diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 0a28d84..d5ccdb0 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'rubygems'
 require 'puppetlabs_spec_helper/rake_tasks'
 require 'puppet-lint/tasks/puppet-lint'
 PuppetLint.configuration.send('disable_80chars')
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index dc7e9f4..2c6f566 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-require 'rubygems'
 require 'puppetlabs_spec_helper/module_spec_helper'