diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index eed522ed..25d5cfbe 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ group :development do
   gem 'capistrano-passenger'
   gem 'capistrano-rails'
   gem 'database_cleaner-active_record'
-  gem 'listen', '>= 3.0.5'
   gem 'rspec-rails'
   gem 'web-console', '>= 3.3.0'
 end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 33defddd..03444709 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -257,9 +257,6 @@ GEM
       kramdown (~> 2.0)
     language_server-protocol (3.17.0.3)
     library_stdnums (1.6.0)
-    listen (3.9.0)
-      rb-fsevent (~> 0.10, >= 0.10.3)
-      rb-inotify (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.10)
     logger (1.6.0)
     loofah (2.22.0)
       crass (~> 1.0.2)
@@ -381,9 +378,6 @@ GEM
       zeitwerk (~> 2.6)
     rainbow (3.1.1)
     rake (13.2.1)
-    rb-fsevent (0.11.2)
-    rb-inotify (0.11.1)
-      ffi (~> 1.0)
     rbs (2.8.4)
     rdoc (6.7.0)
       psych (>= 4.0.0)
@@ -581,7 +575,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   jbuilder (~> 2.5)
   jwt
   library_stdnums
-  listen (>= 3.0.5)
   marc
   marc_cleanup!
   matrix
diff --git a/config/environments/development.rb b/config/environments/development.rb
index bea700bc..8187c6cd 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.rb
+++ b/config/environments/development.rb
@@ -65,9 +65,5 @@
 
   # Raises error for missing translations
   # config.action_view.raise_on_missing_translations = true
-
-  # Use an evented file watcher to asynchronously detect changes in source code,
-  # routes, locales, etc. This feature depends on the listen gem.
-  config.file_watcher = ActiveSupport::EventedFileUpdateChecker
 end
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