diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index c531c888..8cb0134f 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -12,6 +12,5 @@ gem "rdoc", "~> 6.7.0"
 gem "org-ruby", "= 0.9.12"
 gem "creole", "~> 0.5.0"
 gem "wikicloth", "=0.8.3"
-gem "twitter-text", "~> 3.1.0"
 gem "asciidoctor", "~> 2.0.23"
 gem "rake"