diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index b60e3afe55..98334ba0f6 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -141,8 +141,6 @@ group :test do
 
   # Stub web requests for specs
   gem 'webmock', '~> 3.18'
-
-  gem 'rspec-retry', '>= 0.6.2'
 end
 
 group :development do
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 32d98e1337..1fc270b9b8 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -639,8 +639,6 @@ GEM
       rspec-expectations (~> 3.13)
       rspec-mocks (~> 3.13)
       rspec-support (~> 3.13)
-    rspec-retry (0.6.2)
-      rspec-core (> 3.3)
     rspec-sidekiq (4.2.0)
       rspec-core (~> 3.0)
       rspec-expectations (~> 3.0)
@@ -920,7 +918,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rqrcode (~> 2.2)
   rspec-github (~> 2.4)
   rspec-rails (~> 6.0)
-  rspec-retry (>= 0.6.2)
   rspec-sidekiq (~> 4.0)
   rubocop
   rubocop-capybara
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 3e4ef03237..8a01792a19 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-require 'rspec/retry'
-
 unless ENV['DISABLE_SIMPLECOV'] == 'true'
   require 'simplecov' # Configuration details loaded from .simplecov
 end
@@ -37,10 +35,6 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
     FileUtils.rm_rf(Dir[Rails.root.join('spec', 'test_files')])
   end
 
-  # for RSpec::Retry
-  config.verbose_retry = true
-  config.display_try_failure_messages = true
-
   # Use the GitHub Annotations formatter for CI
   if ENV['GITHUB_ACTIONS'] == 'true' && ENV['GITHUB_RSPEC'] == 'true'
     require 'rspec/github'
diff --git a/spec/workers/poll_expiration_notify_worker_spec.rb b/spec/workers/poll_expiration_notify_worker_spec.rb
index 02fc1e5f45..4bd90270d8 100644
--- a/spec/workers/poll_expiration_notify_worker_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/workers/poll_expiration_notify_worker_spec.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ describe PollExpirationNotifyWorker do
     end
 
     context 'when poll is not expired' do
-      it 'requeues job', retry: 10 do
+      it 'requeues job' do
         worker.perform(poll.id)
         expect(described_class.sidekiq_options_hash['lock']).to be :until_executing
         expect(described_class).to have_enqueued_sidekiq_job(poll.id).at(poll.expires_at + 5.minutes)