diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 001c66e5..eb453a0a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Now Logidze can check for a pending upgrade. Use `Logidze.pending_upgrade = :war
 
 - [Fixes [#175](https://github.com/palkan/logidze/issues/175)] Set dynamic ActiveRecord version for migrations. ([@skryukov][])
 
+- [Fixes [#184](https://github.com/palkan/logidze/issues/184)] Remove Rails meta-gem dependency ([@bf4][])
+
 ## 1.0.0 (2020-11-09)
 
 - Add `--name` option to model generator to specify the migration name. ([@palkan][])
diff --git a/gemfiles/rails52.gemfile b/gemfiles/rails52.gemfile
index c870d24c..d38b0c08 100644
--- a/gemfiles/rails52.gemfile
+++ b/gemfiles/rails52.gemfile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
-gem 'rails', '~> 5.2.1'
+rails_version = '~> 5.2.1'
+gem 'railties', rails_version
+gem 'activerecord', rails_version
 gem 'rspec-rails', '~> 3.5'
 
 eval_gemfile './shared.gemfile'
diff --git a/gemfiles/rails6.gemfile b/gemfiles/rails6.gemfile
index 7a5bb4ac..2b8935d8 100644
--- a/gemfiles/rails6.gemfile
+++ b/gemfiles/rails6.gemfile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
-gem 'rails', '~> 6.0'
+rails_version = '~> 6.0'
+gem 'railties', rails_version
+gem 'activerecord', rails_version
 gem 'rspec-rails', '>= 4.0'
 
 eval_gemfile './shared.gemfile'
diff --git a/gemfiles/railsmaster.gemfile b/gemfiles/railsmaster.gemfile
index 12c498dc..535e03c9 100644
--- a/gemfiles/railsmaster.gemfile
+++ b/gemfiles/railsmaster.gemfile
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
-gem 'rails', github: 'rails/rails'
+git 'https://github.com/rails/rails.git' do
+  gem 'railties'
+  gem 'activerecord'
+end
 gem 'rspec-rails', '>= 4.0'
 
 eval_gemfile './shared.gemfile'
diff --git a/logidze.gemspec b/logidze.gemspec
index ece9cd16..86d01dde 100644
--- a/logidze.gemspec
+++ b/logidze.gemspec
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
     "source_code_uri" => "http://github.com/palkan/logidze"
   }
 
-  spec.add_dependency "rails", ">= 5.0"
+  rails_version = ">= 5.0"
+  spec.add_dependency "railties", rails_version
+  spec.add_dependency "activerecord", rails_version
   spec.add_dependency "ruby-next-core", "~> 0.9"
 
   spec.add_development_dependency "ammeter", "~> 1.1.3"