diff --git a/hyrax.gemspec b/hyrax.gemspec
index 4570011dc7..da01f0bf7b 100644
--- a/hyrax.gemspec
+++ b/hyrax.gemspec
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ SUMMARY
   spec.add_development_dependency 'database_cleaner', '~> 1.3'
   spec.add_development_dependency "equivalent-xml", '~> 0.5'
   spec.add_development_dependency "factory_bot", '~> 4.4'
-  spec.add_development_dependency 'fcrepo_wrapper', '~> 0.5', '>= 0.5.1'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'mida', '~> 0.3'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'okcomputer'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'pg', '~> 1.2'
diff --git a/tasks/hyrax_dev.rake b/tasks/hyrax_dev.rake
index 72c38ac5c9..ecb9ce7f17 100644
--- a/tasks/hyrax_dev.rake
+++ b/tasks/hyrax_dev.rake
@@ -10,16 +10,6 @@ end
 
 RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec)
 
-desc 'Spin up test servers and run specs'
-task :spec_with_app_load do
-  require 'solr_wrapper'   # necessary for rake_support to work
-  require 'fcrepo_wrapper' # necessary for rake_support to work
-  require 'active_fedora/rake_support'
-  with_test_server do
-    Rake::Task['spec'].invoke
-  end
-end
-
 desc "Sort locales keys in alphabetic order."
 task :i18n_sorter do
   require 'i18n_yaml_sorter'