diff --git a/.rvmrc b/.rvmrc
index 925a7684..7791b3aa 100644
--- a/.rvmrc
+++ b/.rvmrc
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+export RUBYOPT="-Ilib"
 export JRUBY_OPTS="--1.9"
 rvm use 1.9.3@sidekiq --create
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 83bc0b1c..7a972886 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -6,10 +6,3 @@ Rake::TestTask.new(:test) do |test|
 end
 
 task :default => :test
-
-desc 'Code coverage analysis'
-task :cov => [:simplecov, :test]
-task :simplecov do
-  require 'simplecov'
-  SimpleCov.start
-end
diff --git a/test/helper.rb b/test/helper.rb
index cce70235..00efe224 100644
--- a/test/helper.rb
+++ b/test/helper.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+if false
+  require 'simplecov'
+  SimpleCov.start
+end
+
 require 'minitest/unit'
 require 'minitest/pride'
 require 'minitest/autorun'