diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index c52d6d72..56ea131e 100755
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ gem 'param_validation', path: 'gems/ruby-param-validation'
 # Print colorized text lol
 gem 'colorize'
 
-# https://github.com/diogob/postgres-copy
-gem 'postgres-copy'
-
 # https://github.com/collectiveidea/delayed_job_active_record
 gem 'delayed_job_active_record'
 
@@ -70,7 +67,6 @@ gem 'chronic'
 gem 'carrierwave'
 gem 'carrierwave-aws' # for uploading images to amazon s3
 gem 'mini_magick'
-gem 'unf'
 
 # https://github.com/jnunemaker/httparty
 gem 'httparty'
@@ -89,11 +85,6 @@ gem 'geocoder' # for adding latitude and longitude to location-based tables
 # https://github.com/buytruckload/nearest_time_zone
 gem 'nearest_time_zone' # for detecting timezone from lat/lng
 
-# Facebook
-# inserting a channel file with a long expiration for the FB SDK
-# https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/javascript/
-gem 'fb-channel-file'
-
 gem 'mail_view'
 
 gem 'fullcontact' # Full Contact API; includes #Hashie::Mash
@@ -149,12 +140,6 @@ gem 'dry-validation' # used only for config validation
 
 gem 'foreman'
 
-
-
-group :production do
-  gem 'rails_autoscale_agent'
-end
-
 gem 'grape', '~> 1.1.0'
 gem 'grape-entity', git: 'https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape-entity.git', ref: '0e04aa561373b510c2486282979085eaef2ae663'
 gem 'grape-swagger'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 3b48f874..51d55cfb 100755
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ PATH
       activerecord (>= 3.0)
       colorize (~> 0.8)
 
-
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
@@ -199,8 +198,6 @@ GEM
       multipart-post (>= 1.2, < 3)
     faraday_middleware (0.9.1)
       faraday (>= 0.7.4, < 0.10)
-    fb-channel-file (0.0.2)
-      rails (>= 3.0)
     font_assets (0.1.14)
       rack
     foreman (0.84.0)
@@ -286,11 +283,6 @@ GEM
     plissken (0.2.0)
       symbolize (~> 4.2)
     polyglot (0.3.5)
-    postgres-copy (0.6.0)
-      activerecord (>= 3.0.0)
-      pg
-      rails (>= 3.0.0)
-      responders
     power_assert (1.1.1)
     pry (0.11.3)
       coderay (~> 1.1.0)
@@ -327,8 +319,6 @@ GEM
     rails_12factor (0.0.3)
       rails_serve_static_assets
       rails_stdout_logging
-    rails_autoscale_agent (0.3.1)
-      activesupport (>= 3.2)
     rails_serve_static_assets (0.0.4)
     rails_stdout_logging (0.0.3)
     railties (3.2.22.5)
@@ -462,7 +452,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   dry-validation
   factory_bot
   factory_bot_rails
-  fb-channel-file
   font_assets (~> 0.1.14)
   foreman
   fullcontact
@@ -486,7 +475,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   parallel
   param_validation!
   pg
-  postgres-copy
   pry
   puma
   puma_worker_killer
@@ -497,7 +485,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rails (= 3.2.22.5)
   rails-i18n (~> 3.0.0)
   rails_12factor
-  rails_autoscale_agent
   rake
   roadie-rails
   rspec
@@ -515,7 +502,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   timecop
   traceroute
   uglifier
-  unf
   vcr
   webmock
 
@@ -523,4 +509,4 @@ RUBY VERSION
    ruby 2.3.7p456
 
 BUNDLED WITH
-   1.16.4
+   1.17.3