diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ require 'rubygems'
 # Use local dm-core if running from a typical dev checkout.
 lib = File.join('..', '..', 'dm-core', 'lib')
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) if File.directory?(lib)
-require 'dm-core'
 
 # use local dm-validations if running from a typical dev checkout.
 lib = File.join('..', 'dm-validations', 'lib')
[all] Only require the gem under test in spec_helpers

This will make sure that all the gems require
everything they need to be fully functional.