diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 8d0ef20..ebb1564 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -20,8 +20,5 @@ gem 'slim', '>= 3', '< 5'
 gem 'kramdown'
 gem "redcarpet"
 
-# Code Quality
-gem "cane", require: false
-
 # For old Rubies
 gem 'nokogiri', '~> 1.12.0'
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index df9d58d..2f7ff76 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -13,19 +13,6 @@ require 'rake/clean'
 
 task :test => ["cucumber"]
 
-begin
-  require 'cane/rake_task'
-
-  desc "Run cane to check quality metrics"
-  Cane::RakeTask.new(:quality) do |cane|
-    cane.no_style = true
-    cane.no_doc = true
-    cane.abc_glob = "lib/middleman-syntax/**/*.rb"
-  end
-rescue LoadError
-  # warn "cane not available, quality task not provided."
-end
-
 task :default => :test
 
 desc "Build HTML documentation"