diff --git a/.expeditor/verify.pipeline.yml b/.expeditor/verify.pipeline.yml
index c54eea36..17604ba3 100644
--- a/.expeditor/verify.pipeline.yml
+++ b/.expeditor/verify.pipeline.yml
@@ -9,16 +9,6 @@ expeditor:
 
 steps:
 
-- label: run-lint-and-specs-ruby-2.7
-  command:
-    - .expeditor/buildkite/verify.sh
-  expeditor:
-    cached_folders:
-      - vendor
-    executor:
-      docker:
-        image: ruby:2.7-buster
-
 - label: run-lint-and-specs-ruby-3.0
   command:
     - .expeditor/buildkite/verify.sh
diff --git a/license_scout.gemspec b/license_scout.gemspec
index 5b5e8c2a..1c1d1f47 100644
--- a/license_scout.gemspec
+++ b/license_scout.gemspec
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_dependency "ffi-yajl", "~> 2.2"
   spec.add_dependency "mixlib-shellout", ">= 2.2", "< 4.0"
   spec.add_dependency "toml-rb", ">= 1", "< 3"
-  spec.add_dependency "nori", "< 2.7.0"
 
   spec.add_development_dependency "rake", ">= 10.0", "< 14"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rspec"