diff --git a/lib/weakref/weakref.gemspec b/lib/weakref/weakref.gemspec
index a7c83a53e7..587013a424 100644
--- a/lib/weakref/weakref.gemspec
+++ b/lib/weakref/weakref.gemspec
@@ -29,8 +29,4 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.bindir        = "exe"
   spec.executables   = spec.files.grep(%r{^exe/}) { |f| File.basename(f) }
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
-
-  spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", "~> 2.0"
-  spec.add_development_dependency "rake", "~> 10.0"
-  spec.add_development_dependency "minitest", "~> 5.0"
 end