diff --git a/jenkins-plugin-runtime.gemspec b/jenkins-plugin-runtime.gemspec
index 50b8549..ba8b5db 100644
--- a/jenkins-plugin-runtime.gemspec
+++ b/jenkins-plugin-runtime.gemspec
@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.add_dependency "json"
 
-  s.add_development_dependency "rake"
+  s.add_development_dependency "rake", "0.8.7"
   s.add_development_dependency "rspec", "~> 2.0"
   s.add_development_dependency "rspec-spies"
-  s.add_development_dependency "cucumber", "~> 1.0"
   s.add_development_dependency "jenkins-war"
 
 end