diff --git a/fog.gemspec b/fog.gemspec
index 809e1bd08..72bc0d45c 100644
--- a/fog.gemspec
+++ b/fog.gemspec
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency('net-ssh', '>=2.1.3')
   s.add_dependency('nokogiri', '~>1.5.0')
   s.add_dependency('ruby-hmac')
-  s.add_dependency('uuid')
 
   ## List your development dependencies here. Development dependencies are
   ## those that are only needed during development