diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7e33d8cc25..256ec44c6c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,18 +2,12 @@
 
 Adds support for easy integration of OmniAuth strategy providers as a means to authenticate users in OpenProject.
 
-## Dependencies
-
-This plugin depends on the OpenProject Plugins plugin, so insert it into your `Gemfile.plugins` before the auth_plugins plugin itself:
-
-    gem 'openproject-plugins', :git => 'git@github.com:opf/openproject-plugins.git', :branch => 'dev'
-
 ## Usage
 
     gem 'openproject-auth_plugins', :git => 'git@github.com:finnlabs/openproject-auth_plugins', :branch => 'stable'
 
 You can use this plugin to make an authentication plugin out of an ordinary OpenProject plugin.
-The first step is to [generate a new plugin](https://github.com/opf/openproject-plugins#generator) using the Plugins plugin.
+The first step is to generate a new plugin.
 Once you have done that it only takes a few additions to make it an authentication plugin.
 Find your Engine class in `engine.rb`, let it extend `OpenProject::Plugin::AuthPlugin` and register the providers you want to use.
 
diff --git a/lib/open_project/auth_plugins/engine.rb b/lib/open_project/auth_plugins/engine.rb
index f4c4233aaa..59ef54a123 100644
--- a/lib/open_project/auth_plugins/engine.rb
+++ b/lib/open_project/auth_plugins/engine.rb
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
 # See doc/COPYRIGHT.rdoc for more details.
 #++
 
-# Prevent load-order problems in case openproject-plugins is listed after a plugin in the Gemfile
-# or not at all
 require 'open_project/plugins'
 
 module OpenProject::AuthPlugins
diff --git a/openproject-auth_plugins.gemspec b/openproject-auth_plugins.gemspec
index 7ffd6fbc8a..7ca76a3f7b 100644
--- a/openproject-auth_plugins.gemspec
+++ b/openproject-auth_plugins.gemspec
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.files = Dir["{app,config,db,lib}/**/*"] + %w(doc/CHANGELOG.md README.md)
 
   s.add_dependency "rails", "~> 3.2.14"
-  s.add_dependency "openproject-plugins", "~> 4.0"
   s.add_dependency "omniauth", "~> 1.0"
 
   s.add_development_dependency "rspec", "~> 2.14"