diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8763c7fb6a..e34f169f68 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 - [PR #1310](https://github.com/stympy/faker/pull/1310) Add alias for middle_name and remove locale [@vbrazo](https://github.com/vbrazo)
 
 ### Chores
+- [PR #1347](https://github.com/stympy/faker/pull/1347) Remove launchy dependency [@vbrazo](https://github.com/vbrazo)
 - [PR #1311](https://github.com/stympy/faker/pull/1311) Target Ruby 2.3 [@tagliala](https://github.com/tagliala)
 - [PR #372](https://github.com/stympy/faker/pull/372) Add test_password_could_achieve_max_length [@oleksii-ti](https://github.com/oleksii-ti)
 
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index d35db0e189..086ce0a488 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Ways to run Rubocop:
 
 5. Make the test pass. Always use `sample`, `shuffle`, and `rand` from the Base class (just like the rest of the code) rather than `Array#sample`, `Array#shuffle` and `Kernel#rand` to preserve the deterministic feature.
 
-6. We care about code coverage and use `SimpleCov` to analyze the code and generate test coverage reports. It's possible to check the test coverage by running  `bundle exec rake coverage_report`. Please make sure to not decrease our `current % covered`.
+6. We care about code coverage and use `SimpleCov` to analyze the code and generate test coverage reports. It's possible to check the test coverage by running  `open coverage/index.html`. Please make sure to not decrease our `current % covered` and add appropriate test cases when necessary.
 
 7. When adding a new class, add a new yaml file to `lib/locales/en` rather than adding translations to `lib/locales/en.yml`.  For example, if you add Faker::MyThing, put your translations in `lib/locales/en/my_thing.yml`.  See [the locale README](./lib/locales/en/README.md) for more info.
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index fc21c55010..d987ab40e4 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ PATH
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    addressable (2.5.2)
-      public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 4.0)
     ast (2.4.0)
     concurrent-ruby (1.0.5)
     docile (1.3.0)
@@ -16,15 +14,12 @@ GEM
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     jaro_winkler (1.5.1)
     json (2.1.0)
-    launchy (2.4.3)
-      addressable (~> 2.3)
     minitest (5.10.3)
     parallel (1.12.1)
     parser (2.5.1.2)
       ast (~> 2.4.0)
     power_assert (1.1.1)
     powerpack (0.1.2)
-    public_suffix (3.0.2)
     rainbow (3.0.0)
     rake (12.3.0)
     rubocop (0.58.1)
@@ -51,7 +46,6 @@ PLATFORMS
 
 DEPENDENCIES
   faker!
-  launchy
   minitest
   rake
   rubocop
@@ -60,4 +54,4 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   timecop
 
 BUNDLED WITH
-   1.16.2
+   1.16.4
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index a010b81ec8..6b1f42c9dd 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@ task :console do
   IRB.start
 end
 
-task :coverage_report do
-  require 'launchy'
-
-  Launchy.open('coverage/index.html')
-end
-
 require 'rubocop/rake_task'
 RuboCop::RakeTask.new
 
diff --git a/faker.gemspec b/faker.gemspec
index 29240b7b18..f98027161f 100644
--- a/faker.gemspec
+++ b/faker.gemspec
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.license     = 'MIT'
 
   s.add_runtime_dependency('i18n', '>= 0.7')
-  s.add_development_dependency('launchy')
   s.add_development_dependency('minitest')
   s.add_development_dependency('rake')
   s.add_development_dependency('rubocop')