diff --git a/lib/httparty/core_extensions.rb b/lib/httparty/core_extensions.rb
index b41c00e..ecb03e3 100644
--- a/lib/httparty/core_extensions.rb
+++ b/lib/httparty/core_extensions.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,4 @@
 module HTTParty
-  if defined?(::BasicObject)
-    BasicObject = ::BasicObject #:nodoc:
-  else
-    class BasicObject #:nodoc:
-      instance_methods.each { |m| undef_method m unless m =~ /^__|instance_eval/ }
-    end
-  end
-
   unless defined?(Net::HTTP::Patch)
     class Net::HTTP
       def patch(path, data, initheader = nil, dest = nil, &block) #:nodoc:
diff --git a/lib/httparty/response.rb b/lib/httparty/response.rb
index 52fcd88..3bc7648 100644
--- a/lib/httparty/response.rb
+++ b/lib/httparty/response.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module HTTParty
-  class Response < HTTParty::BasicObject #:nodoc:
+  class Response < BasicObject
     def self.underscore(string)
       string.gsub(/([A-Z]+)([A-Z][a-z])/,'\1_\2').gsub(/([a-z])([A-Z])/,'\1_\2').downcase
     end