diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index b145c64dc9c04b2aedb0df343fdf92dcc2ff7506..df245a480a383c3dcae42dd648fae256d04a1bd7 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -49,16 +49,10 @@ group :test do
   gem 'rspec', '>= 2.0.0.beta.17'
   gem 'rspec-rails', '2.0.0.beta.17'
   gem 'mocha'
-  gem 'redgreen' if RUBY_VERSION.include? "1.8"
-  gem 'autotest'
   gem 'database_cleaner'
   gem 'webmock'
 end
 
-group :development do
-  gem 'nifty-generators'
-end
-
 group :deployment do
   gem 'sprinkle', :git => 'git://github.com/rsofaer/sprinkle.git'
 end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index d56eddfeed786d6560c8c8b5706251d9cb5335e3..f7f234783a5bbdaaec1c9177ba14b2ff8b454847 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ GEM
     addressable (2.2.1)
     arel (1.0.1)
       activesupport (~> 3.0.0)
-    autotest (4.3.2)
     aws (2.3.21)
       http_connection
       uuidtools
@@ -179,7 +178,6 @@ GEM
     net-ssh (2.0.23)
     net-ssh-gateway (1.0.1)
       net-ssh (>= 1.99.1)
-    nifty-generators (0.4.0)
     nokogiri (1.4.3.1)
     plucky (0.3.5)
       mongo (~> 1.0.8)
@@ -206,7 +204,6 @@ GEM
       rake (>= 0.8.4)
       thor (~> 0.14.0)
     rake (0.8.7)
-    redgreen (1.2.2)
     rest-client (1.6.1)
       mime-types (>= 1.16)
     rspec (2.0.0.beta.22)
@@ -261,7 +258,6 @@ PLATFORMS
 
 DEPENDENCIES
   addressable
-  autotest
   aws
   bson (= 1.0.7)
   bson_ext (= 1.0.7)
@@ -281,11 +277,9 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   mini_magick
   mocha
   mongo_mapper!
-  nifty-generators
   pubsubhubbub
   rails (= 3.0.0)
   redfinger!
-  redgreen
   roxml!
   rspec (>= 2.0.0.beta.17)
   rspec-rails (= 2.0.0.beta.17)