diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index fc2214398..984392186 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem 'puppet-lint-variable_contains_upcase', :require => 'false'
   gem 'puppet-lint-numericvariable',          :require => 'false'
   gem 'json',                                 :require => 'false'
-  gem 'webmock',                              :require => 'false'
 end
 
 group :system_tests do
diff --git a/spec/classes/aodh_evaluator_spec.rb b/spec/classes/aodh_evaluator_spec.rb
index 7ada65f62..d868dc5dc 100644
--- a/spec/classes/aodh_evaluator_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/aodh_evaluator_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
-# LP1492636 - Cohabitation of compile matcher and webmock
-WebMock.disable_net_connect!(:allow => "169.254.169.254")
 
 describe 'aodh::evaluator' do
 
diff --git a/spec/classes/aodh_listener_spec.rb b/spec/classes/aodh_listener_spec.rb
index 180b5f342..dd722a468 100644
--- a/spec/classes/aodh_listener_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/aodh_listener_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
-# LP1492636 - Cohabitation of compile matcher and webmock
-WebMock.disable_net_connect!(:allow => "169.254.169.254")
 
 describe 'aodh::listener' do
 
diff --git a/spec/classes/aodh_notifier_spec.rb b/spec/classes/aodh_notifier_spec.rb
index 94d7b9cce..f63115c69 100644
--- a/spec/classes/aodh_notifier_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/aodh_notifier_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
-# LP1492636 - Cohabitation of compile matcher and webmock
-WebMock.disable_net_connect!(:allow => "169.254.169.254")
 
 describe 'aodh::notifier' do
 
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 3df4cede1..172614e99 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 require 'puppetlabs_spec_helper/module_spec_helper'
 require 'shared_examples'
-require 'webmock/rspec'
 
 RSpec.configure do |c|
   c.alias_it_should_behave_like_to :it_configures, 'configures'