diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index a78d485c9..2236dbb9d 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ end
 
 group :test do
   gem "approvals", "~> 0.0" # A library to make it easier to do golden-master style testing in Ruby
-  gem "database_cleaner-active_record", "~> 2.0.0", require: false # Strategies for cleaning databases using ActiveRecord. Can be used to ensure a clean state for testing.
   gem "exifr", ">= 1.3.6" # EXIF Reader is a module to read EXIF from JPEG and TIFF images
   gem "factory_bot_rails", "~> 6.1" # factory_bot is a fixtures replacement with a straightforward definition syntax, support for multiple build strategies
   gem "launchy", "~> 2.5" # Launchy is helper class for launching cross-platform applications in a fire and forget manner.
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index b6b69d083..b5806bc63 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -219,10 +219,6 @@ GEM
       puma (>= 3.8.0)
       railties (>= 5.2.0)
     dante (0.2.0)
-    database_cleaner-active_record (2.0.0)
-      activerecord (>= 5.a)
-      database_cleaner-core (~> 2.0.0)
-    database_cleaner-core (2.0.0)
     ddtrace (0.46.0)
       msgpack
     dead_end (1.1.4)
@@ -908,7 +904,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   cloudinary (~> 1.19)
   counter_culture (~> 2.8)
   cypress-rails (~> 0.4.2)
-  database_cleaner-active_record (~> 2.0.0)
   ddtrace (~> 0.46.0)
   derailed_benchmarks (~> 2.0)
   devise!
diff --git a/spec/services/feeds/import_spec.rb b/spec/services/feeds/import_spec.rb
index d8cc3d55c..22ee42ff2 100644
--- a/spec/services/feeds/import_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/feeds/import_spec.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 require "rails_helper"
 
-RSpec.describe Feeds::Import, type: :service, vcr: true, db_strategy: :truncation do
-  self.use_transactional_tests = false
-
+RSpec.describe Feeds::Import, type: :service, vcr: true do
   let(:link) { "https://medium.com/feed/@vaidehijoshi" }
   let(:nonmedium_link) { "https://circleci.com/blog/feed.xml" }
   let(:nonpermanent_link) { "https://medium.com/feed/@macsiri/" }
diff --git a/spec/support/database_cleaner.rb b/spec/support/database_cleaner.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 71de1056e..000000000
--- a/spec/support/database_cleaner.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-require "database_cleaner-active_record"
-
-RSpec.configure do |config|
-  config.after(:each, db_strategy: :truncation) do |_example|
-    DatabaseCleaner.clean_with(:truncation)
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/system/dashboards/user_sorts_dashboard_articles_spec.rb b/spec/system/dashboards/user_sorts_dashboard_articles_spec.rb
index c91003afb..a1403738a 100644
--- a/spec/system/dashboards/user_sorts_dashboard_articles_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/system/dashboards/user_sorts_dashboard_articles_spec.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 require "rails_helper"
 
-RSpec.describe "Sorting Dashboard Articles", type: :system, js: true, db_strategy: :truncation do
-  self.use_transactional_tests = false
-
+RSpec.describe "Sorting Dashboard Articles", type: :system, js: true do
   let(:user) { create(:user) }
   let(:article1) do
     create(:article, user_id: user.id, published_at: 10.minutes.ago, created_at: 1.day.ago, public_reactions_count: 5,
diff --git a/vendor/cache/database_cleaner-active_record-2.0.0.gem b/vendor/cache/database_cleaner-active_record-2.0.0.gem
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