diff --git a/lib/cucumber/formatter/junit.rb b/lib/cucumber/formatter/junit.rb
index f611d56e495..3fe9567f71a 100644
--- a/lib/cucumber/formatter/junit.rb
+++ b/lib/cucumber/formatter/junit.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 require 'cucumber/formatter/ordered_xml_markup'
-require 'ruby-debug'
 
 module Cucumber
   module Formatter