diff --git a/personal_journal.gemspec b/personal_journal.gemspec
index 2828a05..f2718ff 100644
--- a/personal_journal.gemspec
+++ b/personal_journal.gemspec
@@ -16,7 +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", "4.1.0.rc2"
-  s.add_dependency "mongoid", "4.0.0.beta2"
 end