diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 52f5f74..04fe03e 100755
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ group :development do
     gem "tzinfo",             "0.3.22"
   gem "mongo_mapper",         "0.8.2"
   gem "couch_potato",         "0.3.0"
-  gem "ibm_db"
+  #gem "ibm_db"  # I don't want to add this dependency, even as a dev one since it requires DB2 to be installed
 end
 
 group :test do
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 48803bf..e3b42ba 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   datamapper (= 1.0.0)
   dm-migrations (= 1.0.0)
   dm-sqlite-adapter (= 1.0.0)
-  ibm_db
   jeweler
   json_pure
   mongo_mapper (= 0.8.2)