diff --git a/announcement_link_widget.gemspec b/announcement_link_widget.gemspec
index 1baf670..3e0ba6a 100644
--- a/announcement_link_widget.gemspec
+++ b/announcement_link_widget.gemspec
@@ -16,6 +16,4 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.files = Dir["{app,config,db,lib}/**/*", "MIT-LICENSE", "Rakefile", "README.rdoc"]
   s.test_files = Dir["test/**/*"]
-
-  s.add_dependency "rails", "~> 4.1.6"
 end