diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 726c3cc9..563d5d29 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ source 'https://rubygems.org'
 # Specify your gem's dependencies in hawk.gemspec
 gemspec
 
-gem 'appraisal'
+gem 'appraisal2'
 gem 'bundler'
 gem 'byebug'
 gem 'pry'
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index ad0c1276..8223eb83 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -8,16 +8,10 @@ require 'bundler/gem_tasks'
 require 'rspec/core/rake_task'
 RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new
 
-# Appraisal
-require 'appraisal/task'
-Appraisal::Task.new
-
 # Yard
 require 'yard'
 YARD::Rake::YardocTask.new
 
-# Our default rake task
-require 'hawk/rake'
-Hawk::Rake::DefaultTask.new
+task default: :spec
 
 # Thanks for reading.
diff --git a/lib/hawk/rake.rb b/lib/hawk/rake.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 2cbaddca..00000000
--- a/lib/hawk/rake.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-module Hawk
-  ##
-  # Namespace to all rake-related functionality.
-  #
-  module Rake
-    autoload :Utils,       'hawk/rake/utils.rb'
-    autoload :DefaultTask, 'hawk/rake/default_task.rb'
-  end
-end
diff --git a/lib/hawk/rake/default_task.rb b/lib/hawk/rake/default_task.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 737fe6c9..00000000
--- a/lib/hawk/rake/default_task.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,180 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-module Hawk
-  module Rake
-    ##
-    # Defines the default Eaco rake task. It runs tests and generates the docs.
-    #
-    # Usage:
-    #
-    #   Eaco::Rake::DefaultTask.new
-    #
-    class DefaultTask
-      include ::Rake::DSL if defined?(::Rake::DSL)
-
-      ##
-      # Main +Eaco+ rake task.
-      #
-      # If running appraisals or running within CI, run all specs.
-      #
-      def initialize
-        if running_appraisals?
-          task :default do
-            run_specs
-          end
-
-        elsif running_in_ci?
-          task :default do
-            run_specs
-          end
-
-        else
-          desc 'Appraises specs and cucumber, generates documentation'
-          task :default do
-            run_appraisals
-            generate_documentation
-          end
-
-        end
-      end
-
-      ##
-      # Runs all appraisals (see +Appraisals+ in the source root)
-      # against the defined Rails version and generates the source
-      # documentation using Yard.
-      #
-      # Runs them in a subprocess as the appraisals gem makes use
-      # of fork/exec hijacking the process session root.
-      #
-      # @raise [RuntimeError] if the appraisals run fails.
-      #
-      # @return [void]
-      #
-      def run_appraisals
-        croak 'Running all appraisals'
-
-        pid = fork { invoke :appraisal }
-        _, status = Process.wait2(pid)
-        unless status.exitstatus == 0
-          bail "Appraisals failed with status #{status.exitstatus}"
-        end
-      end
-
-      ##
-      # Generate the documentation using +Yard+.
-      #
-      def generate_documentation
-        croak 'Generating documentation'
-
-        invoke :yard
-      end
-
-      ##
-      # Runs all specs under the +spec/+ directory
-      #
-      # @return [void]
-      #
-      def run_specs
-        croak 'Running specs'
-
-        invoke :spec
-      end
-
-      ##
-      # Runs all cucumber features in the +features/+ directory
-      #
-      # @return [void]
-      #
-      def run_cucumber
-        croak 'Evaluating cucumber features'
-
-        invoke :cucumber
-      end
-
-      private
-
-      ##
-      # Invokes the given rake task.
-      #
-      # @param task [Symbol] the task to invoke.
-      # @return [void]
-      #
-      def invoke(task)
-        ::Rake::Task[task].invoke
-      end
-
-      ##
-      # Fancily logs the given +msg+ to +$stderr+.
-      #
-      # @param msg [String] the message to bail out.
-      #
-      # @return [nil]
-      #
-      def croak(msg)
-        warn fancy(with_appraisal(msg))
-      end
-
-      ##
-      # Bails out the given error message.
-      #
-      # @param msg [String] the message to bail
-      # @raise [RuntimeError]
-      #
-      def bail(msg)
-        raise fancy(msg).to_s
-      end
-
-      ##
-      # Adds the current appraisal name to msg, if present
-      #
-      # @param msg [String]
-      # @return [String]
-      #
-      def with_appraisal(msg)
-        if gemfile
-          msg = "%s \033[1;31m[%s]" % [msg, gemfile]
-        end
-
-        msg
-      end
-
-      ##
-      # Makes +msg+ fancy.
-      #
-      # @param msg [String]
-      # @return [String]
-      #
-      def fancy(msg)
-        <<~MSG
-          \033[0m
-          \033[1;32m>>>
-          \033[1;32m>>> HAWK: \033[1;37m#{msg}
-          \033[1;32m>>>
-          \033[0m
-        MSG
-      end
-
-      ##
-      # @see Rake::Utils.gemfile
-      # @private
-      #
-      def gemfile
-        Rake::Utils.gemfile
-      end
-
-      ##
-      # @return [Boolean] Are we running appraisals?
-      #
-      def running_appraisals?
-        ENV['APPRAISAL_INITIALIZED']
-      end
-
-      ##
-      # @return [Boolean] Are we running on CI?
-      #
-      def running_in_ci?
-        ENV['CI']
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/lib/hawk/rake/utils.rb b/lib/hawk/rake/utils.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index bd76e0a6..00000000
--- a/lib/hawk/rake/utils.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-module Hawk
-  module Rake
-    ##
-    # Assorted utilities.
-    #
-    module Utils
-      extend self
-
-      ##
-      # Captures the stdout emitted by the given +block+
-      #
-      # @return [String] the captured output
-      #
-      def capture_stdout
-        stdout = $stdout
-        string = StringIO.new
-        $stdout = string
-
-        yield
-
-        string.tap(&:rewind).read
-      ensure
-        $stdout = stdout
-      end
-
-      ##
-      # @return [String] the current gemfile name
-      #
-      def gemfile
-        gemfile = ENV['BUNDLE_GEMFILE']
-
-        File.basename(gemfile, '.*') if gemfile
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end