diff --git a/lib/generators/blacklight/assets_generator.rb b/lib/generators/blacklight/assets_generator.rb
index 6370243201..5eb74ff573 100644
--- a/lib/generators/blacklight/assets_generator.rb
+++ b/lib/generators/blacklight/assets_generator.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ class Assets < Rails::Generators::Base
     # This could be skipped if you want to use webpacker
     def add_javascript_dependencies
       gem 'bootstrap-sass', '~> 3.0'
-      gem 'popper_js'
       gem 'twitter-typeahead-rails', '0.11.1.pre.corejavascript'
     end