diff --git a/fog.gemspec b/fog.gemspec
index 67eb53501e..686c5f3c88 100644
--- a/fog.gemspec
+++ b/fog.gemspec
@@ -44,12 +44,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency("fog-core", "~> 1.21.0")
   s.add_dependency("fog-json")
 
-  s.add_dependency('builder')
-  s.add_dependency('excon', '~>0.32.0')
-  s.add_dependency('formatador', '~>0.2.0')
-  s.add_dependency('mime-types')
-  s.add_dependency('net-scp', '~>1.1')
-  s.add_dependency('net-ssh', '>=2.1.3')
   s.add_dependency('nokogiri', '>=1.5.11')
 
   # Modular providers