diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 21f3260a..9e075496 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -139,4 +139,4 @@ gem "sprockets-rails"
 # requires io-wait 0.2.1. Since io-wait is a default gem, you can either remove your dependency 
 # on it or try updating to a newer version of bundler that supports
 # io-wait as a default gem.)
-gem "io-wait", "0.2.0"
+# gem "io-wait", "0.2.0"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index a3a4afe9..a486aea8 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ GEM
     image_processing (1.12.2)
       mini_magick (>= 4.9.5, < 5)
       ruby-vips (>= 2.0.17, < 3)
-    io-wait (0.2.0)
     jaro_winkler (1.5.4)
     jbuilder (2.11.5)
       actionview (>= 5.0.0)
@@ -491,7 +490,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   guard-minitest
   highline
   image_processing (~> 1.2)
-  io-wait (= 0.2.0)
   jbuilder (~> 2.7)
   jquery-rails
   jquery-ui-rails