diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index e0105106..3eab4256 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ gem 'devise'
 gem 'redis'
 gem 'pg'
 gem 'pundit'
-gem 'cancan'
 gem 'pundit_extra'
 gem 'doorkeeper'
 gem 'formula'
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ gem 'best_in_place' #in-place editing
 gem 'kaminari' # pagination
 gem 'uservoice-ruby'
 gem 'dotenv'
-gem 'snorlax', '~> 0.1.3'
+gem 'snorlax'
 gem 'httparty'
 gem 'sequenced', '~> 2.0.0'
 gem 'active_model_serializers', '~> 0.8.1'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 3a3c763b..96aaa9fd 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ GEM
       debug_inspector (>= 0.0.1)
     builder (3.2.2)
     byebug (8.2.2)
-    cancan (1.6.10)
-    cancancan (1.10.1)
     climate_control (0.0.3)
       activesupport (>= 3.0)
     cocaine (0.5.8)
@@ -125,10 +123,12 @@ GEM
       activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
     loofah (2.0.3)
       nokogiri (>= 1.5.9)
-    mail (2.6.3)
-      mime-types (>= 1.16, < 3)
+    mail (2.6.4)
+      mime-types (>= 1.16, < 4)
     method_source (0.8.2)
-    mime-types (2.99.1)
+    mime-types (3.0)
+      mime-types-data (~> 3.2015)
+    mime-types-data (3.2016.0221)
     mimemagic (0.3.0)
     mini_portile2 (2.0.0)
     minitest (5.8.4)
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ GEM
       activesupport (= 4.2.4)
       rake (>= 0.8.7)
       thor (>= 0.18.1, < 2.0)
-    rake (11.1.0)
+    rake (11.1.1)
     redis (3.2.2)
     responders (2.1.1)
       railties (>= 4.2.0, < 5.1)
@@ -232,8 +232,7 @@ GEM
       simplecov-html (~> 0.10.0)
     simplecov-html (0.10.0)
     slop (3.6.0)
-    snorlax (0.1.4)
-      cancancan (~> 1.10.1)
+    snorlax (0.1.5)
       rails (> 4.1)
     sprockets (3.5.2)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
@@ -267,7 +266,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   best_in_place
   better_errors
   binding_of_caller
-  cancan
   coffee-rails
   delayed_job (~> 4.0.2)
   delayed_job_active_record (~> 4.0.1)
@@ -300,7 +298,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   sequenced (~> 2.0.0)
   shoulda-matchers
   simplecov
-  snorlax (~> 0.1.3)
+  snorlax
   tunemygc
   uglifier
   uservoice-ruby
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/restful_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/restful_controller.rb
index 83c70ba5..77edd69f 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/restful_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/restful_controller.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ class API::RestfulController < ActionController::Base
 
   snorlax_used_rest!
 
-  rescue_from(Pundit::NotAuthorizedError) { |e| respond_with_standard_error e, 403 }
   load_and_authorize_resource only: [:show, :update, :destroy]
 
   def create