diff --git a/.rspec b/.rspec
index 7488cbe7792e3f584f6bcc8fc283dc8036f25b50..4e1e0d2f722485c7d284fb5cd7da855826e39b5a 100644
--- a/.rspec
+++ b/.rspec
@@ -1 +1 @@
---color --drb
+--color
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 5b58ce443aef1689beff768c5e9b16872f650a42..397165f668f29c8c1f197128376e87729872efae 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ group :development, :test do
   # PhantomJS driver for Capybara
   gem 'poltergeist', '~> 1.4.1'
 
-  gem 'spork', '~> 1.0rc'
   gem 'jasmine', '2.0.0.rc5'
 
   gem "spring", '1.1.1'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 167fd960ff573c308fbd22a207444fca31fb22f8..1a0bce98ac52fcbf36790dc5520dd585a9457693 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -484,7 +484,6 @@ GEM
       capybara (>= 2.0.0)
       railties (>= 3)
       spinach (>= 0.4)
-    spork (1.0.0rc4)
     spring (1.1.1)
     spring-commands-rspec (1.0.1)
       spring (>= 0.9.1)
@@ -661,7 +660,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   slack-notifier (~> 0.2.0)
   slim
   spinach-rails
-  spork (~> 1.0rc)
   spring (= 1.1.1)
   spring-commands-rspec (= 1.0.1)
   spring-commands-spinach (= 1.0.0)
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index dd008ed02ad870789a6414af1810b1785f06a946..e6b1f816df037dae3e787abfea7c93b22fe38ca2 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,63 +1,50 @@
-require 'rubygems'
-require 'spork'
+# This file is copied to spec/ when you run 'rails generate rspec:install'
+ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= 'test'
+require File.expand_path("../../config/environment", __FILE__)
 
-Spork.prefork do
-  require 'simplecov' unless ENV['CI']
+require 'simplecov' unless ENV['CI']
 
-  if ENV['TRAVIS']
-    require 'coveralls'
-    Coveralls.wear!
-  end
-
-  # This file is copied to spec/ when you run 'rails generate rspec:install'
-  ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= 'test'
-  require File.expand_path("../../config/environment", __FILE__)
-  require 'rspec/rails'
-  require 'capybara/rails'
-  require 'capybara/rspec'
-  require 'webmock/rspec'
-  require 'email_spec'
-  require 'sidekiq/testing/inline'
-  require 'capybara/poltergeist'
-
-  # Loading more in this block will cause your tests to run faster. However,
-
-  # if you change any configuration or code from libraries loaded here, you'll
-  # need to restart spork for it take effect.
-  Capybara.javascript_driver = :poltergeist
-  Capybara.default_wait_time = 10
-
-  # Requires supporting ruby files with custom matchers and macros, etc,
-  # in spec/support/ and its subdirectories.
-  Dir[Rails.root.join("spec/support/**/*.rb")].each {|f| require f}
-
-  WebMock.disable_net_connect!(allow_localhost: true)
-
-  RSpec.configure do |config|
-    config.mock_with :rspec
-
-    config.include LoginHelpers, type: :feature
-    config.include LoginHelpers, type: :request
-    config.include FactoryGirl::Syntax::Methods
-    config.include Devise::TestHelpers, type: :controller
-
-    config.include TestEnv
-
-    # If you're not using ActiveRecord, or you'd prefer not to run each of your
-    # examples within a transaction, remove the following line or assign false
-    # instead of true.
-    config.use_transactional_fixtures = false
-
-    config.before(:suite) do
-      TestEnv.init(observers: false, init_repos: true, repos: false)
-    end
-    config.before(:each) do
-      TestEnv.setup_stubs
-    end
-  end
+if ENV['TRAVIS']
+  require 'coveralls'
+  Coveralls.wear!
 end
 
-Spork.each_run do
-  # This code will be run each time you run your specs.
+require 'rspec/rails'
+require 'capybara/rails'
+require 'capybara/rspec'
+require 'webmock/rspec'
+require 'email_spec'
+require 'sidekiq/testing/inline'
+require 'capybara/poltergeist'
+
+Capybara.javascript_driver = :poltergeist
+Capybara.default_wait_time = 10
+
+# Requires supporting ruby files with custom matchers and macros, etc,
+# in spec/support/ and its subdirectories.
+Dir[Rails.root.join("spec/support/**/*.rb")].each {|f| require f}
+
+WebMock.disable_net_connect!(allow_localhost: true)
 
+RSpec.configure do |config|
+  config.mock_with :rspec
+
+  config.include LoginHelpers, type: :feature
+  config.include LoginHelpers, type: :request
+  config.include FactoryGirl::Syntax::Methods
+  config.include Devise::TestHelpers, type: :controller
+
+  config.include TestEnv
+
+  # If you're not using ActiveRecord, or you'd prefer not to run each of your
+  # examples within a transaction, remove the following line or assign false
+  # instead of true.
+  config.use_transactional_fixtures = false
+
+  config.before(:suite) do
+    TestEnv.init(observers: false, init_repos: true, repos: false)
+  end
+  config.before(:each) do
+    TestEnv.setup_stubs
+  end
 end