diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 96d233a77..c9e6de7be 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ end
 
 group :heroku do
   gem 'pg'
-  gem 'mysql'
 end
 
 gem 'settingslogic', :git => 'git://github.com/binarylogic/settingslogic.git'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 755db741c..ae73e84c1 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -243,7 +243,6 @@ GEM
       gem_plugin (>= 0.2.3)
     multi_json (1.0.4)
     multipart-post (1.1.4)
-    mysql (2.8.1)
     mysql2 (0.2.17)
     net-scp (1.0.4)
       net-ssh (>= 1.99.1)
@@ -456,7 +455,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   mobile-fu
   mock_redis
   mongrel
-  mysql
   mysql2 (= 0.2.17)
   newrelic_rpm
   nokogiri (~> 1.5.0)