diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index e633f42..3b2206f 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 source "http://rubygems.org"
 
 gem 'actionpack'
-gem 'rack'
-gem 'rack-proxy'
 gem 'addressable'
 
 # Add dependencies to develop your gem here.
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 478a5b2..a87f2dc 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ GEM
       rack (>= 1.2, < 3)
     public_suffix (2.0.5)
     rack (1.6.5)
-    rack-proxy (0.5.17)
-      rack
     rack-test (0.6.3)
       rack (>= 1.0)
     rails-deprecated_sanitizer (1.0.3)
@@ -109,8 +107,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   addressable
   bundler (~> 1.0)
   jeweler (~> 2.1.2)
-  rack
-  rack-proxy
   rdoc (~> 3.12)
   shoulda
   simplecov
diff --git a/lib/reverse_proxy/client.rb b/lib/reverse_proxy/client.rb
index b08b36a..42da18a 100644
--- a/lib/reverse_proxy/client.rb
+++ b/lib/reverse_proxy/client.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 require 'rack'
-require 'rack-proxy'
 require 'addressable/uri'
 
 module ReverseProxy
diff --git a/rails-reverse-proxy.gemspec b/rails-reverse-proxy.gemspec
index e327c55..48a46df 100644
--- a/rails-reverse-proxy.gemspec
+++ b/rails-reverse-proxy.gemspec
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
     if Gem::Version.new(Gem::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
       s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<actionpack>.freeze, [">= 0"])
-      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<rack>.freeze, [">= 0"])
-      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<rack-proxy>.freeze, [">= 0"])
       s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<addressable>.freeze, [">= 0"])
       s.add_development_dependency(%q<shoulda>.freeze, [">= 0"])
       s.add_development_dependency(%q<rdoc>.freeze, ["~> 3.12"])
@@ -53,8 +51,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
       s.add_development_dependency(%q<simplecov>.freeze, [">= 0"])
     else
       s.add_dependency(%q<actionpack>.freeze, [">= 0"])
-      s.add_dependency(%q<rack>.freeze, [">= 0"])
-      s.add_dependency(%q<rack-proxy>.freeze, [">= 0"])
       s.add_dependency(%q<addressable>.freeze, [">= 0"])
       s.add_dependency(%q<shoulda>.freeze, [">= 0"])
       s.add_dependency(%q<rdoc>.freeze, ["~> 3.12"])
@@ -64,8 +60,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     end
   else
     s.add_dependency(%q<actionpack>.freeze, [">= 0"])
-    s.add_dependency(%q<rack>.freeze, [">= 0"])
-    s.add_dependency(%q<rack-proxy>.freeze, [">= 0"])
     s.add_dependency(%q<addressable>.freeze, [">= 0"])
     s.add_dependency(%q<shoulda>.freeze, [">= 0"])
     s.add_dependency(%q<rdoc>.freeze, ["~> 3.12"])