diff --git a/rakefile.rb b/rakefile.rb
index bce74f6..c7c6880 100644
--- a/rakefile.rb
+++ b/rakefile.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ $:.unshift File.expand_path('../lib', __FILE__)
 require 'rake'
 require 'rake/testtask'
 require 'rdoc/task'
-require 'rubygems/package_task'
 require 'yaml'
 require 'fileutils'
 require 'holidays'