diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index a890df1..d770c62 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'rubygems'
 require 'rake'
 
 begin
diff --git a/bin/httparty b/bin/httparty
index fda4109..048e30f 100755
--- a/bin/httparty
+++ b/bin/httparty
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ else
   case opts[:output_format]
     when :json
       begin
-        require 'rubygems'
         require 'json'
         puts JSON.pretty_generate(response.delegate)
       rescue LoadError
diff --git a/lib/httparty.rb b/lib/httparty.rb
index e402c01..17f64ff 100644
--- a/lib/httparty.rb
+++ b/lib/httparty.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 require 'pathname'
 require 'net/http'
 require 'net/https'
-require 'rubygems'
-gem 'crack', '>= 0.1.1'
 require 'crack'
 
 dir = Pathname(__FILE__).dirname.expand_path
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index e5404db..9d06f4b 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'lib', 'httparty')
-gem 'rspec', '1.2.9'
-gem 'fakeweb'
 require 'spec/autorun'
 require 'fakeweb'