diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index ad15fc83..77a00659 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ gem "kaminari"
 gem "thin"
 gem "git"
 gem "acts_as_list"
-gem "mysql2"
 
 group :assets do
   gem 'sass-rails', "  ~> 3.1.0"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index a881b05e..5ba34459 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ GEM
       treetop (~> 1.4.8)
     mime-types (1.16)
     multi_json (1.0.3)
-    mysql2 (0.3.7)
     nokogiri (1.5.0)
     orm_adapter (0.0.5)
     polyglot (0.3.2)
@@ -259,7 +258,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   jquery-rails
   kaminari
   launchy
-  mysql2
   pygments.rb (= 0.2.3)
   rails (= 3.1.0)
   rails-footnotes (>= 3.7.5.rc4)