diff --git a/lib/rubygems.rb b/lib/rubygems.rb
index 60a599e380..271f4d2999 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems.rb
@@ -1121,7 +1121,6 @@ An Array (#{env.inspect}) was passed in from #{caller[3]}
       ensure
         Gem::DefaultUserInteraction.ui.close
       end
-      @gemdeps.requested_specs.map(&:to_spec).sort_by(&:name)
     end
 
   rescue => e
diff --git a/test/rubygems/test_gem.rb b/test/rubygems/test_gem.rb
index 12612bd759..608c6bacd2 100644
--- a/test/rubygems/test_gem.rb
+++ b/test/rubygems/test_gem.rb
@@ -674,7 +674,9 @@ class TestGem < Gem::TestCase
     begin
       Dir.chdir 'detect/a/b'
 
-      assert_equal add_bundler_full_name([]), Gem.use_gemdeps.map(&:full_name)
+      Gem.use_gemdeps
+
+      assert_equal add_bundler_full_name([]), loaded_spec_names
     ensure
       Dir.chdir @tempdir
     end
@@ -1713,8 +1715,11 @@ class TestGem < Gem::TestCase
 
     ENV['RUBYGEMS_GEMDEPS'] = "-"
 
-    expected_specs = [a, b, util_spec("bundler", Bundler::VERSION), c].compact
-    assert_equal expected_specs, Gem.use_gemdeps.sort_by {|s| s.name }
+    expected_specs = [a, b, util_spec("bundler", Bundler::VERSION), c].compact.map(&:full_name)
+
+    Gem.use_gemdeps
+
+    assert_equal expected_specs, loaded_spec_names
   end
 
   BUNDLER_LIB_PATH = File.expand_path $LOAD_PATH.find {|lp| File.file?(File.join(lp, "bundler.rb")) }