diff --git a/spec/definition_spec.rb b/spec/definition_spec.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/spec/definition_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/definition_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/spec_helper.rb'
+require 'spec/spec_helper'
 
 class RoxmlObject
   include ROXML
diff --git a/spec/roxml_spec.rb b/spec/roxml_spec.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/spec/roxml_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/roxml_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/spec_helper.rb'
+require 'spec/spec_helper'
 
 describe ROXML, "#from_xml" do
   describe "from_xml call", :shared => true do
diff --git a/spec/shared_specs.rb b/spec/shared_specs.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/spec/shared_specs.rb
+++ b/spec/shared_specs.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/spec_helper.rb'
+require 'spec/spec_helper'
 
 describe "freezable xml reference", :shared => true do
   describe "with :frozen option" do
Banish File.dirname from specs