diff --git a/celluloid-redis.gemspec b/celluloid-redis.gemspec
index a086127..13bbc27 100644
--- a/celluloid-redis.gemspec
+++ b/celluloid-redis.gemspec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.test_files    = spec.files.grep(%r{^(test|spec|features)/})
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency "redis"
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency "redis", "3.0.5"
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "celluloid-io", ">= 0.13.0.pre"
 
   spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", "~> 1.3"
diff --git a/lib/celluloid/redis.rb b/lib/celluloid/redis.rb
index e0ec131..4648b0e 100644
--- a/lib/celluloid/redis.rb
+++ b/lib/celluloid/redis.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 require "redis"
 
 require "celluloid/redis/version"
-require "celluloid/redis/redis_ext"
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diff --git a/lib/celluloid/redis/redis_ext.rb b/lib/celluloid/redis/redis_ext.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 76a72f4..0000000
--- a/lib/celluloid/redis/redis_ext.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-class Redis
-  class Client
-    # Well this is really sad. redis-rb does not provide extensible driver
-    # support. Instead they couple everything together though this method.
-    # This leaves us no choice but to monkeypatch
-    def _parse_driver(driver)
-      driver = driver.to_s if driver.is_a?(Symbol)
-
-      if driver.kind_of?(String)
-        case driver
-        when "ruby"
-          require "redis/connection/ruby"
-          driver = Connection::Ruby
-        when "celluloid"
-          require "redis/connection/celluloid"
-          driver = Connection::Celluloid
-        when "hiredis"
-          require "redis/connection/hiredis"
-          driver = Connection::Hiredis
-        else
-          raise "Unknown driver: #{driver}"
-        end
-      end
-
-      driver
-    end
-  end
-end
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