diff --git a/travis.gemspec b/travis.gemspec
index 0cc8be26..98eed85e 100644
--- a/travis.gemspec
+++ b/travis.gemspec
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency "addressable",           "~> 2.4.0" if RUBY_VERSION < "2.0"
   s.add_dependency "launchy",               "~> 2.1"
   s.add_dependency "typhoeus",              "~> 0.6", ">= 0.6.8"
-  s.add_dependency "json",                  "~> 1.8" if RUBY_VERSION < "2.0"
+  s.add_dependency "json",                  "~> 1.8"
   s.add_dependency "pusher-client",         "~> 0.4"
   s.add_development_dependency "rspec",     "~> 2.12"
   s.add_development_dependency "sinatra",   "~> 1.3"