diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index e36d1b6c..8f7cfa74 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ require 'rake/testtask'
 require 'yaml'
 require 'yajl'
 require 'open-uri'
-require 'json'
 
 task :default => :test