diff --git a/fog.gemspec b/fog.gemspec
index 630b51e96..ec03a2e3a 100644
--- a/fog.gemspec
+++ b/fog.gemspec
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency('rbvmomi')
   s.add_development_dependency('yard')
   s.add_development_dependency('thor')
-  s.add_development_dependency('rspec', '~>1.3.1')
   s.add_development_dependency('rbovirt', '>=0.0.11')
   s.add_development_dependency('shindo', '~>0.3.4')
   s.add_development_dependency('fission')
diff --git a/tests/vcloud/requests/compute/disk_configure_tests.rb b/tests/vcloud/requests/compute/disk_configure_tests.rb
index fe2a88364..7013add4b 100644
--- a/tests/vcloud/requests/compute/disk_configure_tests.rb
+++ b/tests/vcloud/requests/compute/disk_configure_tests.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
-begin
-  require 'rspec'
-  require 'rspec/mocks'
-rescue LoadError
-  require 'spec'
-  require 'spec/mocks'
-end
-
 Shindo.tests("Vcloud::Compute | disk_requests", ['vcloud']) do
 
   @xmlns = {