diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 54694982d3..3227d2a8ec 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ gem 'devise-pwned_password'
 gem 'devise_uid'
 gem 'pg', '1.1.4'
 gem "recaptcha"
-gem 'resque', '2.0.0'
-gem 'resque-scheduler', '4.4.0'
-gem 'resque_mailer', '2.4.3'
 
 gem 'jbuilder', '~> 2.9.1'
 gem 'jquery-rails', '4.4.0'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 25d770ad61..5567c19e2a 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -221,12 +221,9 @@ GEM
     mini_mime (1.1.0)
     mini_portile2 (2.6.1)
     minitest (5.14.4)
-    mono_logger (1.1.0)
     multi_json (1.15.0)
     multi_xml (0.6.0)
     multipart-post (2.1.1)
-    mustermann (1.1.1)
-      ruby2_keywords (~> 0.0.1)
     netrc (0.11.0)
     nio4r (2.5.7)
     nokogiri (1.12.5)
@@ -356,8 +353,6 @@ GEM
     recaptcha (5.6.0)
       json
     redis (4.4.0)
-    redis-namespace (1.8.0)
-      redis (>= 3.0.4)
     regexp_parser (1.8.1)
     representable (3.0.4)
       declarative (< 0.1.0)
@@ -366,20 +361,6 @@ GEM
     responders (3.0.1)
       actionpack (>= 5.0)
       railties (>= 5.0)
-    resque (2.0.0)
-      mono_logger (~> 1.0)
-      multi_json (~> 1.0)
-      redis-namespace (~> 1.6)
-      sinatra (>= 0.9.2)
-      vegas (~> 0.1.2)
-    resque-scheduler (4.4.0)
-      mono_logger (~> 1.0)
-      redis (>= 3.3)
-      resque (>= 1.26)
-      rufus-scheduler (~> 3.2)
-    resque_mailer (2.4.3)
-      actionmailer (>= 3.0)
-      activesupport (>= 3.0)
     rest-client (2.1.0)
       http-accept (>= 1.7.0, < 2.0)
       http-cookie (>= 1.0.2, < 2.0)
@@ -434,10 +415,7 @@ GEM
     ruby-graphviz (1.2.5)
       rexml
     ruby-progressbar (1.10.1)
-    ruby2_keywords (0.0.2)
     rubyzip (1.3.0)
-    rufus-scheduler (3.6.0)
-      fugit (~> 1.1, >= 1.1.6)
     sass (3.7.4)
       sass-listen (~> 4.0.0)
     sass-listen (4.0.0)
@@ -482,11 +460,6 @@ GEM
       json (>= 1.8, < 3)
       simplecov-html (~> 0.10.0)
     simplecov-html (0.10.2)
-    sinatra (2.1.0)
-      mustermann (~> 1.0)
-      rack (~> 2.2)
-      rack-protection (= 2.1.0)
-      tilt (~> 2.0)
     spring (2.1.1)
     sprockets (3.7.2)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
@@ -512,8 +485,6 @@ GEM
     unf_ext (0.0.7.7)
     unicode-display_width (1.6.1)
     uniform_notifier (1.13.0)
-    vegas (0.1.11)
-      rack (>= 1.0.0)
     warden (1.2.9)
       rack (>= 2.0.9)
     webdrivers (4.6.1)
@@ -587,9 +558,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rails_12factor (= 0.0.3)
   react_on_rails (= 12.0.1)
   recaptcha
-  resque (= 2.0.0)
-  resque-scheduler (= 4.4.0)
-  resque_mailer (= 2.4.3)
   rspec-collection_matchers (~> 1.1.3)
   rspec-html-matchers (~> 0.9.0)
   rspec-rails (~> 4.0.0)