diff --git a/knife-rackspace.gemspec b/knife-rackspace.gemspec
index ac444a4..3642ddf 100644
--- a/knife-rackspace.gemspec
+++ b/knife-rackspace.gemspec
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.test_files    = `git ls-files -- {test,spec,features}/*`.split("\n")
   s.executables   = `git ls-files -- bin/*`.split("\n").map{ |f| File.basename(f) }
   s.add_dependency "fog", "~> 0.8.2"
-  s.add_dependency "net-ssh", "~> 2.1.3"
-  s.add_dependency "net-ssh-multi", "~> 1.1.0"
   s.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
 end
diff --git a/lib/chef/knife/rackspace_server_create.rb b/lib/chef/knife/rackspace_server_create.rb
index 9038bca..8778718 100644
--- a/lib/chef/knife/rackspace_server_create.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/knife/rackspace_server_create.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ class RackspaceServerCreate < Knife
 
       deps do
         require 'fog'
-        require 'net/ssh/multi'
         require 'readline'
         require 'chef/json_compat'
         require 'chef/knife/bootstrap'