diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index cd232770e0..3271c30756 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ gem 'geocoder'
 gem 'gmaps4rails'
 gem 'spinjs-rails'
 gem 'rack-ssl', :require => 'rack/ssl'
-gem "active_model_serializers"
 
 # Gems used only for assets and not required
 # in production environments by default.
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 67e7e0fe29..78b60d1977 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -131,8 +131,6 @@ GEM
       rack-test (~> 0.6.1)
       sprockets (~> 2.2.1)
     active_link_to (1.0.0)
-    active_model_serializers (0.8.1)
-      activemodel (>= 3.0)
     active_utils (2.0.1)
       activesupport (>= 2.3.11)
       i18n
@@ -496,7 +494,6 @@ PLATFORMS
   ruby
 
 DEPENDENCIES
-  active_model_serializers
   andand
   awesome_print
   aws-sdk
diff --git a/config/initializers/serializers.rb b/config/initializers/serializers.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 532184bec2..0000000000
--- a/config/initializers/serializers.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-ActiveModel::Serializer.root = false