diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 3659d7e1..0ad34a4e 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ gem 'addressable', :require => ['addressable/template', 'addressable/uri']
 
 gem 'whenever', '~> 0.7.3', :require => false
 
-gem 'resque', '~> 1.23.0'
-gem 'resque-scheduler', '~> 2.0.0.d'
-
 gem 'right_aws', '~> 2.1.0'
 
 gem "character-encodings", "~> 0.4.1", :platforms => :ruby_18
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index cac1d946..d680ac5a 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -163,8 +163,6 @@ GEM
     rack (1.5.5)
     rack-attack (2.2.1)
       rack
-    rack-protection (1.5.3)
-      rack
     rack-test (0.6.3)
       rack (>= 1.0)
     rails (4.1.16)
@@ -196,20 +194,8 @@ GEM
       execjs
       railties (>= 3.2)
       tilt
-    redis (3.2.1)
-    redis-namespace (1.5.2)
-      redis (~> 3.0, >= 3.0.4)
     responders (1.1.2)
       railties (>= 3.2, < 4.2)
-    resque (1.23.1)
-      multi_json (~> 1.0)
-      redis-namespace (~> 1.0)
-      sinatra (>= 0.9.2)
-      vegas (~> 0.1.2)
-    resque-scheduler (2.0.1)
-      redis (>= 2.0.1)
-      resque (>= 1.20.0)
-      rufus-scheduler
     rest-client (1.6.9)
       mime-types (~> 1.16)
     right_aws (2.1.0)
@@ -228,7 +214,6 @@ GEM
     rspec-rails (2.0.1)
       rspec (~> 2.0.0)
     ruby-hmac (0.4.0)
-    rufus-scheduler (3.1.3)
     rvm-capistrano (1.5.6)
       capistrano (~> 2.15.4)
     sanitize (2.0.6)
@@ -240,10 +225,6 @@ GEM
       sprockets (>= 2.8, < 4.0)
       sprockets-rails (>= 2.0, < 4.0)
       tilt (>= 1.1, < 3)
-    sinatra (1.4.6)
-      rack (~> 1.4)
-      rack-protection (~> 1.4)
-      tilt (>= 1.3, < 3)
     sprockets (3.7.2)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
       rack (> 1, < 3)
@@ -261,8 +242,6 @@ GEM
       thread_safe (~> 0.1)
     uglifier (4.2.0)
       execjs (>= 0.3.0, < 3)
-    vegas (0.1.11)
-      rack (>= 1.0.0)
     warden (1.2.7)
       rack (>= 1.0)
     whenever (0.7.3)
@@ -304,8 +283,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rails-i18n (~> 4.0, >= 4.0.9)
   rdiscount (~> 1.6.5)
   react-rails (~> 2.7, >= 2.7.1)
-  resque (~> 1.23.0)
-  resque-scheduler (~> 2.0.0.d)
   rest-client (~> 1.6.7)
   right_aws (~> 2.1.0)
   rspec-rails (~> 2.0.0.beta.22)
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 3b77b68d..ce378861 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ require File.expand_path('../config/application', __FILE__)
 require 'rake'
 require 'rake/testtask'
 require 'rdoc/task'
-require 'resque/tasks'
-require 'resque_scheduler/tasks'
 
 OpenneoImpressItems::Application.load_tasks
 
diff --git a/config/initializers/resque.rb b/config/initializers/resque.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b8e4ddb..00000000
--- a/config/initializers/resque.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# Sometimes the Resque workers have trouble maintaining their connections to
-# Redis and to the database. It's not entirely clear when and why (though the
-# internet suggests that it has to do with lying dormant for too long), but
-# this fix ensures that Redis and the database are available at the start of
-# every job.
-Resque.after_fork do
-  Resque.redis.client.reconnect
-  ActiveRecord::Base.connection_handler.verify_active_connections!
-end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index f8a7ddce..8584210c 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'resque/server'
-
 OpenneoImpressItems::Application.routes.draw do
   get "petpages/new"
 
@@ -102,16 +100,4 @@ OpenneoImpressItems::Application.routes.draw do
 
   get '/sitemap.xml' => 'sitemap#index', :as => :sitemap, :format => :xml
   get '/robots.txt' => 'sitemap#robots', :as => :robots, :format => :text
-
-  def mount_resque
-    mount Resque::Server, :at => '/resque'
-  end
-
-  if Rails.env.development?
-    mount_resque
-  else
-    authenticated :user, lambda { |u| u.admin? } do
-      mount_resque
-    end
-  end
 end
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diff --git a/lib/tasks/resque.rake b/lib/tasks/resque.rake
deleted file mode 100644
index d2e2a27b..00000000
--- a/lib/tasks/resque.rake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-require 'resque/tasks'
-
-task "resque:setup" => :environment
-
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