diff --git a/lib/index_shotgun.rb b/lib/index_shotgun.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/index_shotgun.rb
+++ b/lib/index_shotgun.rb
@@ -7,13 +7,3 @@ module IndexShotgun
 end
 
 require "index_shotgun/railtie" if defined?(Rails)
-
-begin
-  require "mysql2/version"
-
-  if Gem::Version.create(Mysql2::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.create("0.4.0") &&
-     ActiveRecord.version < Gem::Version.create("4.2.5")
-    raise "Requirements activerecord gem v4.2.5+ when using mysql2 gem v0.4.0+"
-  end
-rescue LoadError # rubocop:disable Lint/HandleExceptions
-end
Rails <I> is already droppped