diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index e738bbf54..d5edcf01e 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ gem "emoji_regex", "~> 2.0" # A pair of Ruby regular expressions for matching Un
 gem "envied", "~> 0.9" # Ensure presence and type of your app's ENV-variables
 gem "fast_jsonapi", "~> 1.5" # Serializer for Ruby objects
 gem "fastly", "~> 1.15" # Client library for the Fastly acceleration system
-gem "fastly-rails", "~> 0.8" # Fastly dynamic caching integration for Rails
 gem "feedjira", "~> 3.1" # A feed fetching and parsing library
 gem "field_test", "~> 0.3" # A/B testing
 gem "figaro", "~> 1.1" # Simple, Heroku-friendly Rails app configuration using ENV and a single YAML file
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 57fa47fcb..54bf10c16 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -313,9 +313,6 @@ GEM
       activesupport (>= 4.2)
     fastimage (2.1.1)
     fastly (1.15.0)
-    fastly-rails (0.8.0)
-      fastly (~> 1.6)
-      railties (> 2, < 6)
     feedjira (3.1.1)
       loofah (>= 2.3.1)
       sax-machine (>= 1.0)
@@ -919,7 +916,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   faker (~> 2.11)
   fast_jsonapi (~> 1.5)
   fastly (~> 1.15)
-  fastly-rails (~> 0.8)
   feedjira (~> 3.1)
   field_test (~> 0.3)
   figaro (~> 1.1)
diff --git a/config/initializers/fastly.rb b/config/initializers/fastly.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b6dc5dd5..000000000
--- a/config/initializers/fastly.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-FastlyRails.configure do |c|
-  c.api_key = ApplicationConfig["FASTLY_API_KEY"] # Fastly api key, required
-  c.max_age = 1.day.to_i # time in seconds, optional, defaults to 2592000 (30 days)
-  c.service_id = ApplicationConfig["FASTLY_SERVICE_ID"] # Fastly service you will be using, required
-  c.stale_if_error = 26_400
-  c.purging_enabled = Rails.env.production? # No need to configure a client locally (since 0.4.0)
-end
diff --git a/spec/requests/reactions_spec.rb b/spec/requests/reactions_spec.rb
index 2e41d3838..771923d04 100644
--- a/spec/requests/reactions_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/reactions_spec.rb
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ RSpec.describe "Reactions", type: :request do
   let(:article) { create(:article, user: user) }
   let(:comment) { create(:comment, commentable: article) }
 
-  let_it_be(:max_age) { FastlyRails.configuration.max_age }
-  let_it_be(:stale_if_error) { FastlyRails.configuration.stale_if_error }
+  let_it_be(:max_age) { 1.day.to_i }
+  let_it_be(:stale_if_error) { 26_400 }
 
   describe "GET /reactions?article_id=:article_id" do
     before do