diff --git a/lib/stripe.rb b/lib/stripe.rb
index b1f05199..296b0620 100644
--- a/lib/stripe.rb
+++ b/lib/stripe.rb
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@
 # API spec at https://stripe.com/docs/api
 require 'cgi'
 require 'set'
-require 'rubygems'
 require 'openssl'
-
-gem 'rest-client', '~> 1.4'
 require 'rest_client'
 require 'multi_json'