diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index a4a4596be..37baada1f 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ gem 'omniauth-tumblr'
 gem 'omniauth-twitter'
 
 gem 'twitter', '2.0.2'
-gem 'rails_admin'
 
 # mail
 
@@ -36,6 +35,7 @@ gem 'newrelic_rpm'
 gem "rpm_contrib", "~> 2.1.7"
 
 group :production do # we don't install these on travis to speed up test runs
+  gem 'rails_admin'
   gem 'rack-ssl', :require => 'rack/ssl'
   gem 'rack-rewrite', '~> 1.2.1', :require => false
   gem 'rack-piwik', :require => 'rack/piwik'
diff --git a/config/initializers/rails_admin.rb b/config/initializers/rails_admin.rb
index bde0f64be..439c191a1 100644
--- a/config/initializers/rails_admin.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/rails_admin.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # RailsAdmin config file. Generated on March 24, 2012 15:34
 # See github.com/sferik/rails_admin for more informations
-unless Rails.env.production?
+if Rails.env.production?
 RailsAdmin.config do |config|
    config.authorize_with do 
     redirect_to main_app.root_path unless current_user.try(:admin?)
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 7911f699c..5f468bff3 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 #   the COPYRIGHT file.
 
 Diaspora::Application.routes.draw do
-  mount RailsAdmin::Engine => '/admin_panel', :as => 'rails_admin'
+  if Rails.env.production?
+    mount RailsAdmin::Engine => '/admin_panel', :as => 'rails_admin'
+  end
 
   get 'oembed' => 'posts#oembed', :as => 'oembed'
   # Posting and Reading