diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index f8aa096d..035942fa 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ gem 'omniauth-twitter'
 gem 'omniauth-github'
 
 # Extracting information from a git repository
-gem 'rugged', '~> 0.17.0.b7'
 gem "gitlab-grit", '~> 1.0.0', require: 'grit'
 gem 'grit_ext', '~> 0.8.1'
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 0c96c35c..fca92716 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -397,7 +397,6 @@ GEM
     ruby-progressbar (1.0.2)
     rubyntlm (0.1.1)
     rubyzip (0.9.9)
-    rugged (0.17.0.b7)
     sanitize (2.0.3)
       nokogiri (>= 1.4.4, < 1.6)
     sass (3.2.7)
@@ -566,7 +565,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   redcarpet (~> 2.2.2)
   redis-rails
   rspec-rails
-  rugged (~> 0.17.0.b7)
   sass-rails (~> 3.2.5)
   sdoc
   seed-fu
diff --git a/app/models/repository.rb b/app/models/repository.rb
index 93ead9e5..934c1a6e 100644
--- a/app/models/repository.rb
+++ b/app/models/repository.rb
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ class Repository
     @repo ||= Grit::Repo.new(path_to_repo)
   end
 
-  def rugged
-    @rugged ||= Rugged::Repository.new(path_to_repo)
-  end
-
   def commit(commit_id = nil)
     Commit.find_or_first(repo, commit_id, root_ref)
   end
@@ -68,17 +64,17 @@ class Repository
 
   # Returns an Array of branch names
   def branch_names
-    branches.map(&:name).sort
+    repo.branches.collect(&:name).sort
   end
 
   # Returns an Array of Branches
   def branches
-    rugged.branches.sort_by(&:name)
+    repo.branches.sort_by(&:name)
   end
 
   # Returns an Array of tag names
   def tag_names
-    rugged.tags.sort.reverse
+    repo.tags.collect(&:name).sort.reverse
   end
 
   # Returns an Array of Tags