diff --git a/lib/potassium/templates/application/recipes/delayed_job.rb b/lib/potassium/templates/application/recipes/delayed_job.rb
index 26b6fd79..0b35763d 100644
--- a/lib/potassium/templates/application/recipes/delayed_job.rb
+++ b/lib/potassium/templates/application/recipes/delayed_job.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 if selected?(:delayed_job)
-  gather_gem "daemons"
   gather_gem "delayed_job_active_record"
 
   delayed_job_config = "config.active_job.queue_adapter = :delayed_job"