diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 6c1d8db2c6..63eb9db9e8 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ end
 group :development do
   gem 'byebug', '~> 9.0.0' # 9.1 requires ruby 2.2
   gem 'debugger-linecache'
-  gem 'listen', '3.0.8' # 3.1.0 requires ruby 2.2
   gem "newrelic_rpm", "~> 3.0"
   gem 'pry-byebug', '>= 3.4.3'
   gem 'rubocop', '>= 0.49.1'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index febdd8fb1f..d2b9b72587 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -468,9 +468,6 @@ GEM
     letter_opener (1.7.0)
       launchy (~> 2.2)
     libv8 (6.3.292.48.1)
-    listen (3.0.8)
-      rb-fsevent (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.4)
-      rb-inotify (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.7)
     mail (2.5.5)
       mime-types (~> 1.16)
       treetop (~> 1.4.8)
@@ -776,7 +773,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   knapsack
   letter_opener (>= 1.4.1)
   libv8 (= 6.3.292.48.1)
-  listen (= 3.0.8)
   mini_racer (= 0.1.15)
   momentjs-rails
   newrelic_rpm (~> 3.0)