--- cucumber-core.gemspec.orig	2017-12-02 20:04:02 UTC
+++ cucumber-core.gemspec
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     if Gem::Version.new(Gem::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
       s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<gherkin>.freeze, [">= 5.0.0"])
       s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<cucumber-tag_expressions>.freeze, ["~> 1.1.0"])
-      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<backports>.freeze, [">= 3.8.0"])
       s.add_development_dependency(%q<bundler>.freeze, ["~> 1.16.0"])
       s.add_development_dependency(%q<rake>.freeze, [">= 0.9.2"])
       s.add_development_dependency(%q<rspec>.freeze, ["~> 3.6"])
