diff --git a/debian/patches/remove-simplecov.patch b/debian/patches/remove-simplecov.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ea47a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/remove-simplecov.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Description: Remove simplecov
+ It is just used for code coverage.
+Author: Praveen Arimbrathodiyil <praveen@debian.org>
+Last-Update: 2013-06-12
+
+--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
++++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ $:.unshift File.expand_path('..', __FILE__)
+ $:.unshift File.expand_path('../../lib', __FILE__)
+-require 'simplecov'
+-SimpleCov.start
++#require 'simplecov'
++#SimpleCov.start
+ require 'rspec'
+ require 'rack/test'
+ require 'webmock/rspec'
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
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index 0000000..93f0321
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+remove-simplecov.patch