diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 648749a0..79607125 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
 
 gemspec
 
+gem "chef-utils", "= 16.6.14" if RUBY_VERSION < "2.6.0"
+
 group :docs do
   gem "github-markup"
   gem "redcarpet"
diff --git a/mixlib-install.gemspec b/mixlib-install.gemspec
index 5a5cc575..e7b607f5 100644
--- a/mixlib-install.gemspec
+++ b/mixlib-install.gemspec
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.executables   = ["mixlib-install"]
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
-  spec.add_dependency "chef-utils", "= 16.6.14" if RUBY_VERSION < "2.6.0"
   spec.add_dependency "mixlib-shellout"
   spec.add_dependency "mixlib-versioning"
   spec.add_dependency "thor"