diff --git a/activerecord-sqlserver-adapter.gemspec b/activerecord-sqlserver-adapter.gemspec
index 454567e96..4ea18ae7e 100644
--- a/activerecord-sqlserver-adapter.gemspec
+++ b/activerecord-sqlserver-adapter.gemspec
@@ -28,6 +28,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
   spec.add_dependency "activerecord", "~> 8.0.0"
-  spec.add_dependency "tiny_tds"
   spec.add_dependency "ruby-odbc"
 end
diff --git a/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlserver_adapter.rb b/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlserver_adapter.rb
index 3f05e3388..063f99ebd 100644
--- a/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlserver_adapter.rb
+++ b/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlserver_adapter.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-require "tiny_tds"
 require "base64"
 require "active_record"
 require "active_record/connection_adapters/statement_pool"