diff --git a/lib/resque/integration.rb b/lib/resque/integration.rb
index cba9221..74c2eab 100644
--- a/lib/resque/integration.rb
+++ b/lib/resque/integration.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 require 'resque-rails'
 
 require 'active_record'
-require 'resque-ensure-connected'
 
 require 'active_support/concern'
 
diff --git a/lib/resque/integration/tasks/hooks.rake b/lib/resque/integration/tasks/hooks.rake
index 5ec7107..ce64f38 100644
--- a/lib/resque/integration/tasks/hooks.rake
+++ b/lib/resque/integration/tasks/hooks.rake
@@ -10,28 +10,27 @@ namespace :resque do
     # слушать HUP сигнал для ротации логов
     Resque::Integration::LogsRotator.register_hup_signal
 
-    # Reestablish Redis connection for each fork
-    # Tested on both redis-2.2.x and redis-3.0.x
-    #
-    # @see https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/ror2ru/CV96h5OGDxY/IqZbRsl-BcIJ
-    Resque.before_fork { Resque.redis.client.disconnect }
-    Resque.after_fork { Resque.redis.client.connect }
-
     # Нужно закрыть все соединения в **родительском** процессе,
-    # все остальное делает гем `resque-ensure-connected`.
-    #
-    # Вообще, он делает буквально следующее:
-    #   Resque.after_fork { ActiveRecord::Base.connection_handler.verify_active_connections! }
-    #
-    # Это работает
-    Resque.before_first_fork { ActiveRecord::Base.connection_handler.clear_all_connections! }
-
     # Нужно также закрыть соединение к memcache
-    Resque.before_first_fork { Rails.cache.reset if Rails.cache.respond_to?(:reset) }
-    
-    # Красиво нарисуем название процесса
+    Resque.before_first_fork do
+      ActiveRecord::Base.connection_handler.clear_all_connections!
+      Rails.cache.reset if Rails.cache.respond_to?(:reset)
+    end
+
+    Resque.before_fork do
+      Resque.redis.client.disconnect
+    end
+
     Resque.after_fork do |job|
       $0 = "resque-#{Resque::Version}: Processing #{job.queue}/#{job.payload['class']} since #{Time.now.to_s(:db)}"
+
+      if ActiveRecord::VERSION::MAJOR >= 4
+         ActiveRecord::Base.clear_active_connections!
+      else
+         ActiveRecord::Base.verify_active_connections!
+      end
+
+      Resque.redis.client.connect
     end
 
     # Support for resque-multi-job-forks
diff --git a/resque-integration.gemspec b/resque-integration.gemspec
index ea2e683..ba19286 100644
--- a/resque-integration.gemspec
+++ b/resque-integration.gemspec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+# coding: utf-8
 lib = File.expand_path('../lib', __FILE__)
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
 require 'resque/integration/version'
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
 
   gem.add_runtime_dependency 'resque', '= 1.25.2'
   gem.add_runtime_dependency 'railties', '>= 3.0.0'
+  gem.add_runtime_dependency 'activerecord', '>= 3.0.0'
   gem.add_runtime_dependency 'resque-rails', '>= 1.0.1'
-  gem.add_runtime_dependency 'resque-ensure-connected', '>= 0.2.0' # reconnect after fork
   gem.add_runtime_dependency 'resque-lock', '~> 1.1.0'
   gem.add_runtime_dependency 'resque-meta', '>= 2.0.0'
   gem.add_runtime_dependency 'resque-progress', '~> 1.0.1'