diff --git a/.rspec b/.rspec
index 16f9cdb..b83d9b7 100644
--- a/.rspec
+++ b/.rspec
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 --color
 --format documentation
+--require spec_helper
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/active_record/base_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/active_record/base_spec.rb
index 240fd70..56673b2 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/active_record/base_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/active_record/base_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
 require 'active_record'
 require 'database_cleaner/active_record/base'
 require 'database_cleaner/shared_strategy'
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/active_record/transaction_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/active_record/transaction_spec.rb
index 2816048..db7524d 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/active_record/transaction_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/active_record/transaction_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../spec_helper'
 require 'database_cleaner/active_record/transaction'
 require 'active_record'
 
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/active_record/truncation/mysql2_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/active_record/truncation/mysql2_spec.rb
index 62355d3..306a8bb 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/active_record/truncation/mysql2_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/active_record/truncation/mysql2_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
 require 'active_record'
 require 'support/active_record/mysql2_setup'
 require 'database_cleaner/active_record/truncation'
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/active_record/truncation/mysql_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/active_record/truncation/mysql_spec.rb
index d03d00e..20e946c 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/active_record/truncation/mysql_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/active_record/truncation/mysql_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
 require 'active_record'
 require 'support/active_record/mysql_setup'
 require 'database_cleaner/active_record/truncation'
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/active_record/truncation/postgresql_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/active_record/truncation/postgresql_spec.rb
index 9ff25b9..fb495ca 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/active_record/truncation/postgresql_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/active_record/truncation/postgresql_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
 require 'active_record'
 require 'support/active_record/postgresql_setup'
 require 'database_cleaner/active_record/truncation'
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/active_record/truncation/sqlite3_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/active_record/truncation/sqlite3_spec.rb
index 2388f47..0bf005c 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/active_record/truncation/sqlite3_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/active_record/truncation/sqlite3_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
 require 'active_record'
 require 'support/active_record/sqlite3_setup'
 require 'database_cleaner/active_record/truncation'
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/active_record/truncation_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/active_record/truncation_spec.rb
index b29387f..03e683c 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/active_record/truncation_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/active_record/truncation_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../spec_helper'
 require 'active_record'
 require 'active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter'
 require 'active_record/connection_adapters/mysql2_adapter'
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/base_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/base_spec.rb
index a43806a..95fcd25 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/base_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/base_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper'
 require 'database_cleaner/active_record/transaction'
 require 'database_cleaner/data_mapper/transaction'
 require 'database_cleaner/mongo_mapper/truncation'
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/configuration_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/configuration_spec.rb
index ce1c6cc..2ed7ada 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/configuration_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/configuration_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
 module ArrayHelper
   def zipmap(array, vals)
     Hash[*(array.zip(vals).flatten)]
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/couch_potato/truncation_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/couch_potato/truncation_spec.rb
index 1cebd87..e566a6b 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/couch_potato/truncation_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/couch_potato/truncation_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../spec_helper'
 require 'database_cleaner/couch_potato/truncation'
 require 'couch_potato'
 
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/data_mapper/base_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/data_mapper/base_spec.rb
index fc7de3a..61b819d 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/data_mapper/base_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/data_mapper/base_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
 require 'database_cleaner/data_mapper/base'
 require 'database_cleaner/shared_strategy'
 
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/data_mapper/transaction_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/data_mapper/transaction_spec.rb
index e4c1a97..a7350e2 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/data_mapper/transaction_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/data_mapper/transaction_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../spec_helper'
 require 'database_cleaner/data_mapper/transaction'
 require 'database_cleaner/shared_strategy'
 #require 'data_mapper'
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/data_mapper/truncation/sqlite3_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/data_mapper/truncation/sqlite3_spec.rb
index bee8dae..0dc8c98 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/data_mapper/truncation/sqlite3_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/data_mapper/truncation/sqlite3_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
 require 'dm-core'
 require 'dm-sqlite-adapter'
 require 'support/data_mapper/sqlite3_setup'
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/generic/base_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/generic/base_spec.rb
index 57f7bdf..61aa98b 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/generic/base_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/generic/base_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
 require 'database_cleaner/shared_strategy'
 require 'database_cleaner/generic/base'
 require 'active_record'
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/generic/truncation_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/generic/truncation_spec.rb
index 60cfe6e..d155a9d 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/generic/truncation_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/generic/truncation_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
 require 'database_cleaner/generic/truncation'
 
 module ::DatabaseCleaner
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/mongo/truncation_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/mongo/truncation_spec.rb
index 5cef370..9cb1d3e 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/mongo/truncation_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/mongo/truncation_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../spec_helper'
 require 'mongo'
 require 'database_cleaner/mongo/truncation'
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/mongo_examples'
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/mongo_mapper/base_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/mongo_mapper/base_spec.rb
index aa8735e..03a93ad 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/mongo_mapper/base_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/mongo_mapper/base_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
 require 'database_cleaner/mongo_mapper/base'
 require 'database_cleaner/shared_strategy'
 
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/mongo_mapper/truncation_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/mongo_mapper/truncation_spec.rb
index 7e8030a..e59c147 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/mongo_mapper/truncation_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/mongo_mapper/truncation_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../spec_helper'
 require 'mongo_mapper'
 require 'database_cleaner/mongo_mapper/truncation'
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/mongo_examples'
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/moped/truncation_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/moped/truncation_spec.rb
index 3c07977..98dbd4e 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/moped/truncation_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/moped/truncation_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../spec_helper'
 require 'moped'
 require 'database_cleaner/moped/truncation'
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/moped_examples'
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/neo4j/base_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/neo4j/base_spec.rb
index b7502dd..4d0c97c 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/neo4j/base_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/neo4j/base_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
 require 'database_cleaner/neo4j/base'
 require 'database_cleaner/shared_strategy'
 
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/neo4j/transaction_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/neo4j/transaction_spec.rb
index 95eb806..e567f13 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/neo4j/transaction_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/neo4j/transaction_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../spec_helper'
 require 'neo4j-core'
 require 'database_cleaner/neo4j/transaction'
 
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/null_strategy_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/null_strategy_spec.rb
index 7fb9332..9ad974b 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/null_strategy_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/null_strategy_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
+require "database_cleaner/null_strategy"
 
 module DatabaseCleaner
   describe NullStrategy do
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/ohm/truncation_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/ohm/truncation_spec.rb
index 8530a12..7ec4ebd 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/ohm/truncation_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/ohm/truncation_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../spec_helper'
 require 'ohm'
 require 'database_cleaner/ohm/truncation'
 
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/redis/base_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/redis/base_spec.rb
index dafe8da..81f90c2 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/redis/base_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/redis/base_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
 require 'redis'
 require 'database_cleaner/redis/base'
 require 'database_cleaner/shared_strategy'
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/redis/truncation_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/redis/truncation_spec.rb
index 0e7bfb7..9899e9d 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/redis/truncation_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/redis/truncation_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../spec_helper'
 require 'redis'
 require 'database_cleaner/redis/truncation'
 
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/safeguard_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/safeguard_spec.rb
index fa280a8..911b377 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/safeguard_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/safeguard_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
 require 'active_record'
 require 'database_cleaner/active_record/transaction'
 
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/sequel/base_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/sequel/base_spec.rb
index 9ebc53b..b2b3b73 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/sequel/base_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/sequel/base_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
 require 'database_cleaner/sequel/base'
 require 'database_cleaner/shared_strategy'
 require 'sequel'
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/sequel/deletion_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/sequel/deletion_spec.rb
index 27f9f7c..08cfade 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/sequel/deletion_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/sequel/deletion_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
 require 'database_cleaner/sequel/deletion'
 require 'database_cleaner/shared_strategy'
 require 'sequel'
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/sequel/transaction_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/sequel/transaction_spec.rb
index 794481e..85636ac 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/sequel/transaction_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/sequel/transaction_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
 require 'database_cleaner/sequel/transaction'
 require 'database_cleaner/shared_strategy'
 require 'sequel'
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/sequel/truncation_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/sequel/truncation_spec.rb
index 1845569..975a42e 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/sequel/truncation_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/sequel/truncation_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
 require 'database_cleaner/sequel/truncation'
 require 'database_cleaner/shared_strategy'
 require 'sequel'
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 6d6f2da..c0ccf24 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,17 +1,4 @@
-require "rubygems"
-
-require "bundler"
-Bundler.setup
-
-require 'rspec/core'
-require 'rspec/mocks'
-
-#require 'active_record'
-#require 'mongo_mapper'
-
-$:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__))
-$:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib')
-
+require "bundler/setup"
 require 'database_cleaner'
 
 RSpec.configure do |config|