diff --git a/lightio.gemspec b/lightio.gemspec
index 38a4dca..b712cf6 100644
--- a/lightio.gemspec
+++ b/lightio.gemspec
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.files         = `git ls-files -z`.split("\x0").reject do |f|
     f.match(%r{^(test|spec|features)/})
   end
-  spec.bindir        = "exe"
-  spec.executables   = spec.files.grep(%r{^exe/}) { |f| File.basename(f) }
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "nio4r", "~> 2.2"