diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 87edb5cbb..561e06cce 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -145,8 +145,6 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem "rubocop-rails", "~> 2.13", require: false # Automatic Rails code style checking tool
   gem "rubocop-rspec", "~> 2.9", require: false # Code style checking for RSpec files
   gem "sassc-rails", "~> 2.1.2" # Integrate SassC-Ruby into Rails
-  gem "spring", "~> 4.0" # Preloads your application so things like console, rake and tests run faster
-  gem "spring-commands-rspec", "~> 1.0" # rspec command for spring
 end
 
 group :test do
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index fd1003556..3b3454b41 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -793,9 +793,6 @@ GEM
       thor (~> 1.0)
       tilt (~> 2.0)
       yard (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.24)
-    spring (4.0.0)
-    spring-commands-rspec (1.0.4)
-      spring (>= 0.9.1)
     sprockets (4.0.3)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
       rack (> 1, < 3)
@@ -1021,8 +1018,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   simplecov (~> 0.21.2)
   slack-notifier (~> 2.4)
   solargraph (~> 0.44)
-  spring (~> 4.0)
-  spring-commands-rspec (~> 1.0)
   sprockets (~> 4.0)
   staccato (~> 0.5)
   stackprof (~> 0.2)
diff --git a/Guardfile b/Guardfile
index e8d5ccaf3..01303d05c 100644
--- a/Guardfile
+++ b/Guardfile
@@ -19,23 +19,13 @@
 #       rspec may be run, below are examples of the most common uses.
 #  * bundler: 'bundle exec rspec'
 #  * bundler binstubs: 'bin/rspec'
-#  * spring: 'bin/rspec' (This will use spring if running and you have
-#                          installed the spring binstubs per the docs)
-#  * zeus: 'zeus rspec' (requires the server to be started separately)
 #  * 'just' rspec: 'rspec'
 
 ignore([%r{^bin/*}, %r{^config/*}, %r{^db/*}, %r{^lib/*}, %r{^log/*}, %r{^public/*}, %r{^tmp/*}, %r{^node_modules/*}])
 
 rspec_options = {
   results_file: File.expand_path("tmp/guard_rspec_results.txt"),
-  #############################
-  # BECAUSE spring doesn't seem to work well with simplecov, choose
-  # between the following two.
-  # slow but good coverage
-  # cmd: "bin/rspec -p",
-  # fast but no coverage
-  cmd: "bin/spring rspec -p",
-  #############################
+  cmd: "bin/rspec -p",
   failed_mode: :focus,
   bundler_env: :clean_env
 }
diff --git a/bin/e2e b/bin/e2e
index 5346fc181..add9c1f1b 100755
--- a/bin/e2e
+++ b/bin/e2e
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ read -t 10 -p "Choose yes to setup a test database or if you're running the scri
 
 if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
   printf "\n\nSetting up the E2E database before running E2E tests...\n\n"
-  # Spring is disabled only for E2E tests run locally. Otherwise, there are all kinds of errors.
-  DISABLE_SPRING=1 RAILS_ENV=test E2E=true bin/e2e-setup
+  RAILS_ENV=test E2E=true bin/e2e-setup
 else
    printf "\n\nSkipping database setup...\n\n"
 fi
diff --git a/bin/rails b/bin/rails
index 21d3e02d8..6fb4e4051 100755
--- a/bin/rails
+++ b/bin/rails
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
-load File.expand_path("spring", __dir__)
 APP_PATH = File.expand_path('../config/application', __dir__)
 require_relative "../config/boot"
 require "rails/commands"
diff --git a/bin/rake b/bin/rake
index 7327f471e..4fbf10b96 100755
--- a/bin/rake
+++ b/bin/rake
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
-load File.expand_path("spring", __dir__)
 require_relative "../config/boot"
 require "rake"
 Rake.application.run
diff --git a/bin/spring b/bin/spring
deleted file mode 100755
index b4147e843..000000000
--- a/bin/spring
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env ruby
-if !defined?(Spring) && [nil, "development", "test"].include?(ENV["RAILS_ENV"])
-  gem "bundler"
-  require "bundler"
-
-  # Load Spring without loading other gems in the Gemfile, for speed.
-  Bundler.locked_gems&.specs&.find { |spec| spec.name == "spring" }&.tap do |spring|
-    Gem.use_paths Gem.dir, Bundler.bundle_path.to_s, *Gem.path
-    gem "spring", spring.version
-    require "spring/binstub"
-  rescue Gem::LoadError
-    # Ignore when Spring is not installed.
-  end
-end
diff --git a/config/boot.rb b/config/boot.rb
index d22fd2f3b..988a5ddc4 100644
--- a/config/boot.rb
+++ b/config/boot.rb
@@ -1,14 +1,4 @@
 ENV["BUNDLE_GEMFILE"] ||= File.expand_path("../Gemfile", __dir__)
 
-# NOTE: We need to ignore this warning early during app startup.
-# 1. `parser` is a transitive dependency (`erb_lint` -> `better_html` -> `parser`)
-# 2. The warnings are generated while reading the class body, so we need to ignore
-#    them *before* the gem's code is read.
-# 3. The warning is intentional, it will always occur when the used point release
-#    isn't the most recent. Since our update schedule is somewhat influenced by
-#    Fedora release cycles right now, this can occur frequently.
-require "warning"
-Warning.ignore(%r{parser/current})
-
 require "bundler/setup" # Set up gems listed in the Gemfile.
 require "bootsnap/setup" # Speed up boot time by caching expensive operations.
diff --git a/config/environments/test.rb b/config/environments/test.rb
index 2d99316ed..da4ac9685 100644
--- a/config/environments/test.rb
+++ b/config/environments/test.rb
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ Rails.application.configure do
 
   # Settings specified here will take precedence over those in config/application.rb.
 
-  # cache_classes should be false when Spring is enabled, and true when it's disabled
   # https://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html#config-cache-classes
-  config.cache_classes = ActiveModel::Type::Boolean.new.cast(ENV["DISABLE_SPRING"])
+  config.cache_classes = true
 
   # See https://github.com/rails/rails/issues/40613#issuecomment-727283155
   config.action_view.cache_template_loading = true
diff --git a/config/spring.rb b/config/spring.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 643868a10..000000000
--- a/config/spring.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-Spring.watch(
-  ".ruby-version",
-  ".rbenv-vars",
-  "tmp/restart.txt",
-  "tmp/caching-dev.txt",
-)
diff --git a/vendor/cache/spring-4.0.0.gem b/vendor/cache/spring-4.0.0.gem
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