diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 01bcb0cae..23db6d7c7 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
 
 group :development, :test do
   # This is here because gemspec doesn't support require: false
-  gem 'coveralls', :require => false
   gem "netrc", :require => false
   gem "octokit", :require => false
 end
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cdf6d0a1e..b008061dd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ fog is the Ruby cloud services library, top to bottom:
 [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/fog/fog.png?branch=master)](http://travis-ci.org/fog/fog)
 [![Dependency Status](https://gemnasium.com/fog/fog.png)](https://gemnasium.com/fog/fog)
 [![Code Climate](https://codeclimate.com/github/fog/fog.png)](https://codeclimate.com/github/fog/fog)
-[![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/fog/fog/badge.png?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/r/fog/fog?branch=master)
 [![Gem Version](https://fury-badge.herokuapp.com/rb/fog.png)](http://badge.fury.io/rb/fog)
 [![Gittip](http://img.shields.io/gittip/geemus.png)](https://www.gittip.com/geemus/)
 
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 1e6cde4ef..3f104305d 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ end
 
 GEM_NAME = "#{name}"
 task :default => :test
-task :travis  => ['test', 'test:travis', 'coveralls_push_workaround']
+task :travis  => ['test', 'test:travis']
 
 Rake::TestTask.new do |t|
   t.pattern = File.join("**", "spec", "**", "*_spec.rb")
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ end
 namespace :test do
   mock = 'true' || ENV['FOG_MOCK']
   task :travis do
-      # jruby coveralls causes an OOM in travis
-      ENV['COVERAGE'] = 'false' if RUBY_PLATFORM == 'java'
       sh("export FOG_MOCK=#{mock} && bundle exec shindont")
   end
   task :vsphere do
@@ -212,12 +210,3 @@ Fog::Rake::ChangelogTask.new
 
 require "tasks/github_release_task"
 Fog::Rake::GithubReleaseTask.new
-
-task :coveralls_push_workaround do
-  use_coveralls = (Gem::Version.new(String.new(RUBY_VERSION)) > Gem::Version.new('1.9.2'))
-  if (ENV['COVERAGE'] != 'false') && use_coveralls
-    require 'coveralls/rake/task'
-    Coveralls::RakeTask.new
-    Rake::Task["coveralls:push"].invoke
-  end
-end