diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 9bf37891f74..bf177977bf4 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ gem 'oj', '~> 2.17.4'
 gem 'chronic', '~> 0.10.2'
 gem 'chronic_duration', '~> 0.10.6'
 
-gem 'sassc-rails', '~> 1.3.0'
+gem 'sass-rails', '~> 5.0.6'
 gem 'coffee-rails', '~> 4.1.0'
 gem 'uglifier', '~> 2.7.2'
 gem 'gitlab-turbolinks-classic', '~> 2.5', '>= 2.5.6'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 4d025683b20..230d1785aa3 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -667,17 +667,12 @@ GEM
     sanitize (2.1.0)
       nokogiri (>= 1.4.4)
     sass (3.4.22)
-    sassc (1.11.1)
-      bundler
-      ffi (~> 1.9.6)
-      sass (>= 3.3.0)
-    sassc-rails (1.3.0)
-      railties (>= 4.0.0)
-      sass
-      sassc (~> 1.9)
-      sprockets (> 2.11)
-      sprockets-rails
-      tilt
+    sass-rails (5.0.6)
+      railties (>= 4.0.0, < 6)
+      sass (~> 3.1)
+      sprockets (>= 2.8, < 4.0)
+      sprockets-rails (>= 2.0, < 4.0)
+      tilt (>= 1.1, < 3)
     sawyer (0.8.1)
       addressable (>= 2.3.5, < 2.6)
       faraday (~> 0.8, < 1.0)
@@ -976,7 +971,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   ruby-prof (~> 0.16.2)
   rugged (~> 0.24.0)
   sanitize (~> 2.0)
-  sassc-rails (~> 1.3.0)
+  sass-rails (~> 5.0.6)
   scss_lint (~> 0.47.0)
   seed-fu (~> 2.3.5)
   select2-rails (~> 3.5.9)
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/switch-to-sassc.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/switch-to-sassc.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e6c4baf6d9..00000000000
--- a/changelogs/unreleased/switch-to-sassc.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-title: Switch to sassc-rails for faster stylesheet compilation
-merge_request: 8556
-author: Richard Macklin