diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 667c5d0f916e359ef9e88ff08db67fbcf6ef19e3..64fab260309841612557baa7ff3953411ddfbae6 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ gem 'redcarpet'
 gem 'cocoon'
 # for activerecord lists. Used for AttribValues
 gem 'acts_as_list'
-# to parse a XML string into a ruby hash
-gem 'xmlhash'
 # as authorization system
 gem 'pundit'
 # for password hashing
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index cf10042f111b105ef344d516f1fe9dd060ed2884..fdbd9d5ab7392843aedab429c8df2480837e3acf 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -504,8 +504,6 @@ GEM
     websocket-driver (0.7.6)
       websocket-extensions (>= 0.1.0)
     websocket-extensions (0.1.5)
-    xmlhash (1.3.9)
-      pkg-config
     xmlrpc (0.3.3)
       webrick
     xpath (3.2.0)
@@ -613,9 +611,8 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   view_component
   voight_kampff
   webmock
-  xmlhash
   xmlrpc
   yajl-ruby
 
 BUNDLED WITH
-   2.4.10
+   2.3.26