diff --git a/lib/open_project/webhooks/engine.rb b/lib/open_project/webhooks/engine.rb
index 2b818c3d24..d71b6ffdca 100644
--- a/lib/open_project/webhooks/engine.rb
+++ b/lib/open_project/webhooks/engine.rb
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 # See doc/COPYRIGHT.md 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::Webhooks
diff --git a/openproject-webhooks.gemspec b/openproject-webhooks.gemspec
index f375e17590..42a7510b7b 100644
--- a/openproject-webhooks.gemspec
+++ b/openproject-webhooks.gemspec
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.files = Dir["{app,config,db,doc,lib}/**/*"] + %w(README.md)
 
   s.add_dependency "rails", "~> 3.2.14"
-  s.add_dependency "openproject-plugins", "~> 4.0"
+  
 end