(white, .5);
-  background: image-url("middleman.png") no-repeat center 100px;
-  padding: 350px 0 10px;
-  margin: 0;
-}
-
-.doc {
-  @include adjust-font-size-to(14px);
-  margin: 0;
-  &:before,
-  &:after {
-    opacity: .2;
-    padding: 6px;
-    font-style: normal;
-    position: relative;
-    content: "•";
-  }
-  a {
-    @include link-colors( rgba( black, .3 ) , #666);
-  }
-}
-
-@import "animate";
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diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/templates/default/source/stylesheets/_normalize.scss b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/templates/default/source/stylesheets/normalize.css
similarity index 100%
rename from middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/templates/default/source/stylesheets/_normalize.scss
rename to middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/templates/default/source/stylesheets/normalize.css