diff --git a/lib/happymapper.rb b/lib/happymapper.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/happymapper.rb
+++ b/lib/happymapper.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'rubygems'
-gem 'libxml-ruby', '=1.1.3'
 require 'date'
 require 'time'
 require 'xml'
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
@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
-begin
-  require 'spec'
-rescue LoadError
-  require 'rubygems'
-  gem 'rspec'
-  require 'spec'
-end
-
+require 'spec'
 require File.expand_path('../../lib/happymapper', __FILE__)
 
 def fixture_file(filename)
Removing rubygems.