diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index fec89107e..390c31efb 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ gem 'delayed_job_active_record', '~> 4.0.2'
 gem 'daemons'
 
 # cron
-gem 'whenever', '~> 0.9.4'
+gem 'whenever', '~> 0.9.4', require: false
 
 group :development, :test do
   # for inserting dummy data
diff --git a/config/deploy.rb b/config/deploy.rb
index f311d073a..29d2f678a 100644
--- a/config/deploy.rb
+++ b/config/deploy.rb
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ task deploy: :environment do
     invoke :'bundle:install'
     invoke :'rails:db_migrate'
     invoke :'rails:assets_precompile'
-    invoke :'whenever:update'
+    # invoke :'whenever:update'
 
     to :launch do
       queue "mkdir -p #{deploy_to}/current/tmp; touch #{deploy_to}/current/tmp/restart.txt"