diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index f20a04f..3d62b53 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -72,9 +72,7 @@ foreman start
 
 ### App setup
 
-Before running bin/setup, ensure that 'foreman' is removed from the Gemfile.  
-
-Prior to running 'bin/setup', it may be necessary to launch the postgres server using 
+Prior to running 'bin/setup', it may be necessary to launch the postgres server using
 ```postgres -D /usr/local/var/postgres``` You can also use the OS X app.
 
 To get started, run `bin/setup`
@@ -83,11 +81,7 @@ After setting up, you can run the application using [foreman]:
 
     foreman start
 
-If you don't have `foreman`, see [Foreman's install instructions][foreman]. It
-is [purposefully excluded from the project's `Gemfile`][exclude].
-
 [foreman]: https://github.com/ddollar/foreman
-[exclude]: https://github.com/ddollar/foreman/pull/437#issuecomment-41110407
 
 The application will run locally at http://localhost:5000/.
 
@@ -95,7 +89,7 @@ If you have previously run a project on a different port, a `.foreman` file
 may be generated at the root of your directory. If so, make sure that this
 file is set to port `5000` or you will be unable to authenticate locally with MyUSA.
 
-If your server isn't defaulting to Port 5000, you may have to add a .foreman file to root directory. In the file, add "port: 5000". 
+If your server isn't defaulting to Port 5000, you may have to add a .foreman file to root directory. In the file, add "port: 5000".
 
 ### Testing
 Testing is done using `capybara-poltergeist`, which requires a local install of [phantomjs](https://github.com/jonleighton/poltergeist#installing-phantomjs).