diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
index 0d9af985..507644ce 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 -r base.txt
 
-gevent==1.2.2
 gunicorn==19.8.1  # https://github.com/benoitc/gunicorn
 psycopg2==2.7.4 --no-binary psycopg2  # https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_whitenoise == 'n' %}