diff --git a/lib/rb/lib/thrift/protocol/tprotocol.rb b/lib/rb/lib/thrift/protocol/tprotocol.rb
index edc894c..5d4e636 100644
--- a/lib/rb/lib/thrift/protocol/tprotocol.rb
+++ b/lib/rb/lib/thrift/protocol/tprotocol.rb
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 # Author: Mark Slee <mcslee@facebook.com>
 #
 
-require 'thrift/thrift'
-
 module Thrift
   class ProtocolException < Exception
 
diff --git a/lib/rb/lib/thrift/server/tserver.rb b/lib/rb/lib/thrift/server/tserver.rb
index 788467e..363055d 100644
--- a/lib/rb/lib/thrift/server/tserver.rb
+++ b/lib/rb/lib/thrift/server/tserver.rb
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 #
 # Author: Mark Slee <mcslee@facebook.com>
 #
-require('thrift/protocol/tprotocol')
-require('thrift/protocol/tbinaryprotocol')
-require('thrift/transport/ttransport')
+require 'thrift/protocol/tprotocol'
+require 'thrift/protocol/tbinaryprotocol'
+require 'thrift/transport/ttransport'
 
 class TServer
 
diff --git a/lib/rb/lib/thrift/transport/ttransport.rb b/lib/rb/lib/thrift/transport/ttransport.rb
index 9702ac2..b2fa813 100644
--- a/lib/rb/lib/thrift/transport/ttransport.rb
+++ b/lib/rb/lib/thrift/transport/ttransport.rb
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 # Author: Mark Slee <mcslee@facebook.com>
 #
 
-require 'thrift/thrift'
-
 class TTransportException < Thrift::Exception
 
   UNKNOWN = 0