diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index 60a78cc..0000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "spec/redjs"]
-	path = spec/redjs
-	url = git://github.com/cowboyd/redjs.git
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index fba837c..1f4df12 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@ notifications:
   recipients:
     - cowboyd@thefrontside.net
 script: bundle exec rake compile spec
-before_install: git submodule update --init
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index ca3c175..814690c 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-source :rubygems;gemspec
\ No newline at end of file
+source 'http://rubygems.org'
+gemspec
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spec/redjs b/spec/redjs
deleted file mode 160000
index 1ebcd2a..0000000
--- a/spec/redjs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 1ebcd2a5766cec58f93d80308682ff7858320d3e
diff --git a/spec/redjs_helper.rb b/spec/redjs_helper.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 70f5da3..0000000
--- a/spec/redjs_helper.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/spec_helper'
-
-include V8
diff --git a/therubyracer.gemspec b/therubyracer.gemspec
index 1db8332..1707d04 100644
--- a/therubyracer.gemspec
+++ b/therubyracer.gemspec
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   root = Pathname(__FILE__).dirname
   s.files = `git ls-files`.split("\n")
-  s.files += Dir.chdir(root.join("spec/redjs")) do
-    `git ls-files`.split("\n").map {|f| "spec/redjs/#{f}"}
-  end
   s.executables   = `git ls-files -- bin/*`.split("\n").map{ |f| File.basename(f) }
   s.extensions = ["ext/v8/extconf.rb"]
   s.require_paths = ["lib", "ext"]