diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 0cfa995..da5c9db 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -3,16 +3,3 @@ require 'rspec/core/rake_task'
 
 RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec)
 task default: :spec
-
-begin
-  require 'rcov/rcovtask'
-  Rcov::RcovTask.new do |t|
-    t.libs << 'lib' << 'test'
-    t.pattern = 'test/**/test_*.rb'
-    t.verbose = false
-  end
-rescue LoadError
-  task :rcov do
-    abort "RCov is not available. In order to run rcov, you must: gem install rcov"
-  end
-end