diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 40984cd3e7b230a3909a10e8b0e2fff93a190f14..21d6cff497c5226e44850b0be62259d55d22f6eb 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ matrix:
     env: PUPPET_GEM_VERSION="~> 3.0"
   - rvm: 2.0.0
     env: PUPPET_GEM_VERSION="~> 3.0" FUTURE_PARSER="yes"
-  - rvm: 2.1.7
+  - rvm: 2.1.9
     env: PUPPET_GEM_VERSION="~> 4.5.0"
   - rvm: default
     sudo: required
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index c2dabeeeda4a4ed53f4e53b64800fa022d0eb81c..7a15ede55e2571404a2f511bbb201ca1acf55d87 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ group :development, :unit_tests do
   gem 'puppet-lint-unquoted_string-check',                 :require => false
   gem 'puppet-lint-empty_string-check',                    :require => false
   gem 'puppet-lint-spaceship_operator_without_tag-check',  :require => false
-  gem 'puppet-lint-variable_contains_upcase',              :require => false
   gem 'puppet-lint-absolute_classname-check',              :require => false
   gem 'puppet-lint-undef_in_function-check',               :require => false
   gem 'puppet-lint-leading_zero-check',                    :require => false