diff --git a/examples/kitchen-ansible/Gemfile b/examples/kitchen-ansible/Gemfile
index 4dd1b3587..4ea69b26b 100644
--- a/examples/kitchen-ansible/Gemfile
+++ b/examples/kitchen-ansible/Gemfile
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ group :test do
   gem 'bundler', '~> 1.5'
   gem 'minitest', '~> 5.5'
   gem 'rake', '~> 10'
-  gem 'rubocop', '~> 0.33.0'
   gem 'simplecov', '~> 0.10'
 end
 
diff --git a/examples/kitchen-chef/Gemfile b/examples/kitchen-chef/Gemfile
index 63dc246ac..a1989a2f4 100644
--- a/examples/kitchen-chef/Gemfile
+++ b/examples/kitchen-chef/Gemfile
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ group :test do
   gem 'bundler', '~> 1.5'
   gem 'minitest', '~> 5.5'
   gem 'rake', '~> 10'
-  gem 'rubocop', '~> 0.33.0'
   gem 'simplecov', '~> 0.10'
 end
 
diff --git a/examples/kitchen-puppet/Gemfile b/examples/kitchen-puppet/Gemfile
index 25eb4ed75..4652d11df 100644
--- a/examples/kitchen-puppet/Gemfile
+++ b/examples/kitchen-puppet/Gemfile
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ group :test do
   gem 'bundler', '~> 1.5'
   gem 'minitest', '~> 5.5'
   gem 'rake', '~> 10'
-  gem 'rubocop', '~> 0.33.0'
   gem 'simplecov', '~> 0.10'
 end