diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 1319c514388..24f193b1656 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ gem 'mail', require: false
 gem 'mini_mime'
 gem 'mini_suffix'
 
-gem 'hiredis'
-
 # holding off redis upgrade temporarily as it is having issues with our current
 # freedom patch, we will follow this up.
 #
@@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ gem 'hiredis'
 # /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/redis-4.1.0/lib/redis/client.rb:93:in `delete'
 # /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/redis-4.1.0/lib/redis/client.rb:93:in `initialize'
 # /var/www/discourse/lib/freedom_patches/redis.rb:7:in `initialize'
-gem 'redis', '4.0.1', require:  ["redis", "redis/connection/hiredis"]
+gem 'redis', '4.0.1'
 gem 'redis-namespace'
 
 gem 'active_model_serializers', '~> 0.8.3'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 68169948e90..b7f497896e5 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ GEM
     hashdiff (0.3.9)
     hashie (3.6.0)
     highline (1.7.10)
-    hiredis (0.6.3)
     hkdf (0.3.0)
     htmlentities (4.3.4)
     http_accept_language (2.0.5)
@@ -467,7 +466,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   flamegraph
   gc_tracer
   highline (~> 1.7.0)
-  hiredis
   htmlentities
   http_accept_language (~> 2.0.5)
   listen