diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/Gemfile.tt b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/Gemfile.tt
index cf5462f7dcdb0..9047dc414588d 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/Gemfile.tt
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/Gemfile.tt
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@ group :development do
 <% if spring_install? -%>
   # Spring speeds up development by keeping your application running in the background. Read more: https://github.com/rails/spring
   gem 'spring'
-<% if depend_on_listen? -%>
-  gem 'spring-watcher-listen', '~> 2.0.0'
-<% end -%>
 <% end -%>
 end
 
diff --git a/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb b/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
index 5b439fdcba241..b4fc7729b2f06 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
@@ -1124,7 +1124,6 @@ def assert_no_gem(gem)
 
     def assert_listen_related_configuration
       assert_gem "listen"
-      assert_gem "spring-watcher-listen"
 
       assert_file "config/environments/development.rb" do |content|
         assert_match(/^\s*config\.file_watcher = ActiveSupport::EventedFileUpdateChecker/, content)