diff --git a/lib/rack/contrib/etag.rb b/lib/rack/contrib/etag.rb
index fb5d9c1f..70291645 100644
--- a/lib/rack/contrib/etag.rb
+++ b/lib/rack/contrib/etag.rb
@@ -1,61 +1,20 @@
+require 'digest/md5'
+
 module Rack
   # Automatically sets the ETag header on all String bodies
-  # if none is set.
-  #
-  # By default, uses an MD5 hash to generate the ETag.
-  #
-  # @param [#call] app the underlying Rack application. Required.
-  # @param [Symbol] digest the digest to use. Optional. Options are [:md5, :sha1, :sha256, :sha384, :sha512].
   class ETag
-    def initialize(app, digest = :md5)
+    def initialize(app)
       @app = app
-      load_digest(digest)
-      @digest_method = self.method("#{digest}_hash")
     end
 
     def call(env)
       status, headers, body = @app.call(env)
 
       if !headers.has_key?('ETag') && body.is_a?(String)
-        headers['ETag'] = %("#{@digest_method.call(body)}")
+        headers['ETag'] = %("#{Digest::MD5.hexdigest(body)}")
       end
 
       [status, headers, body]
     end
-
-    private
-
-    def load_digest(digest)
-      case digest
-      when :md5
-        require 'digest/md5'
-      when :sha1
-        require 'digest/sha1'
-      when :sha256, :sha384, :sha512
-        require 'digest/sha2'
-      else
-        raise ArgumentError.new("Digest #{digest} is not supported.")
-      end
-    end
-
-    def md5_hash(body)
-      Digest::MD5.hexdigest(body)
-    end
-
-    def sha1_hash(body)
-      Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(body)
-    end
-
-    def sha256_hash(body)
-      Digest::SHA2.hexdigest(body)
-    end
-
-    def sha384_hash(body)
-      (Digest::SHA2.new(384) << body).to_s
-    end
-
-    def sha512_hash(body)
-      (Digest::SHA2.new(512) << body).to_s
-    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/spec_rack_etag.rb b/test/spec_rack_etag.rb
index 18e14c14..0954c192 100644
--- a/test/spec_rack_etag.rb
+++ b/test/spec_rack_etag.rb
@@ -1,38 +1,12 @@
 require 'test/spec'
 require 'rack/mock'
 require 'rack/contrib/etag'
-require 'digest/md5'
-require 'digest/sha1'
-require 'digest/sha2'
 
 context "Rack::ETag" do
-
-  body   = 'Hello, World!'
-
-  context('if no ETag is set on a String body') do
-    before(:each) do
-      @app = lambda { |env| [200, {'Content-Type' => 'text/plain'}, body] }
-    end
-    specify 'sets ETag' do
-      response = Rack::ETag.new(@app).call({})
-      response[1]['ETag'].should.equal "\"#{Digest::MD5.hexdigest(body)}\""
-    end
-    specify 'uses SHA-1 if specified' do
-      response = Rack::ETag.new(@app, :sha1).call({})
-      response[1]['ETag'].should.equal "\"#{Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(body)}\""
-    end
-    specify 'uses SHA-256 if specified' do
-      response = Rack::ETag.new(@app, :sha256).call({})
-      response[1]['ETag'].should.equal "\"#{Digest::SHA2.hexdigest(body)}\""
-    end
-    specify 'uses SHA-384 if specified' do
-      response = Rack::ETag.new(@app, :sha384).call({})
-      response[1]['ETag'].should.equal "\"#{(Digest::SHA2.new(384) << body).to_s}\""
-    end
-    specify 'uses SHA-512 if specified' do
-      response = Rack::ETag.new(@app, :sha512).call({})
-      response[1]['ETag'].should.equal "\"#{(Digest::SHA2.new(512) << body).to_s}\""
-    end
+  specify "sets ETag if none is set" do
+    app = lambda { |env| [200, {'Content-Type' => 'text/plain'}, "Hello, World!"] }
+    response = Rack::ETag.new(app).call({})
+    response[1]['ETag'].should.equal "\"65a8e27d8879283831b664bd8b7f0ad4\""
   end
 
   specify "does not change ETag if it is already set" do
@@ -41,7 +15,7 @@
     response[1]['ETag'].should.equal "\"abc\""
   end
 
-  specify "does not set ETag if streaming body" do
+  specify "does not set ETag if steaming body" do
     app = lambda { |env| [200, {'Content-Type' => 'text/plain'}, ["Hello", "World"]] }
     response = Rack::ETag.new(app).call({})
     response[1]['ETag'].should.equal nil