diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 127cdcc..920716f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@
         <artifactId>rethinkdb-driver</artifactId>
         <version>2.3.3</version>
       </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
-      <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.6</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>