diff --git a/features/support/database_cleaner_patches.rb b/features/support/database_cleaner_patches.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 4988e393a..000000000
--- a/features/support/database_cleaner_patches.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#   Copyright (c) 2010-2011, Diaspora Inc.  This file is
-#   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
-#   the COPYRIGHT file.
-
-# disable_referential_integrity doesn't work when using PostgreSQL
-# with a non-root user.
-# See http://kopongo.com/2008/7/25/postgres-ri_constrainttrigger-error
-module ActiveRecord
-  module ConnectionAdapters
-    class PostgreSQLAdapter < AbstractAdapter
-      def disable_referential_integrity(&block)
-         transaction {
-           begin
-             execute "SET CONSTRAINTS ALL DEFERRED"
-             yield
-           ensure
-             execute "SET CONSTRAINTS ALL IMMEDIATE"
-           end
-         }
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
-
diff --git a/features/support/env.rb b/features/support/env.rb
index f96fb26a6..525f8596d 100644
--- a/features/support/env.rb
+++ b/features/support/env.rb
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation
 DatabaseCleaner.orm = "active_record"
 Cucumber::Rails::World.use_transactional_fixtures = false
 
-require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "database_cleaner_patches")
 require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "integration_sessions_controller")
 require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "poor_mans_webmock")
 
@@ -62,39 +61,3 @@ include HelperMethods
 Before do
   Devise.mailer.deliveries = []
 end
-
-After do
-  if Capybara.current_session.driver.respond_to?(:browser)
-    Capybara.reset_sessions!
-    # Capybara.current_session.driver.browser.manage.delete_all_cookies
-  end
-end
-
-Before('@localserver') do
-  TestServerFixture.start_if_needed
-  CapybaraSettings.instance.save
-  Capybara.current_driver = :selenium
-  Capybara.run_server = false
-end
-
-After('@localserver') do
-  CapybaraSettings.instance.restore
-end
-
-# give firefox more time to complete requests
-# http://ihswebdesign.com/knowledge-base/fixing-selenium-timeouterror/
-After do |scenario|
-  if scenario.exception.is_a? Timeout::Error
-    # restart Selenium driver
-    Capybara.send(:session_pool).delete_if { |key, value| key =~ /selenium/i }
-  end
-end
-
-# # https://makandracards.com/makandra/950-speed-up-rspec-by-deferring-garbage-collection
-# require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..", "..", "spec", "support", "deferred_garbage_collection")
-# Before do
-#   DeferredGarbageCollection.start
-# end
-# After do
-#   DeferredGarbageCollection.reconsider
-# end
diff --git a/features/support/server.rb b/features/support/server.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 90b90c728..000000000
--- a/features/support/server.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-
-ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= "test"
-require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../config/environment') unless defined?(Rails)
-
-require 'timeout'
-require 'socket'
-require 'singleton'
-
-require 'capybara/rails'
-require 'capybara/cucumber'
-require 'capybara/session'
-
-class TestServerFixture
-# simple interface to script/server
-
-  def self.is_port_open(host, port, tries)
-    for i in (1..tries)
-      begin
-        Timeout::timeout(2) do
-          begin
-            s = TCPSocket.new(host, port)
-            s.close
-            return  true
-          rescue Errno::ECONNREFUSED, Errno::EHOSTUNREACH
-            sleep( 2)
-          end
-        end
-      rescue Timeout::Error
-        return false
-      end
-    end
-    return false
-  end
-
-  def self.start_if_needed
-    unless TestServerFixture.is_port_open( "localhost", 3000, 2)
-      system( "script/server -d")
-      if TestServerFixture.is_port_open( "localhost", 3000, 30)
-        puts "script/server started"
-      else
-        puts "Error: can't start script/server"
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-end
-
-class CapybaraSettings
-# simple save/restore for Capybara
-
-  include Singleton
-
-  def save
-    begin
-      @run_server = Capybara.run_server
-      @driver = Capybara.current_driver
-      @host = Capybara.app_host
-    rescue => e
-      puts "Saving exception: " + e.inspect
-    end
-  end
-
-  def restore
-    begin
-      Capybara.current_driver = @driver
-      Capybara.app_host = @host
-      Capybara.run_server = @run_server
-    rescue => e
-      puts "Restore exception: " + e.inspect
-    end
-  end
-
-end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 499e52fbf..0392bec7c 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -92,13 +92,3 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
     AppConfig.reset_dynamic!
   end
 end
-
-# https://makandracards.com/makandra/950-speed-up-rspec-by-deferring-garbage-collection
-RSpec.configure do |config|
-  config.before(:all) do
-    DeferredGarbageCollection.start
-  end
-  config.after(:all) do
-    DeferredGarbageCollection.reconsider
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/support/deferred_garbage_collection.rb b/spec/support/deferred_garbage_collection.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 85a59a8d8..000000000
--- a/spec/support/deferred_garbage_collection.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-
-# https://makandracards.com/makandra/950-speed-up-rspec-by-deferring-garbage-collection
-class DeferredGarbageCollection
-
-  DEFERRED_GC_THRESHOLD = (ENV['DEFER_GC'] || 10.0).to_f #used to be 10.0
-
-  @@last_gc_run = Time.now
-
-  def self.start
-    return if unsupported_environment
-    GC.disable if DEFERRED_GC_THRESHOLD > 0
-  end
-
-  def self.memory_threshold
-    @mem = %x(free 2>/dev/null).to_s.split(" ")
-    return nil if @mem.empty?
-    @mem[15].to_i / (@mem[7].to_i/100)
-  end
-
-  def self.reconsider
-    return if unsupported_environment
-
-    if (percent_used = self.memory_threshold)
-      running_out_of_memory = percent_used > 90
-    else
-      running_out_of_memory = false
-    end
-
-    if( (DEFERRED_GC_THRESHOLD > 0 && Time.now - @@last_gc_run >= DEFERRED_GC_THRESHOLD) || running_out_of_memory )
-      GC.enable
-      GC.start
-      GC.disable
-      @@last_gc_run = Time.now
-    end
-  end
-
-  def self.unsupported_environment
-    ENV['TRAVIS'] # TODO: enable for ruby 1.9.3 or more RAM
-  end
-
-end