diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index eac94e8df..4c5058c7c 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ gem 'soundmanager-rails'
 
 gem 'time_diff'
 
+gem 'iconv', '~> 1.0.4'
+
 group :assets do
   gem 'sass-rails', '~> 3.2.5'
   gem 'coffee-rails', '~> 3.2.2'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 56e77de54..323d19c51 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ GEM
     hirb (0.7.1)
     httpauth (0.2.0)
     i18n (0.6.9)
+    iconv (1.0.4)
     jbuilder (1.4.2)
       activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
       multi_json (>= 1.2.0)
@@ -471,6 +472,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   haml-rails (~> 0.3.4)
   highline (~> 1.6.11)
   hirb
+  iconv (~> 1.0.4)
   jbuilder (~> 1.4.2)
   jquery-rails (~> 2.0.2)
   js-routes
diff --git a/lib/modules/models/git.rb b/lib/modules/models/git.rb
index a756519ca..e3ce7b349 100644
--- a/lib/modules/models/git.rb
+++ b/lib/modules/models/git.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 require 'nokogiri'
 require 'open-uri'
-require 'iconv'
 
 module Modules
   module Models