diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index bd6a56c271..e125d2e1c6 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 require "rake"
 require "rake/clean"
-require "rake/gempackagetask"
 
 NAME = 'sequel'
 VERS = lambda do