diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 2e03d65a35..4fec11abeb 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@ end
 
 group :test do
   gem 'webmock'
-  gem 'perftools.rb'
+
+  # See spec/spec_helper.rb for instructions
+  #gem 'perftools.rb'
 end
 
 group :development do
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index b98ceb4789..4af4129c5b 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -356,7 +356,6 @@ GEM
       xml-simple
     paypal-sdk-merchant (1.106.1)
       paypal-sdk-core (~> 0.2.3)
-    perftools.rb (2.0.1)
     pg (0.13.2)
     poltergeist (1.5.0)
       capybara (~> 2.1)
@@ -550,7 +549,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   newrelic_rpm
   oj
   paperclip
-  perftools.rb
   pg
   poltergeist
   pry-debugger