diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 500f8d0..9f5f526 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -3,11 +3,6 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
 # Specify your gem's dependencies in win32-certstore.gemspec
 gemspec
 
-if Gem.ruby_version.to_s.start_with?("2.5")
-  # 16.7.23 required ruby 2.6+
-  gem "chef-utils", "< 16.7.23" # TODO: remove when we drop ruby 2.5
-end
-
 group :docs do
   gem "yard"
   gem "github-markup"
diff --git a/win32-certstore.gemspec b/win32-certstore.gemspec
index aea26bf..2527b1b 100644
--- a/win32-certstore.gemspec
+++ b/win32-certstore.gemspec
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency "rspec", "~> 3.0"
 
   spec.add_dependency "ffi"
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency "chef-powershell", ">= 1.0.12"
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency "chef-powershell"
   spec.metadata["yard.run"] = "yri"
 end