diff --git a/contrib/lib/Cargo.toml b/contrib/lib/Cargo.toml
index 2cea1959..60797a2c 100644
--- a/contrib/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contrib/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ diesel_mysql_pool = ["databases", "diesel/mysql", "diesel/r2d2"]
 postgres_pool = ["databases", "postgres", "r2d2_postgres"]
 mysql_pool = ["databases", "mysql", "r2d2_mysql"]
 sqlite_pool = ["databases", "rusqlite", "r2d2_sqlite"]
-redis_pool = ["databases", "redis", "r2d2_redis"]
 memcache_pool = ["databases", "memcache", "r2d2-memcache"]
 
 [dependencies]
@@ -68,8 +67,6 @@ mysql = { version = "18.0", optional = true }
 r2d2_mysql = { version = "18.0", optional = true }
 rusqlite = { version = "0.23", optional = true }
 r2d2_sqlite = { version = "0.16", optional = true }
-redis = { version = "0.15", optional = true }
-r2d2_redis = { version = "0.13", optional = true }
 memcache = { version = "0.14", optional = true }
 r2d2-memcache = { version = "0.5", optional = true }
 
diff --git a/contrib/lib/src/databases.rs b/contrib/lib/src/databases.rs
index 86f14035..16dae8ba 100644
--- a/contrib/lib/src/databases.rs
+++ b/contrib/lib/src/databases.rs
@@ -345,18 +345,15 @@
 //! | Postgres | [Rust-Postgres]       | `0.17`    | [`postgres::Client`]           | `postgres_pool`        |
 //! | Sqlite   | [Diesel]              | `1`       | [`diesel::SqliteConnection`]   | `diesel_sqlite_pool`   |
 //! | Sqlite   | [`Rusqlite`]          | `0.23`    | [`rusqlite::Connection`]       | `sqlite_pool`          |
-//! | Redis    | [`redis-rs`]          | `0.15`    | [`redis::Connection`]          | `redis_pool`           |
 //! | Memcache | [`memcache`]          | `0.14`    | [`memcache::Client`]           | `memcache_pool`        |
 //!
 //! [Diesel]: https://diesel.rs
-//! [`redis::Connection`]: https://docs.rs/redis/0.15.0/redis/struct.Connection.html
 //! [`rusqlite::Connection`]: https://docs.rs/rusqlite/0.23.0/rusqlite/struct.Connection.html
 //! [`diesel::SqliteConnection`]: http://docs.diesel.rs/diesel/prelude/struct.SqliteConnection.html
 //! [`postgres::Client`]: https://docs.rs/postgres/0.17/postgres/struct.Client.html
 //! [`diesel::PgConnection`]: http://docs.diesel.rs/diesel/pg/struct.PgConnection.html
 //! [`mysql::Conn`]: https://docs.rs/mysql/18/mysql/struct.Conn.html
 //! [`diesel::MysqlConnection`]: http://docs.diesel.rs/diesel/mysql/struct.MysqlConnection.html
-//! [`redis-rs`]: https://github.com/mitsuhiko/redis-rs
 //! [`Rusqlite`]: https://github.com/jgallagher/rusqlite
 //! [Rust-Postgres]: https://github.com/sfackler/rust-postgres
 //! [`rust-mysql-simple`]: https://github.com/blackbeam/rust-mysql-simple
@@ -410,9 +407,6 @@ use self::r2d2::ManageConnection;
 #[cfg(feature = "sqlite_pool")] pub extern crate rusqlite;
 #[cfg(feature = "sqlite_pool")] pub extern crate r2d2_sqlite;
 
-#[cfg(feature = "redis_pool")] pub extern crate redis;
-#[cfg(feature = "redis_pool")] pub extern crate r2d2_redis;
-
 #[cfg(feature = "memcache_pool")] pub extern crate memcache;
 #[cfg(feature = "memcache_pool")] pub extern crate r2d2_memcache;
 
@@ -614,7 +608,6 @@ impl<'a> Display for ConfigError {
 ///   * `postgres::Connection`
 ///   * `mysql::Conn`
 ///   * `rusqlite::Connection`
-///   * `redis::Connection`
 ///
 /// # Implementation Guide
 ///
@@ -777,18 +770,6 @@ impl Poolable for rusqlite::Connection {
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "redis_pool")]
-impl Poolable for redis::Connection {
-    type Manager = r2d2_redis::RedisConnectionManager;
-    type Error = DbError<redis::RedisError>;
-
-    fn pool(config: DatabaseConfig<'_>) -> Result<r2d2::Pool<Self::Manager>, Self::Error> {
-        let manager = r2d2_redis::RedisConnectionManager::new(config.url).map_err(DbError::Custom)?;
-        r2d2::Pool::builder().max_size(config.pool_size).build(manager)
-            .map_err(DbError::PoolError)
-    }
-}
-
 #[cfg(feature = "memcache_pool")]
 impl Poolable for memcache::Client {
     type Manager = r2d2_memcache::MemcacheConnectionManager;
diff --git a/scripts/test.sh b/scripts/test.sh
index 5ee3f49b..3110477b 100755
--- a/scripts/test.sh
+++ b/scripts/test.sh
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ if [ "$1" = "--contrib" ]; then
     postgres_pool
     mysql_pool
     sqlite_pool
-    redis_pool
     memcache_pool
     brotli_compression
     gzip_compression
diff --git a/site/guide/6-state.md b/site/guide/6-state.md
index bbac0716..11102932 100644
--- a/site/guide/6-state.md
+++ b/site/guide/6-state.md
@@ -235,19 +235,16 @@ Presently, Rocket provides built-in support for the following databases:
 | Postgres | [Rust-Postgres]       | `0.17`    | [`postgres::Client`]           | `postgres_pool`        |
 | Sqlite   | [Diesel]              | `1`       | [`diesel::SqliteConnection`]   | `diesel_sqlite_pool`   |
 | Sqlite   | [`Rusqlite`]          | `0.23`    | [`rusqlite::Connection`]       | `sqlite_pool`          |
-| Redis    | [`redis-rs`]          | `0.15`    | [`redis::Connection`]          | `redis_pool`           |
 | Memcache | [`memcache`]          | `0.14`    | [`memcache::Client`]           | `memcache_pool`        |
 
 [`r2d2`]: https://crates.io/crates/r2d2
 [Diesel]: https://diesel.rs
-[`redis::Connection`]: https://docs.rs/redis/0.15.0/redis/struct.Connection.html
 [`rusqlite::Connection`]: https://docs.rs/rusqlite/0.23.0/rusqlite/struct.Connection.html
 [`diesel::SqliteConnection`]: http://docs.diesel.rs/diesel/prelude/struct.SqliteConnection.html
 [`postgres::Client`]: https://docs.rs/postgres/0.17/postgres/struct.Client.html
 [`diesel::PgConnection`]: http://docs.diesel.rs/diesel/pg/struct.PgConnection.html
 [`mysql::Conn`]: https://docs.rs/mysql/18/mysql/struct.Conn.html
 [`diesel::MysqlConnection`]: http://docs.diesel.rs/diesel/mysql/struct.MysqlConnection.html
-[`redis-rs`]: https://github.com/mitsuhiko/redis-rs
 [`Rusqlite`]: https://github.com/jgallagher/rusqlite
 [Rust-Postgres]: https://github.com/sfackler/rust-postgres
 [`rust-mysql-simple`]: https://github.com/blackbeam/rust-mysql-simple