diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index ed49fde1..7e09ed10 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ end
 # Generate documentation
 begin
   require 'rdoc'
-  begin; require 'sdoc'; rescue LoadError; end
   require 'rdoc/task'
   Rake::RDocTask.new do |rdoc|
     rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'rdoc'
diff --git a/tire.gemspec b/tire.gemspec
index 99784912..02644fd0 100644
--- a/tire.gemspec
+++ b/tire.gemspec
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   # These gems are not needed for CI at <http://travis-ci.org/#!/karmi/tire>
   #
   unless ENV["CI"]
-    s.add_development_dependency "sdoc"
     s.add_development_dependency "rdoc"
     s.add_development_dependency "rcov"
     s.add_development_dependency "turn"