diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 68d03421813..8baf3db839f 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -159,10 +159,6 @@ group :test, :development do
 
   gem 'rb-fsevent', require: RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /darwin/i ? 'rb-fsevent' : false
 
-  # TODO determine if we can update this to 0.10, API changes happened
-  # we would like to upgrade it if possible
-  gem 'rb-inotify', '~> 0.9', require: RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /linux/i ? 'rb-inotify' : false
-
   gem 'rspec-rails'
 
   gem 'shoulda-matchers', require: false
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 75b3f765962..9c176baec45 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -521,7 +521,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   railties (= 6.0.3.2)
   rake
   rb-fsevent
-  rb-inotify (~> 0.9)
   rbtrace
   rchardet
   redis