diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 88238b6d0..98f12a800 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ GEM
       rack (>= 1.0.0)
       rack-test (>= 0.5.4)
       selenium-webdriver (>= 0.0.3)
-    columnize (0.3.1)
     crack (0.1.8)
     cucumber (0.9.2)
       builder (~> 2.1.2)
@@ -157,7 +156,6 @@ GEM
     i18n (0.4.1)
     json (1.4.6)
     json_pure (1.4.6)
-    linecache (0.43)
     mail (2.2.7)
       activesupport (>= 2.3.6)
       mime-types
@@ -220,11 +218,6 @@ GEM
     rspec-rails (2.0.0.beta.17)
       rspec (>= 2.0.0.beta.14)
       webrat (>= 0.7.0)
-    ruby-debug (0.10.3)
-      columnize (>= 0.1)
-      ruby-debug-base (~> 0.10.3.0)
-    ruby-debug-base (0.10.3)
-      linecache (>= 0.3)
     rubyzip (0.9.4)
     selenium-webdriver (0.0.28)
       ffi (>= 0.6.1)
@@ -284,7 +277,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   roxml!
   rspec (>= 2.0.0.beta.17)
   rspec-rails (= 2.0.0.beta.17)
-  ruby-debug
   sprinkle!
   thin
   webmock
diff --git a/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
index db94dc8ee..58b86c051 100644
--- a/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ class StatusMessagesController < ApplicationController
       type = 'feed'
 
       Rails.logger.info("Sending a message: #{params[:status_message][:message]} to Facebook")
-      
-      EventMachine::HttpRequest.new("https://graph.facebook.com/me/feed?message=#{params[:status_message][:message]}&access_token=#{@access_token}").post, :timeout => TIMEOUT, :body =>{:xml => query.body}
+      EventMachine::HttpRequest.new("https://graph.facebook.com/me/feed?message=#{params[:status_message][:message]}&access_token=#{@access_token}").post
     end
 
     @status_message = current_user.post(:status_message, data)