diff --git a/lib/rets4r.rb b/lib/rets4r.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/rets4r.rb
+++ b/lib/rets4r.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ end
 
 require 'client'
 require 'loader'
-require 'rubygems'
 require 'client/parsers/compact_nokogiri'
 require 'rets4r/listing_service'
 require 'rets4r/listing_mapper'
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100755
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ require 'test/unit'
 require 'rets4r'
 require 'mocha'
 require 'shoulda'
-require 'rubygems'
 
 # Configure ListingService
 listing_service_config_file = File.expand_path(File.join('test', 'data', 'listing_service.yml'))
Don't require rubygems in runtime (dev is still okay)

	* lib/rets4r.rb, test/test_helper.rb: unrequire rubygems