diff --git a/.rspec b/.rspec
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e7aa5e1..00000000
--- a/.rspec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
---color
---format NyanCatWideFormatter
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index f15cf56a..86604b2f 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ group :test do
   gem 'capybara'
   gem 'database_cleaner'
   gem 'headless'
-  gem 'nyan-cat-formatter'
   gem 'rails-controller-testing'
   gem 'rspec-collection_matchers'
   gem 'rspec-github', require: false
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 353252fe..68317b5d 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -248,8 +248,6 @@ GEM
     nokogiri (1.15.4)
       mini_portile2 (~> 2.8.2)
       racc (~> 1.4)
-    nyan-cat-formatter (0.12.0)
-      rspec (>= 2.99, >= 2.14.2, < 4)
     oauth (1.1.0)
       oauth-tty (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.1)
       snaky_hash (~> 2.0)
@@ -563,7 +561,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   net-pop
   net-smtp
   nokogiri
-  nyan-cat-formatter
   pagedown-bootstrap-rails
   pg
   proformaxml