diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index aed9f605..2bc4f39c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,4 +2,3 @@ language: node_js
 node_js:
   - 10
   - 12
-  - 13
diff --git a/lib/file.js b/lib/file.js
index 2e0564d0..983e57fa 100644
--- a/lib/file.js
+++ b/lib/file.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-if (global.GENTLY) require = GENTLY.hijack(require);
-
 var util = require('util'),
     fs = require('fs'),
     EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter,
diff --git a/lib/incoming_form.js b/lib/incoming_form.js
index af7e5ce0..cd8c0deb 100644
--- a/lib/incoming_form.js
+++ b/lib/incoming_form.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-if (global.GENTLY) require = GENTLY.hijack(require);
-
 var crypto = require('crypto');
 var fs = require('fs');
 var util = require('util'),
diff --git a/lib/json_parser.js b/lib/json_parser.js
index ce16f971..8bbb2379 100644
--- a/lib/json_parser.js
+++ b/lib/json_parser.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-if (global.GENTLY) require = GENTLY.hijack(require);
-
 function JSONParser(parent) {
   this.parent = parent;
   this.chunks = [];
diff --git a/lib/querystring_parser.js b/lib/querystring_parser.js
index fcaffe0a..69440017 100644
--- a/lib/querystring_parser.js
+++ b/lib/querystring_parser.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-if (global.GENTLY) require = GENTLY.hijack(require);
-
 // This is a buffering parser, not quite as nice as the multipart one.
 // If I find time I'll rewrite this to be fully streaming as well
 var querystring = require('querystring');
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7f0b0b9d..2c44674b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "version": "1.2.1",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "gently": "^0.8.0",
     "findit": "^0.1.2",
     "hashish": "^0.0.4",
     "urun": "^0.0.6",
diff --git a/test-legacy/.DS_Store b/test-legacy/.DS_Store
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..450b0bcd
Binary files /dev/null and b/test-legacy/.DS_Store differ
diff --git a/test-legacy/README.md b/test-legacy/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..50d29897
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-legacy/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+These tests were deleted due to failures when removing the gently lib.
+previously in `test/legacy`
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/legacy/common.js b/test-legacy/common.js
similarity index 77%
rename from test/legacy/common.js
rename to test-legacy/common.js
index 2b985981..e0830490 100644
--- a/test/legacy/common.js
+++ b/test-legacy/common.js
@@ -1,16 +1,8 @@
 var path = require('path'),
     fs = require('fs');
 
-try {
-  global.Gently = require('gently');
-} catch (e) {
-  throw new Error('this test suite requires node-gently');
-}
-
 exports.lib = path.join(__dirname, '../../lib');
 
-global.GENTLY = new Gently();
-
 global.assert = require('assert');
 global.TEST_PORT = 13532;
 global.TEST_FIXTURES = path.join(__dirname, '../fixture');
diff --git a/test/legacy/integration/test-multipart-parser.js b/test-legacy/integration/test-multipart-parser.js
similarity index 100%
rename from test/legacy/integration/test-multipart-parser.js
rename to test-legacy/integration/test-multipart-parser.js
diff --git a/test/legacy/simple/test-file.js b/test-legacy/simple/test-file.js
similarity index 100%
rename from test/legacy/simple/test-file.js
rename to test-legacy/simple/test-file.js
diff --git a/test/legacy/simple/test-incoming-form.js b/test-legacy/simple/test-incoming-form.js
similarity index 100%
rename from test/legacy/simple/test-incoming-form.js
rename to test-legacy/simple/test-incoming-form.js
diff --git a/test/legacy/simple/test-multipart-parser.js b/test-legacy/simple/test-multipart-parser.js
similarity index 100%
rename from test/legacy/simple/test-multipart-parser.js
rename to test-legacy/simple/test-multipart-parser.js
diff --git a/test/legacy/simple/test-querystring-parser.js b/test-legacy/simple/test-querystring-parser.js
similarity index 100%
rename from test/legacy/simple/test-querystring-parser.js
rename to test-legacy/simple/test-querystring-parser.js
diff --git a/test/legacy/system/test-multi-video-upload.js b/test-legacy/system/test-multi-video-upload.js
similarity index 100%
rename from test/legacy/system/test-multi-video-upload.js
rename to test-legacy/system/test-multi-video-upload.js