diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 64b187eb4..787405b0a 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ gem 'SystemTimer', '1.2.1', :platforms => :ruby_18
 
 gem 'hoptoad_notifier'
 gem 'newrelic_rpm', :require => false
-gem 'rpm_contrib', :require => false
 
 # tags
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index e487b02c0..0eb89e4b4 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -378,8 +378,6 @@ GEM
       resque (~> 1.0)
     rest-client (1.6.1)
       mime-types (>= 1.16)
-    rpm_contrib (2.1.4)
-      newrelic_rpm (>= 3.1.1)
     rspec (2.6.0)
       rspec-core (~> 2.6.0)
       rspec-expectations (~> 2.6.0)
@@ -527,7 +525,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   resque-timeout (= 1.0.0)
   rest-client (= 1.6.1)
   roxml!
-  rpm_contrib
   rspec (>= 2.0.0)
   rspec-core (= 2.6.0)
   rspec-instafail (>= 0.1.7)
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 77c78e940..d3c8ee4af 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ require 'rails/all'
 Bundler.require(:default, Rails.env) if defined?(Bundler)
 
 # use newrelic if configured via config/newrelic.yml
-require 'rpm_contrib' if File.exists?(File.expand_path('../newrelic.yml', __FILE__))
 require 'newrelic_rpm' if File.exists?(File.expand_path('../newrelic.yml', __FILE__))
 
 module Diaspora