diff --git a/actionmailer/test/abstract_unit.rb b/actionmailer/test/abstract_unit.rb
index c8e9fc789a..51b375fef3 100644
--- a/actionmailer/test/abstract_unit.rb
+++ b/actionmailer/test/abstract_unit.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+require 'rubygems'
 require 'test/unit'
 
 gem 'mocha', '>= 0.9.5'
@@ -46,7 +47,6 @@ class Net::SMTP
 end
 
 def uses_gem(gem_name, test_name, version = '> 0')
-  require 'rubygems'
   gem gem_name.to_s, version
   require gem_name.to_s
   yield
diff --git a/activeresource/test/abstract_unit.rb b/activeresource/test/abstract_unit.rb
index 667a7b2a37..83bf1ed510 100644
--- a/activeresource/test/abstract_unit.rb
+++ b/activeresource/test/abstract_unit.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+require 'rubygems'
 require 'test/unit'
 
 gem 'mocha', '>= 0.9.5'
@@ -13,7 +14,6 @@ require 'setter_trap'
 ActiveResource::Base.logger = Logger.new("#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/debug.log")
 
 def uses_gem(gem_name, test_name, version = '> 0')
-  require 'rubygems'
   gem gem_name.to_s, version
   require gem_name.to_s
   yield