diff --git a/lib/rb/spec/spec_helper.rb b/lib/rb/spec/spec_helper.rb
index eb5d29c..c04141a 100644
--- a/lib/rb/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/lib/rb/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 #
 
 require 'rubygems'
-# require at least 1.1.4 to fix a bug with describing Modules
-gem 'rspec', '>= 1.1.4'
 require 'spec'
 
 $:.unshift File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), *%w[.. ext])
@@ -57,4 +55,4 @@
   COMPACT_PROTOCOL_TEST_STRUCT.a_binary = [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8].pack('c*')
   COMPACT_PROTOCOL_TEST_STRUCT.set_byte_map = nil
   COMPACT_PROTOCOL_TEST_STRUCT.map_byte_map = nil
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end