diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 9b90a14..c16218b 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -12,5 +12,3 @@ gem 'guard-coffeescript'
 gem 'growl'
 gem 'rake', '0.8.7'
 gem 'mocha', '0.9.12'
-gem 'hydra', :git => 'git://github.com/johnbintz/hydra.git'
-gem 'facter'
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index ace6ed3..1f09f12 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -3,28 +3,6 @@ include Rake::DSL if defined?(Rake::DSL)
 require 'bundler'
 Bundler::GemHelper.install_tasks
 
-begin
-  require 'hydra'
-  require 'hydra/tasks'
-  require 'facter'
-
-  Hydra::TestTask.new('hydra:spec') do |t|
-    t.add_files 'spec/**/*_spec.rb'
-  end
-rescue LoadError
-  warn "$! - hydra not loaded"
-end
-
-HYDRA_LOG = 'hydra-runner.log'
-
-task 'hydra:before' do
-  rm HYDRA_LOG if File.file?(HYDRA_LOG)
-end
-
-task('hydra:spec').enhance(%w{hydra:before}) do
-  puts File.read(HYDRA_LOG) if File.file?(HYDRA_LOG)
-end
-
 require 'rspec/core/rake_task'
 
 RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec)
@@ -38,23 +16,9 @@ Jasmine::Headless::Task.new
 namespace :spec do
   desc "Run on three Rubies"
   task :platforms do
-    current = %x{rvm-prompt v}
-    
-    fail = false
-    %w{1.8.7 1.9.2 ree}.each do |version|
-      puts "Switching to #{version}"
-      Bundler.with_clean_env do
-        system %{bash -c 'source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm ; rvm #{version} ; bundle install ; bundle exec rake hydra:spec'}
-      end
-      if $?.exitstatus != 0
-        fail = true
-        break
-      end
-    end
-
-    system %{rvm #{current}}
-
-    exit (fail ? 1 : 0)
+    system %{rvm 1.8.7,1.9.2,ree ruby bundle}
+    system %{rvm 1.8.7,1.9.2,ree ruby bundle exec rake spec}
+    raise StandardError.new if $?.exitstatus != 0
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/config/hydra.yml b/config/hydra.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 44bfd23..0000000
--- a/config/hydra.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<% Facter.loadfacts %>
-workers:
-  - type: local
-    runners: <%= Facter.sp_number_processors %>
-