diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index d8452939..a7e5005c 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ gem 'blacklight-spotlight', '~> 3.5'
 group :development do
   gem 'better_errors' # add command line in browser when errors
   gem 'binding_of_caller' # deeper stack trace used by better errors
-  gem 'letter_opener' # show emails in browser
   gem 'listen'
   # Spring speeds up development by keeping your application running in the background. Read more: https://github.com/rails/spring
   gem 'spring'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index b2fc5436..cb1358a4 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -356,8 +356,6 @@ GEM
       railties (>= 4.2.0)
     legato (0.7.0)
       multi_json
-    letter_opener (1.8.1)
-      launchy (>= 2.2, < 3)
     listen (3.8.0)
       rb-fsevent (~> 0.10, >= 0.10.3)
       rb-inotify (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.10)
@@ -713,7 +711,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   irb
   jbuilder (~> 2.5)
   jquery-rails
-  letter_opener
   listen
   mina
   mysql2
diff --git a/config/environments/development.rb b/config/environments/development.rb
index 848a75de..cccc96a1 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.rb
+++ b/config/environments/development.rb
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   config.active_storage.service = :local
 
   # Configure Email Notifications
-  config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :letter_opener # Open emails in a web browser
+  config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :test
   config.action_mailer.raise_delivery_errors = true
   config.action_mailer.perform_caching = false