diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index d708427534..3a8b753730 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -160,24 +160,8 @@ namespace :data do
   spreadsheet_titles = spreadsheets_ashrae + spreadsheets_deer + spreadsheets_comstock + spreadsheets_cbes
   spreadsheet_titles = spreadsheet_titles.uniq
 
-  desc 'Check Google Drive configuration'
-  task 'apicheck' do
-    check_google_drive_configuration
-  end
-
-  desc 'Download OpenStudio_Standards spreadsheets from Google Drive'
-  task 'download' do
-    download_google_spreadsheets(spreadsheet_titles)
-  end
-
-  desc 'Download OpenStudio_Standards spreadsheets and generate JSONs'
-  task 'update' do
-    download_google_spreadsheets(spreadsheet_titles)
-    export_spreadsheet_to_json(spreadsheet_titles)
-  end
-
   desc 'Generate JSONs from OpenStudio_Standards spreadsheets'
-  task 'update:manual' do
+  task 'update' do
     export_spreadsheet_to_json(spreadsheet_titles)
   end
 
diff --git a/data/standards/manage_OpenStudio_Standards.rb b/data/standards/manage_OpenStudio_Standards.rb
index 29163e5a88..c9e396225e 100644
--- a/data/standards/manage_OpenStudio_Standards.rb
+++ b/data/standards/manage_OpenStudio_Standards.rb
@@ -201,53 +201,6 @@ def standard_directory_name_from_template(template)
   return directory_name
 end
 
-# checks whether your authorization credentials are set up to access the spreadsheets
-# @return [Boolean] returns true if api is working, false if not
-def check_google_drive_configuration
-  require 'google_drive'
-  client_config_path = File.join(Dir.home, '.credentials', "client_secret.json")
-  unless File.exist? client_config_path
-    puts "Unable to locate client_secret.json file at #{client_config_path}."
-    return false
-  end
-  puts 'attempting to access spreadsheets...'
-  puts 'if you get an SSL error, disconnect from the VPN and try again'
-  session = GoogleDrive::Session.from_config(client_config_path)
-
-  # Gets list of remote files
-  session.files.each do |file|
-    puts file.title if file.title.include? 'OpenStudio'
-  end
-
-  puts 'Spreadsheets accessed successfully'
-  return true
-end
-
-# Downloads the OpenStudio_Standards.xlsx from Google Drive
-# @note This requires you to have a client_secret.json file saved in your
-# username/.credentials folder.  To get one of these files, please contact
-# marley.praprost@nrel.gov
-def download_google_spreadsheets(spreadsheet_titles)
-  require 'google_drive'
-  client_config_path = File.join(Dir.home, '.credentials', "client_secret.json")
-  unless File.exist? client_config_path
-    puts "Unable to locate client_secret.json file at #{client_config_path}."
-    return false
-  end
-
-  session = GoogleDrive::Session.from_config(client_config_path)
-
-  # Gets list of remote files
-  session.files.each do |file|
-    if spreadsheet_titles.include?(file.title)
-      puts "Found #{file.title}"
-      file.export_as_file("#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/#{file.title}.xlsx")
-      puts "Downloaded #{file.title} to #{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/#{file.title}.xlsx"
-    end
-  end
-  return true
-end
-
 def exclusion_list
   file_path = "#{__dir__}/exclude_list.csv"
   csv_file = CSV.read(file_path, headers:true)
diff --git a/docs/DeveloperInformation.md b/docs/DeveloperInformation.md
index cc6fd5c3b1..d8b80b6cd9 100644
--- a/docs/DeveloperInformation.md
+++ b/docs/DeveloperInformation.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ This project uses [Rake](http://rake.rubyforge.org/) to run tasks from the termi
 - `bundle exec rake build`                    # Build openstudio-standards-X.X.XX.gem into the pkg directory
 - `bundle exec rake clean`                    # Remove any temporary products
 - `bundle exec rake clobber`                  # Remove any generated files
-- `bundle exec rake data:update:manual`       # Generate JSONs from OpenStudio_Standards spreadsheets
+- `bundle exec rake data:update`              # Generate JSONs from OpenStudio_Standards spreadsheets locally downloaded to data/standards
 - `bundle exec rake data:export:jsons`        # Export JSONs from OpenStudio_Standards to data library
 - `bundle exec rake data:update:costing`      # Update RS-Means Database
 - `bundle exec rake doc`                      # Generate the documentation
diff --git a/openstudio-standards.gemspec b/openstudio-standards.gemspec
index 7e1e38044c..e641c0eb1e 100644
--- a/openstudio-standards.gemspec
+++ b/openstudio-standards.gemspec
@@ -24,12 +24,14 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
     spec.add_development_dependency 'nokogiri', '<= 1.6.8.1'
     spec.add_development_dependency 'parallel_tests', '<= 2.32.0'
   elsif RUBY_VERSION < '2.7'
-    spec.add_development_dependency 'bundler', '~> 2.1'
+    spec.add_development_dependency 'public_suffix', '~> 4.0.7'
     spec.add_development_dependency 'nokogiri', '<= 1.11.7'
+    spec.add_development_dependency 'bundler', '~> 2.1'
     spec.add_development_dependency 'parallel_tests', '~> 3.0.0'
   elsif RUBY_VERSION < '3.2'
+    spec.add_development_dependency 'nokogiri', '~> 1.15'
+    spec.add_development_dependency 'public_suffix', '~> 5.1.1'
     spec.add_development_dependency 'bundler', '~> 2.1.4'
-    spec.add_development_dependency 'nokogiri', '~> 1.11'
     spec.add_development_dependency 'parallel_tests', '~> 3.7.0'
   else
     spec.add_development_dependency 'bundler', '~> 2.4.10'
@@ -38,7 +40,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   end
   spec.add_development_dependency 'aes', '0.5.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'codecov'
-  spec.add_development_dependency 'google_drive'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'minitest', '~> 5.14.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'minitest-ci'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'minitest-parallel_fork'