2 files changed, 0 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 05f1cd44f5..597174aa1c 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
 
 gemspec
 
-gem "activesupport", :group => :compat_testing, :platform => "ruby"
-
 group(:docgen) do
   gem "ronn"
   gem "yard"
diff --git a/tasks/rspec.rb b/tasks/rspec.rb
index 95ae274955..df7f9a082d 100644
--- a/tasks/rspec.rb
+++ b/tasks/rspec.rb
@@ -39,12 +39,6 @@ begin
     t.pattern = FileList['spec/functional/**/*_spec.rb']
   end
 
-  desc "Run the rspec tests with activesupport loaded"
-  RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec_activesupport) do |t|
-    t.rspec_opts = ['--options', "\"#{CHEF_ROOT}/.rspec\"", "--require active_support/core_ext"]
-    t.pattern = FileList['spec/unit/**/*_spec.rb']
-  end
-
   namespace :spec do
     desc "Run all specs in spec directory with RCov"
     RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:rcov) do |t|