diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 9308ca68..16a1d775 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ PATH
   specs:
     travis-api (0.0.1)
       backports (~> 2.5)
-      newrelic_rpm (~> 3.6.1.88)
       pg (~> 0.13.2)
       rack-contrib (~> 1.1)
       rack-ssl (~> 1.3, >= 1.3.3)
@@ -179,7 +178,6 @@ GEM
     multipart-post (1.2.0)
     net-http-persistent (2.9)
     net-http-pipeline (1.0.1)
-    newrelic_rpm (3.6.1.88)
     pg (0.13.2)
     polyglot (0.3.3)
     pry (0.9.12.2)
diff --git a/lib/travis/api/app/base.rb b/lib/travis/api/app/base.rb
index 4fbf40c8..70804953 100644
--- a/lib/travis/api/app/base.rb
+++ b/lib/travis/api/app/base.rb
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ class Travis::Api::App
   class Base < Sinatra::Base
     register Extensions::SmartConstants
 
-    configure :production do
-      require 'newrelic_rpm'
-    end
-
     error NotImplementedError do
       content_type :txt
       status 501
diff --git a/travis-api.gemspec b/travis-api.gemspec
index 27a94463..08e03222 100644
--- a/travis-api.gemspec
+++ b/travis-api.gemspec
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     "Rakefile",
     "config.ru",
     "config/database.yml",
-    "config/newrelic.yml",
     "config/unicorn.rb",
     "docs/00_overview.md",
     "docs/01_cross_origin.md",
@@ -199,7 +198,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.add_dependency 'backports',       '~> 2.5'
   s.add_dependency 'pg',              '~> 0.13.2'
-  s.add_dependency 'newrelic_rpm',    '~> 3.6.1.88'
   s.add_dependency 'thin',            '~> 1.4'
   s.add_dependency 'sinatra',         '~> 1.3'
   s.add_dependency 'sinatra-contrib', '~> 1.3'